Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of His Ancestors

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"Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of His Ancestors" is a dramatic 18th-century history painting by Joseph Wright of Derby that depicts a Persian nobleman sacrilegiously looting his forebears’ tomb, highlighting themes of greed, impiety, and retribution.

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Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of His Ancestors canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm oil painting ⓘ
artisticTheme chiaroscuro ⓘ
dramatic lighting ⓘ
moralizing subject ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
creator Joseph Wright ⓘ
Joseph Wright of Derby ⓘ
creatorNationality British ⓘ
depicts Miravan ⓘ
Persian nobleman ⓘ
ancestors’ tomb ⓘ
architectural elements ⓘ
contrasting light and shadow ⓘ
dark, cavernous space ⓘ
emotional turmoil ⓘ
greed ⓘ
human remains ⓘ
impiety ⓘ
interior of a tomb ⓘ
moment of sacrilegious act ⓘ
moral transgression ⓘ
retribution ⓘ
sacrilege ⓘ
sarcophagus ⓘ
tomb robbing ⓘ
treasure ⓘ
violation of ancestral respect ⓘ
depictsCulture Persian culture ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
hasMoral condemnation of greed and impiety ⓘ
mainSubject Miravan breaking open his ancestors’ tomb ⓘ
movement Enlightenment art ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
narrativeSource Persian tale ⓘ
narrativeTheme divine justice ⓘ
moral punishment for greed ⓘ
violation of sacred burial ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted pre-modern Persia ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ

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Joseph Wright of Derby paintings → notableWork → Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of His Ancestors ⓘ
Joseph Wright of Derby → notableWork → Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of His Ancestors ⓘ