Oil on canvas, 69 × 45 in. (175.3 × 114.3 cm). A dramatic portrayal of the abolitionist [[John Brown]], painted by the American Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry. The monumental figure of Brown is depicted as a fierce, prophetic visionary, embodying the violent struggle over slavery that preceded the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York]].