The Circle of Corrupt Officials: The Devils Mauling Each Other
William Blake|Dante Alighieri
ca. 1825–27
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 9 9/16 x 13 1/16 in. (24.3 x 33.2 cm) sheet: 10 11/16 x 13 1/2 in. (27.1 x 34.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.65.3
Tags
Devil
About the Artist
William Blake|Dante Alighieri · 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...