# The City of God and the Waters of Life

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MARTIN, John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 46 x 66 cm

## Commentary

This painting belongs to a group of pictures that Martin produced over a number of years in preparation for his celebrated The Last Judgment series - the great triptych that was to be his final masterpiece. Martin spent many years developing the compositions that were to become the three paintings that are for many his defining legacy: The Last Judgment, The Plains of Heaven and The Great Day of His Wrath \(all Tate Britain, London\).

## Related artworks

- [Great Day of His Wrath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/great-day-of-his-wrath-r7c2c997749d9d8>)
- [Manfred and the Alpine Witch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/manfred-and-the-alpine-witch-r9c7a76ef4db90b>)
- [Pandemonium](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/pandemonium-rb48320da74093c>)
- [The Bard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/the-bard-r4590001be5b97f>)
- [The Eve of the Deluge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/the-eve-of-the-deluge-r2231974c3beab1>)
- [The Evening of the Deluge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/the-evening-of-the-deluge-r6eaaffa12e66de>)

## Attribution

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