Scene from Opera
John Martin
n.d.
Medium
Pen and black ink, with brush and black and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
16.7 × 21.1 cm (6 5/8 × 8 5/16 in.)
Classification
ink
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
83091
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...