The Fifth Plague of Egypt | JMW Turner | 1800 17th Century Diefenbach is regarded as the

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

Bathed in cool

caught between resistance and submission

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

and fleeing figures add to the apocalyptic atmosphere

The Fifth Plague of Egypt | JMW Turner | 1800 17th Century Diefenbach is regarded as theThe 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