Satan Before the Throne of God
William Blake|William Blake
1825–26
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 8 7/16 x 6 9/16 in. (21.4 x 16.7 cm) sheet: 16 3/16 x 10 13/16 in. (41.1 x 27.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edward Bement, 1917
Accession Number
17.17.1–2
Tags
AngelsMenGod the Father
About the Artist
William Blake|William Blake · 1757–1827
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...