Attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Title:
Man attacking a monster
Date:
between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 14 inches (29.8 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.459
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
man | fictional | fantasy | vines | attack | serpent | spear | religious and mythological subject | monster | snake | death
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 164-165, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 197, no. 377, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 53 (v.1), no. 196, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 38 (v.1), no. 140, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)