John Martin (1789-1854)
Sunset over a rocky Bay
signed and dated 'J. Martin.1830' [or 1839 - the inscription has been cut with the trimming of the paper]' (lower left)
watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out, unframed
9 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (23.8 x 37.1 cm.)
来源
Norman D. Newall Collection, Christie's London, 13 December 1979, lot 51, illustrated in colour (£22,000)
展览
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Festival of Britain Exhibition, Tyneside's Contribution to Art, 1951, no. 227.
London, Royal Academy, and Washington, National Gallery of Art, The Great Age of British Watercolours 1750-1880, January-July 1993, no. 210, pl. 221, illustrated in colour.
拍品专文
The serried ranks of armies on the shore and the portentous sky suggest that Martin may be depicting some great antique or Biblical battle.