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The Third Temptation
Blake, William, born 1757 - died 1827 - Enlarge image
The Third Temptation
- Object:
Watercolour
- Place of origin:
London, England (probably, painted)
- Date:
ca. 1803-5 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Blake, William, born 1757 - died 1827 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pen and ink, pencil and wash on paper
- Credit Line:
Purchased with the aid of contributions from the National Art-Collections Fund and from the funds of the Captain H B Murray Bequest
- Museum number:
P.26-1949
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Pen and ink, pencil and wash on paper entitled 'The Third Temptation'. Great Britain, ca.1803-5.
Place of Origin
London, England (probably, painted)
Date
ca. 1803-5 (painted)
Artist/maker
Blake, William, born 1757 - died 1827 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pen and ink, pencil and wash on paper
Marks and inscriptions
WB
An exceeding high mountain
Then the Devil leaveth him &, behold, angels came & ministered / unto him
Mattw. ch: 4th. v. 11th.
Dimensions
Height: 41.5 cm, Width: 39.3 cm
Object history note
Was formerly in the collections of Thomas Butts, Captain Butts and W. Graham Robertson. Sold at Christies, 22nd July 1949, in the Graham Robertson Sale (Lot 6).
Descriptive line
Pen and watercolour by William Blake entitled 'The Third Temptation'. Great Britain, ca. 1803-5.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Robertson, W. Graham The Blake collection of W. Graham Robertson, described by the collector London: Published for the William Blake Foundation by Faber and Faber, 1952. 263p. 64 plates.
No.27
Original works by William Blake. 1949 July 22 London: Christie's, 1949.
Butlin, Martin The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981. Cat. 476, pl.557.
Bindham, David Blake as an Artist Oxford: Phaidon, 1977. 256p.
Michael Phillips and Catherine de Bourgoing, William Blake. le Génie visionnaire du romantisme anglias Paris: Paris-Musées, 2009. ISBN: 978-2-7596-0077-9.
Exhibition catalogue
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
The full text of the record is as follows:
'BLAKE, William (1757-1827)
The Third Temptation. (St. Matthew, IV, II) [Not in R.]
Signed WB inv. Inscribed on the mount at the top An exceeding high mountain, and at the bottom Then the Devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered / unto him, and Mattw. ch : 4th. v. 11th.
Water-colour.
P.26-1949
Purchased with the aid of contributions from the National Art-Collections Fund and from the funds of the Captain H.B. Murray Bequest
Note: This painting was formerly in the collection of T. Butts, Captain Butts, and W. Graham Robertson. It was Lot 31 at Messrs. Christie's, 22 July 1949 (Graham Robertson sale) . It is described and illustrated in The Blake Collection of W. Graham Robertson, London, 1952, No.27.'
Exhibition History
Landscape in Blake (Tate Britain 6 May 2013-6 Oct 2013)
William Blake (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Le Petit Palais. 01/04/2009-28/06/2009)
Materials
Pencil; Pen and ink
Techniques
Drawing; Painting; Wash
Subjects depicted
Jesus Christ; Christianity; Religion (concept)
Categories
Paintings
Production Type
Unique
Collection code
PDP
