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Antique Master Print-PARADISE-LOST-FALL-REBEL-ANGELS-John Martin-1825

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€245.00

‘DESIGNED & ENGRAVED BY J. MARTIN ESQ. BOOK 6. LINE 44’

– Mezzotint titled ‘The Fall of the Rebel Angels’. A dramatic vertical composition showing a spiraling descent of winged figures, cast from heaven into a chasm of darkness – Martin’s haunting vision of the Rebel Angels’ fall from grace in Paradise Lost.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 18 x 28 cm (7.09 x 11.02 inch). Image size: 15 x 21 cm. (5.91 x 8.27 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, REBEL ANGELS, PARADISE LOST, MILTON, FALL FROM HEAVEN, 19TH CENTURY PRINT, BIBLICAL, ROMANTIC ART, MEZZOTINT | 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.575-1968.

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

Additional information

Dimensions 28 × 18 × 1 cm

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