Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon

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Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon
JoshuaSun Martin.jpg
Artist John Martin
Year1816
Type Oil on canvas, historical landscape painting
Dimensions150 cm× 231 cm(59 in× 91 in)
Location National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon is an 1816 biblical landscape painting by the British artist John Martin. [1] It depicts Joshua the Israelite leader coming to the assistance of the besieged city of Gibeon. He appeals to God to halt the sun in order to give his army more time to fight by daylight. romantic in style it was Martin's breakthrough picture, receiving praise both when it was shown at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1816 at Somerset House and when it appeared at the British Institution the following year. [2]

Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., having been acquired in 2004. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Meisel p.169
  2. ↑ Myrone p.94
  3. ↑ "Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon". www.nga.gov.

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