1808
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Resurrection: The angel rolling away the stone from the sepulchre is a 1808 watercolor by William Blake, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a dimly lit scene with three ghostly figures. One angel floats above, arms outstretched, rolling a stone away with its feet. Two other figures stand nearby—one looks down, the other leans forward. On the ground, a sleeping man lies wrapped in cloth, his head resting on a rock. The artist used soft, smoky colors to make the figures look like they’re glowing from within. The light seems to come from inside the figures, not from any outside source. Look up Blake, William to see how he mixed religious stories with his own bold style.
A watercolour by William Blake from 1808 shows Christ lying unclothed between two angels, with a third angel above rolling away the stone of the sepulchre. The artist’s signature appears in the lower right corner as “WB.” The work was exhibited several times between 1876 and 1947, and its provenance traces from Thomas Butts through J C Strange and Sydney Morse to Esmond Morse, whose heirs donated it to a museum.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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