AT-00006159
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The Destroying Angel
by John Martin
Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower right, in pen and brown ink (faded): J.M. 1833"
Provenance
Samuel Leigh Sotheby (1805-1861); sold, Sotheby's, February 6, 1862, lot 131. Private collection, United Kingdom, 1997. Private collection, United States. Given by Lowell and Rowena Libson, London, to the Art Institute, 2015.
Exhibition history
Royal Dublin Society, Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1861. London, Lowell Libson Ltd., "British Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings," 2010.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Martin / English, 1789-1854
- Date
- 1833
- Medium
- Brush and brown and black watercolor, with touches of scratching, on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 8.5 × 13.6 cm (3 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- watercolor
- Place
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Lowell and Rowena Libson in memory of Dorothy Braude Edinburg
- Accession no.
- 2015.410
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