
1812
Boston, United States
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Description
painting by John Martin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
76.2 × 64.1 cm
💡 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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