England, 19th century / 1848
Noah: The Eve of the Deluge
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Noah: The Eve of the Deluge as painting (England, 19th century · 1848).
Linnell was an extremely versatile artist who worked in oils and watercolors, painted miniatures on ivory, and was skilled as an engraver.
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The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits John Linnell (British, 1792–1882).
The museum's collection notes: This painting powerfully illustrates changes in taste over time. Before it was even completed, the painting was purchased for the considerable sum of £1,000 by a newly wealthy industrialist who admired John Linnell’s modern approach to religious subjects. In 1913, however, the painting was sold at auction for only £130. Victorian painting had fallen out of favor among collectors who did not appreciate Linnell’s hotly colored landscapes that combined biblical stories and poetry (in this case Milton’s Paradise Lost ) with close study of the English landscape. Linnell was also known for financially supporting the destitute and elderly William Bl
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