Macbeth (painting)
| Macbeth | |
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| Artist | John Martin |
| Year | 1820 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, historicallandscape painting |
| Dimensions | 65.1 cm × 86 cm (25.6 in × 34 in) |
| Location | Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
Macbeth is an 1820 oil painting by the British artistJohn Martin.[1] As was common in his work the composition combines landscape and history painting, drawing inspiration from William Shakespeare's tragedyMacbeth. It features a view of a rugged Scottish landscape in which Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Three Witches on the heath. [2] The play was a popular subject for artists of the Romantic era and appears frequently in paintings of the era.
The original painting was displayed at the 1820 exhibition of the British Institution in London's Pall Mall. It didn't sell, although Sir Walter Scott expressed regret he could not afford it for his residence at Abbotsford House. A smaller replica is now in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, having been acquired in 1949.[3]
References
- ^Sillars p.305
- ^Marshall p.270
- ^https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5167
Bibliography
- Marshall, Gail (ed.) Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Myrone, Martin. John Martin: Apocalypse. Tate Publishing, 2012.
- Sillars, Stuart. Painting Shakespeare: The Artist as Critic, 1720–1820. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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