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Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion

Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion

John Martin

1812

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Boston, United States

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Description

painting by John Martin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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Medium

oil paint

Dimensions

76.2 × 64.1 cm

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💡 Did you know

It has been called "the most famous of the British romantic works"; it was the first of Martin's characteristically dramatic, grand, grandiose large pictures, and anchored the development of the style for which Martin would become famous. The painting shows a human figure climbing in a mountain landscape.

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