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Art History Gallery on Instagram: "John Martin (1789–1854): The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, circa 1821, oil on canvas, 161 x 253 cm, Tate Britain, London . . John Martin’s large, vividly coloured and detailed oil painting imagines the extent of the disaster that famously beset the sister cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79. Taking as its vantage point the shores of the town of Stabiae, on the opposite side of the Bay of Naples Pompeii Art, Fine Art Lighting, Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii And Herculaneum, John Martin, Whimsical Paintings, Classic Paintings, Art Courses, Fantasy Map

Art History Gallery on Instagram: "John Martin (1789–1854): The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, circa 1821, oil on canvas, 161 x 253 cm, Tate Britain, London . . John Martin’s large, vividly coloured and detailed oil painting imagines the extent of the disaster that famously beset the sister cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79. Taking as its vantage point the shores of the town of Stabiae, on the opposite side of the Bay of…

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Art History Gallery on Instagram: "John Martin (1789-1854): Seventh Plague of Egypt, 1823, Oil on canvas, 144.1 x 214 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . . In the Bible, Moses calls down ten plagues before the pharaoh is persuaded to free the enslaved Israelites. This work, one of Martin's grandest paintings, depicts the seventh: "And Moses stretched forward his rod toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire rained down onto the earth." Moses and his brother Aaron are at the left Plagues Of Egypt, Ten Plagues, Amenhotep Iii, Prince Of Egypt, John Tenniel, John Martin, Ancient Origins, History Channel, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Art History Gallery on Instagram: "John Martin (1789-1854): Seventh Plague of Egypt, 1823, Oil on canvas, 144.1 x 214 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . . In the Bible, Moses calls down ten plagues before the pharaoh is persuaded to free the enslaved Israelites. This work, one of Martin's grandest paintings, depicts the seventh: "And Moses stretched forward his rod toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire rained down onto the earth." Moses and his brother Aaron are at the…

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