John Martin (painter)
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John Martin was an English Romantic painter, engraver, and illustrator. He was known for his typically vast and dramatic paintings of religious subjects and fantastic compositions, populated with minu
Portrait by Henry Warren, 1839
Ruins of an Ancient City (1810). Oil on paper, mounted on canvas, 95.6 x 118.6 cm. Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Arcadian Landscape (1810–14). Oil on canvas. Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion (1812). Oil on canvas, 76.2 × 63.5 cm. Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri
Belshazzar's Feast (Martin)
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Belshazzar's Feast is an oil painting by British painter John Martin. It was first exhibited at the British Institution in February 1821 and won a prize of £200 for the best picture. It was so popular
John Martin (painter)
…himself of debt and bought a house in Marylebone, where he came into contact with artists, writers, scientists and Whig nobility. Martin's triumph was Belshazzar's Feast (1820), of which he boasted beforehand, "it shall make more noise than any picture ever did before... only don't tell anyone I said so." Five thousand…
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