The Angel Appearing to Zacharias
William Blake
1799–1800
Medium
Pen and black ink, tempera, and glue size on canvas
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 15 in. (26.7 x 38.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951
Accession Number
51.30.1
Tags
AngelsMen
About the Artist
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...