The Destroying Angel
John Martin
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.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
228137
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...