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- Title:
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still
- Former Title(s):
Joshua commanding the sun to stand still upon Gibeon [1816, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- ca. 1840
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 18 7/8 × 24 5/8 inches (47.9 × 62.5 cm), Frame: 24 1/2 × 30 1/4 inches (62.2 × 76.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, lower center: “Gooden & Fox Ltd. | 38, Bury Street | St. James’s | London”; center right: “Pitt & Scott Ltd | London | E. [handwritten] 6320 | [typed] 6688”
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.7.55
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1976.7.55FR
- Subject Terms:
- army | battle | by night Joshua and his army come to the rescue of Gibeon | cityscape | cliff | clouds | costume | gesture | light | meteorology | mountains | religious and mythological subject | science | soldiers | storm
- Associated Places:
- Al-Jib | Israel
- Associated People:
- Joshua
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:289
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