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Belshazzar’s Feast
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| Artist / Maker | John Martin |
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| Date | 1826 |
| Culture / Origin | British |
| Medium | hand-colored mixed media intaglio |
| Dimensions | sheet: 47.9 x 68.1 cm (18 7/8 x 26 13/16 in.) |
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About the Artist
Born in Northumberland, John Martin began his career as a coach and ceramics painter before exhibiting oil paintings at the Royal Academy, London. His first critical success, Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion (1812, Saint Louis Art Museum), introduced his penchant for dramatic compositions with diminutive figures in vast and often threatening landscapes. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gideon (1816, United Grand Lodge of England) and Belshazzar's Feast (1821, private collection) combined meticulous biblical and… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.
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