Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still Upon Gibeon (Joshua: 10: 12–14)
ca. 1822
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over red chalk, heightened with white, squared in black chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 15 7/8 x 24 in. (40.3 x 61 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession Number
1975.131.200
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
John Martin · 1789–1854
John Martin (1789–1854) was a British painter and mezzotint engraver whose apocalyptic biblical and historical paintings made him one of the most popular artists in early nineteenth-century Britain. Born in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, he trained as a heraldic and coach painter before moving to London, where his monumental painting "Belshazzar's Feast" (1820) caused a sensation and established h...