The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum | John Martin | c. 1821 Quinten Matsys " also known as "Woman

" also known as "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter

conveying a sense of eternal order and divine authority associated with Christ as Pantocrator

likely an interpretation of the cherubim from Genesis

In his painting The Fall of the Rebel Angels (c

is a striking example of the artist’s Expressionist style

The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum | John Martin | c. 1821 Quinten Matsys " also known as "WomanAbout the artwork: In The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (c. 18211822) by John Martin, the artist stages a cataclysmic spectacle in which natures fury overwhelms human civilization. The glowing cone of Mount Vesuvius towers in the distance, vomiting ash and lava under a sky convulsed with volcanic lightning, flooding the sky in fiery reds and ominous ash clouds a dramatic backdrop against which the crumbling cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum