Satan Smiting Job with Boils, from Illustrations of The Book of Job
Satan Smiting Job with Boils, from Illustrations of The Book of Job
Satan Smiting Job with Boils, from Illustrations of The Book of Job
Satan Smiting Job with Boils, from Illustrations of The Book of Job

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Satan Smiting Job with Boils, from Illustrations of The Book of Job,

1825

William Blake, 1757–1827; born and died London, England
x1941-127 g
In keeping with his belief that “All deities reside within
the human breast,” the visionary poet and artist William
Blake conceived Satan as embodying the moral extremes
of both good (his rebellion against God) and evil (his
self-righteousness). Satan’s duality and Blake’s personal
engagement with Biblical texts is exemplified in his twentyone
engraved Illustrations of the Book of Job.

Information

Title
Satan Smiting Job with Boils, from Illustrations of The Book of Job
Dates

1825

Maker
William Blake
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.6 × 16.9 cm (8 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 37.5 x 27.2 cm. (14 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1941-127 g
Place Made

Europe, England, London

Inscription
Numbered in plate, upper right corner: 7 Scripture inscribed in plate around image Signed in plate, lower right: W Blake inv & sculp Inscribed below plate, center: London. Published as the Act directs March 8: 1825, by William Blake N 3 Fountain Court Strand
Reference Numbers
Bindman 632; Binyon 112; Russell viii
Culture
British, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
bible stories, figures (representations), deaths, illustrations

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept

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