Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear — Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741–1825) | DiscoverArt

Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear

1776

pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This drawing is one of three almost identical drawings depicting the same scene from Paradise Lost ; the other sheets are in the collections of the National Gallery, Stockholm, and the British Museum, London.

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