Job and His Daughters

c. 1821

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

The image is a pencil sketch featuring a group of figures. The central figure is seated, facing forward with one arm raised. The figures have minimally defined facial features and loosely suggested hair. Their clothing is depicted with flowing lines, and there are no specific details about accessories or objects. The background is lightly sketched with some vertical lines that might indicate structures or an environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 27.2 x 21.6 cm (10 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9013

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Butlin 1981, no. 555

  • Series Title

    Book of Job

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

1957

  • The Art of William Blake, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1957, no. 58.

1965

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 26.

1996

  • William Blake, Visiones de Mundos Eternos (1757-1827), Fundación "la Caixa," Madrid; and Centre Cultural de la Fundació "la Caixa," Barcelona, 1996 (not in catalogue).

Bibliography

1975

  • Fine 1975, IV.A.27.

1981

  • Butlin, Martin. The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.

Wikidata ID

Q64636462

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