Joseph of Arimathea among the Rocks of Albion: P.393-1985

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Titles

Joseph of Arimathea among the Rocks of Albion

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Engraver: Beatrizet, Nicolas (After)
Painter: Michelangelo Buonarroti (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1810

Note

Second state, posthumous impression, watermark 1828.

The engraving is after a print attributed to Beatrizet from an unidentified figure in Michelangelo's fresco of the Crucifixion of St Peter in the Pauline Chapel.

School or Style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 254 mm Width 140 mm
Sheet Height 294 mm Width 238 mm

Techniques used in production

Inscription or legends present

Text: JOSEPH / of Arimathea / among The Rocks of Albion
Location: Image upper right corner
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Title

Text: Engraved by W Blake 1773 from an old Italian Drawing / This is One of the Gothic Artists who Built the Cathedrals in what we call the Dark Ages / Wandering about in sheep skins & goat skins of whom the World was not worthy / Such were the Christians / in all Ages
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

Text: Michael Angelo Pinxit
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Related exhibitions

Blake’s "Jerusalem"

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.393-1985
Primary reference Number: 669
Bindman: 401
Essick: I 2 F
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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