Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1772, Derby Museum and Art Gallery

‘Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors’ is a work by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797). It is dated 1772. It is part of the collection Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

It is made of canvas and oil paint. It measures 127 × 102 cm. The work belongs to the genre mythological painting.