Landscape with a Ruined Castle
John Martin
1819
Medium
Brush and brown ink and wash, over traces of graphite on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board
Dimensions
25.1 × 38.7 cm (9 15/16 × 15 1/4 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
114954
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...