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The City of God

The City of God

Maker (British, 1789-1854)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1850
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions18 × 26 in. (45.7 × 66 cm.)
DescriptionThis painting shows a highly dramatic image of a natural landscape that represents the Christian heaven.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Adele S. Browning Memorial Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Bender, Mr. Stewart R. Smith and Ms. Robin A. Ferracone, and James R. Parks
Label TextThe City of God exhibits many of the hallmarks of Martin’s iconic artistic style: dramatic depiction of deep space, atmosphere suffused with otherworldly light, and the outsized relationship of landscape forms to human figures. His visual representation of the Christian heaven appears as a gleaming city beyond the setting’s verdant valley and placid waters.

Status
On view
Object number2018.7
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