The Fall of Babylon
John Martin, 1831
For now, just to look at
The photograph we have of this work is not sharp enough to print at the quality we want, so we are not selling it for now. We are looking for a better one.
About the work
- Artist
- John Martin
- Date
- 1831
- Medium
- Etching and mezzotint
- Dimensions
- 50.9 cm x 75.5 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Paris
- Reference
- XDV-2804
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Different dates exist for the prints of this subject depending on the institution: the Art Institute of Chicago dates its impression to 1835, while the BnF/Louvre dates its own to 1831, suggesting several print runs or states of the same engraving.
