The Destruction of Tyre
The Destruction of Tyre
Artist
John Martin
(British, 1789-1854)
Place of OriginEngland
Date1840
DimensionsPainting (H x W): 33 × 43 1/8 in. (83.8 × 109.5 cm)
Frame (H x W x D): 43 1/8 × 53 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (109.5 × 135.9 × 7 cm)
Frame (H x W x D): 43 1/8 × 53 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (109.5 × 135.9 × 7 cm)
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1952.88
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 31
Gunther, Charles F., "Landscape of Fancy and Freedom," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring 1960, p. 37-38, repr. p. 39.
Grosser, Maurice, Critic's Eye, Indianapolis, 1962, pp. 169, 170.
Grosser, Maurice, Painter's Progress, New York, 1971, p. 188, repr. fig. 52.
Huyghe, R., Formes et forces de l'atome a Rembrandt, Paris, 1971, repr. p. 33.
Feaver, W., The Art of John Martin, Oxford, 1975, pp. 179, 194, 197, 230, n. 81, pl. 128.
The Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, pp. 105-106, pl. 331.
Hollander, Anne, Moving Pictures, New York, 1989, p. 287, fig. 10.7.
Otaki, Keisuke, John Martin, Tokyo, 1995, repr. (col.) p. 38 (also reproduced in the reissued edition, 2009).
Borges, Jorge Luis, Finimondi: con i dipinti di John Martin (1789-1854), Milano, 1997, p. 128, repr. (col.).
Deloux, Jean-Pierre and Laurie Guillaud, Atlantide et autres civilisations perdues: A a Z, Paris, 2001, repr. p. 193 (col.).
Duncan, Sally Anne, Otto Wittmann: Museum Man for All Seasons, Toledo, 2001, table of contents.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 238, repr. (col.).
Exhibition HistoryNewcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Exhibition Recording Tyneside's Contribution to Art, 1951, no. 147.St. Louis Art Museum, Wondrous and Startling: Landscapes by John Martin from American Collections, 2007.
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