Satan leaving the gate of Hell, guarded by Sin and Death

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Satan leaving the gate of Hell, guarded by Sin and Death

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Description

pencil with grey wash, brown wash and yellow wash 398 x 301 mm - P.H. [Putney Hill] 7 May 21 2 May 23 (in pencil) John Milton’s narrative poem Paradise Lost retells the Biblical story of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden or Paradise, alongside the story of Satan. The rebel angel Lucifer is driven out of heaven after attemp...

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Date created

1821

Creator

Henry Fuseli

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Related subjects

classicism / Christianity / religious art / Romantic/European / Drawing

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