Rev. John Caspar Lavater of Zurich

William Blake

1787 - 1800

Rev. John Caspar Lavater of Zurich by William Blake

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

367; 302

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso midden, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

About the Artist

William Blake · 17571827

William Blake (1757–1827) stands as one of the most visionary and unconventional artists in British history, a poet-painter-printmaker whose mystical imagination and radical vision profoundly shaped the Romantic movement. Born in London's Soho district, Blake experienced visions from childhood—claiming to see angels in trees at age eight—and these spiritual encounters would guide his art throughou...

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