The Covenant

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Painting and Sculpture of Europe

c. 1843

John Martin, follower of
English, 1789-1854

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: John Martin
Title: The Covenant
Place: England (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1838–1848
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 71 × 90.5 cm (28 × 35 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: A. A. McKay Fund
Reference Number: 1961.884
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Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Artist Looks at the Landscape, 1974, no cat.
Stuttgart, Germany, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Regenbögen für eine bessere Welt. Trilogie III, September 28 - October 30, 1977, cat. unnumbered (ill.) p. 61.

Durlacher Brothers, New York, by 1961; sold to the Art Institute, 1961.

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