The Evening of the Deluge

The Evening of the Deluge by Joseph Mallord William Turner

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76 × 76 cm (29 15/16 × 29 15/16 in.) framed: 99.06 × 98.43 × 11.43 cm (39 × 38 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Timken Collection

Accession Number

1960.6.40

About the Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner · 17751851

Joseph Mallord William Turner, born on 23 April 1775 in London's Covent Garden to barber William Turner and Mary Marshall, emerged as a child prodigy amid personal hardships. His mother suffered mental illness and died in Bethlem Hospital in 1804, while his father supported his early sketches by displaying them in his shop. Around age 10, Turner stayed with his uncle Joseph Mallord William Marshal...

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