Not on display
- Artist
- Joseph Gandy
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Frame: 1885 × 2280 × 145 mm
- Collection
- Lent by The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation (Charity Number SC001419) 2016
On long term loan - Reference
- L03760
Display caption
This imposing picture divided critical opinion when it was exhibited in 1819. Taking his subject from the Ancient Greek writer Pausanias, Gandy shows the temple of Jupiter Pluvius, god of rainstorms, to the top left. Some critics admired the artist’s knowledge of ancient literary sources and architecture. Others thought it was too similar to the popular entertainments of the time, like painted panoramas and magic lantern shows.
Gallery label, August 2019
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