The Deluge (painting)

The Deluge is an oil on canvas biblical landscape painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner, from 1805.Solkin p.132 It features a vision of the biblical flood focused on a shipwreck.

It was first planned in 1804 and was originally a commission that fell through.Hamilton p.149 The painting was likely to have been first exhibited at Turner's studio in Queen Anne Street in London in 1805. It was later submitted to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1813 at Somerset House.Hamilton p. 250 Part of the Turner Bequest of 1856, it is now in the collection of the Tate Britain, in Pimlico.Tate Britain

See also List of paintings by J. M. W. Turner

References

Bibliography Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013. Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998. Solkin, David. Turner and the Masters. Tate Britain, 2009.