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
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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...