The Fifth Plague of Egypt | JMW Turner | 1800 17th Century A tribute to the tragedy

A tribute to the tragedy of grief

Bathed in cool

The image is a dramatic illustration of Ludwig van Beethoven

Diefenbach is regarded as the "forefather of alternative movements" and one of the most important champions of the Lebensreform

part of his broader critique of 18th-century Spanish society

The Fifth Plague of Egypt | JMW Turner | 1800 17th Century A tribute to the tragedyThe Fifth Plague of Egypt is an oil painting by Romantic English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner currently in the permanent collection at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Despite its title, it depicts Moses cursing the Egyptians with a plague of hail and fire, known as the seventh plague. In the foreground, two dead horses and a dead man are piled together, casualties of the earlier plague of pestilence in livestock. To the right, Moses stands