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William Blake produced this dramatic interpretation of Milton's Paradise Lost around 1800-1809, showing Satan standing on a rock backed by flames as he rallies his fallen angels. Below him sits Beelzebub, with other figures floating amid the infernal fire.
Blake based the nude figures on classical sculpture and Michelangelo's drawings, representing Satan and his followers as beautiful despite their corruption. The work uses tempera with gold leaf, creating a luminous effect. Blake painted multiple versions of this scene; this tempera version is now at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Another version resides at Petworth House in Sussex.
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