Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked, 1825
William Blakeexpand_more
Engravingexpand_more
The William Hood Dunwoody Fundexpand_more P.5,878
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Satan the Accuser is cast out of Job's heaven, and with him fall the errors of Job and his wife. They fall into the flames of annihilation-not of everlasting torture, for Blake did not believe in such a hell. Error is recognized is Error destroyed. God is again seated firmly on his throne; he still holds his book, for Law is essential to life; but his halo now contains figures of love and pity, whose attitudes are repeated by the two attendant angels. The fall of Satan has opened a gulf between Job and his friends.
In the margins, the flames consume the material creation (as in Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Plate 14).
Details
- Title
- Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked
- Artist Life
- 1757–1827
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.5,878
- Curator Approved
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