1993.28: The New Jerusalem Descending
DrawingsA drawing of a woman with long blond hair wearing a crown with her arms outstretched. She is in the center of a landscape of clouds and is lit brightly. Her right knee and foot protrude from her long flowing white dress. She gazes upwards and off to the left. An unclothed male figure with dark hair is in the shadows below her. His arms reach up and towards the left. A helmet, chalice and other objects are in the shadows at the bottom of the drawing.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1993.28
- People
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William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
- Title
- The New Jerusalem Descending
- Other Titles
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Alternate Title: Allegorical Female Figure
Alternate Title: Triumphant Virtue
Alternate Title: A Crowned Woman amid Clouds with a Demon Starting Away - Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1785-1790
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/294262
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink and gray wash on off-white laid paper, laid down
- Dimensions
- 13.3 x 11.4 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Aimée and Rosamond Lamb
- Accession Year
- 1993
- Object Number
- 1993.28
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Martin Butlin, The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1981), no. 92, pl. 102
- [Reproduction only], Studies in Romanticism, Boston University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Boston, Winter 2008)., cover ill.
Verification Level
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