The City of God and the Waters of Life

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).