A man and a woman give a loaf of bread to a beggar, while a scene above them shows a figure falling from the side of a bearded robed man who is surrounded by angels
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At lower center, a bearded man sits beside a woman. They give a loaf of bread to a beggar at right who is lead by a small dog on a leash. On either side of this group, angels hover looking on with folded hands. Above, In a cloud of smoke and flame, a robed man with a flowing beard sits on a throne holding a book. He is surrounded on either side by angels and in front of him, a lone dark figure tumbles out of the cloud, directing the flames toward the head of the man seated below. In the margins a biblical text from the Book of Job is decorated with motifs of briars, flames and a serpent.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10452
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
"Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord,"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Book of Job
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257763

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
21.9 x 17.1 cm (8 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii, proof
Standard Reference Number
Binyon 110; Bindman 630

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10452
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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