God Judging Adam by William Blake, Genesis 3:17-19, Bible.Gallery
God Judging Adam is a relief etching, ink and watercolour on paper painting by William Blake (1757–1827), created in 1795. Measuring 53 × 43 cm, it depicts the biblical scene from Genesis 3:17-19.
God Judging Adam created
1795
and was completed in 1795
Its dimension is 53cm wide and
43cm high
and it was drawn with relief etching, ink and watercolour on paper style.
Artwork Description
This is a hand-finished relief etching, printed on paper from a copper plate. The broken texture visible along the light grey outline of God's right arm was produced as the printing plate was lifted off the paper.
Blake's figure of God resembles Urizen, a tyrannical law-maker in Blake's own mythology. God holds his sceptre in his right hand here but, because images are reversed during printing, Blake would have had to show it in God's left hand on the copper printing plate.
Artist : William Blake