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Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-ADAM-REPROVING-EVE-John Martin-1827

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€245.00

‘DESIGNED & ENGRAVED BY J. MARTIN PROOF. BOOK 10. LINE 863.’

– Mezzotint titled ‘Adam reproving Eve’. In a lush and somber post-Edenic landscape, Adam raises his arm in reproach toward a kneeling Eve, filled with sorrow and remorse. The trees bend overhead in dramatic form, reflecting the gravity of the biblical moment after the Fall.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 28 x 18 cm (11.02 x 7.09 inch). Image size: 21 x 15 cm. (8.27 x 5.91 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Toning from previous matting. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JOHN MARTIN, PARADISE LOST, ADAM AND EVE, BIBLICAL PRINT, MEZZOTINT, RELIGIOUS ART, 19TH CENTURY, MILTON, FALL OF MAN | EXPO-ENGLISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Paradise Lost of Milton, with illustrations by John Martin, published by Septimus Prowett, London, 1827.

Reference: V&A accession no. E.587-1968.

Biography engraver: John Martin (1789-1854), British Romantic painter and mezzotint engraver, known for dramatic Biblical landscapes and apocalyptic visions.

Additional information

Dimensions 18 × 28 × 1 cm

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