Satan Before the Throne of God

1825

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with border in graphite on thick paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.3 x 16.8 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.8 x 19.1 cm (9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.1658

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 627, State (first state)

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Art of William Blake, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1957, no. 77b.

1965

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 25.

1966

  • Prints 1800-1945, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; City Art Museum of St. Louis; and Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, 1966, no. 10.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2000

  • William Blake, Tate Britain, 2000-2001, cat. no. 218 (plate C).

2001

  • William Blake, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2001, cat. no. 218 (plate C).

Bibliography

1978

  • Bindman, David. The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.

Wikidata ID

Q64962586

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