Name: Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-ANGELS-GUARDING-PARADISE-John Martin-1825
SKU: PICTURA-06996
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Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-ANGELS-GUARDING-PARADISE-John Martin-1825

€245.00

‘DESIGNED & ENGRAVED BY J. MARTIN ESQ. BOOK 4. LINE 806’

– Mezzotint titled ‘The Angels guarding Paradise at night’. A glowing host of angelic figures stands illuminated on a craggy height, watching over the shadowed and forested landscape of Paradise by moonlight. A majestic nocturnal scene from Milton’s Paradise Lost.

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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, SATAN, FALLEN ANGELS, HELL, ROMANTICISM, 19TH CENTURY ART, MEZZOTINT, BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATION | EXPO-ENGLISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Paradise Lost of Milton, with illustrations by John Martin, published by Septimus Prowett, London, 1825.

Reference: V&A accession no. E.593-1968.

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