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John Martin, Paradise Lost - Approach of the Archangel Michael (Book 11)


National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Date: 1824-1826
Technique: Mezzotint with drypoint on laid paper, 25.5 x 35.4 cm

Darkness has fallen across the brightness of the morning sun and nature is distorted thorugh God's rage, as Adam and Eve flee toward the gates of Paradise.

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