John Martin (1789-1854)

More Information

How to sell

John Martin (1789-1854)
Christ's entry into Jerusalem
signed and dated 'J.Martin/1830' (lower right)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour with scratching out
5 x 7½ in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm.)

with The Fine Art Society, London.

Specialist note

A wonderfully imaginative reconstruction of biblical Jerusalem, with the figures, typically for John Martin, rendered on a diminutive scale. Another version of the watercolour was engraved in a set of four in 1835, and as the sixth of a series of illustrations to the New Testament published the following year.