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The Vision of God

1825

William Blake

Associated Names

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

This is a drawing of a scene where a majestic figure blesses two kneeling followers in the center. The figures are surrounded by intricate inscriptions and an angelic figure with scrolls below them.

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

sheet: 25.5 × 22.2 cm (10 1/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.1819
Catalogue Raisonné

Bindman 1978, no. 642
Series Title

Book of Job: plate 17

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1958

Magnifying the Bible through Art, Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN, 1958.

1965

William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 24.

Bibliography

1978

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

Wikidata ID

Q64962749

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