- Title:
- The Destruction of the Children of Niobe
- Former Title(s):
- A Large Landskip with the Story of Niobe
- Date:
- 1760
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm), Frame: 65 1/2 x 83 x 4 inches (166.4 x 210.8 x 10.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.81
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1977.14.81FR
- Subject Terms:
- Apollo and Diana kill Niobe's children | arrows | castle | children | cliff | costume | death | destruction | Greek | heroine | horse (animal) | landscape | legend | lightning | meteorology | mountains | murder | myth | poem | poet | queen (person) | religious and mythological subject | science | storm | waves (natural events)
- Associated Places:
- Boeotia | Greece | Thebes | Voíótía
- Associated People:
- Diana
Niobe
Apollo
Jupiter - Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:423
- Export:
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- JSON
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Richard Wilson and the British Arcadia (Richard L. Feigen & Co., 2010-04-28 - 2010-06-25) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-19) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (National Museum Wales, 1983-01-29 - 1983-03-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Tate Britain, 1982-11-03 - 1983-01-02) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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