1825
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Book of Job: Pl. 20, There were not found Women fair as the Daughters of Job is a 1825 by William Blake, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a family of four sitting together. The father has a long white beard and sits in the center, with two women and a child beside him. Above them, ghostly figures float in swirling clouds. The edges of the image have fancy scrollwork and Bible verses in old-fashioned handwriting. The scene comes from the Bible story of Job, where his daughters are praised for their beauty. The artist used strong contrasts between light and dark to make the figures stand out. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how this lighting trick works in other art.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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