Christ Offers to Redeem Man
by William Blake
Title
Christ Offers to Redeem Man
Artist
William Blake
Medium
Painting - Ink And Watercolor
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Illustration 3 to Milton's Paradise Lost: Christ Offers to Redeem Man, 1807 (pen & ink and w/c on paper), Blake, William (1757-1827). Christ, assuming a posture prophetic of his crucifixion, comes before God the Father and offers to atone for human sins. Attendant angels "cast their crowns" below God's throne while an unhappy Satan hovers below on bat-like wings. The weak, slumping figure of God the Father suggests that Blake, like many readers of Paradise Lost, found Milton's characterization of divinity less convincing than his presentation of Satan, evil yet fascinating.
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