Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre
Date:
ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (43.8 x 31.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower right, circled: "inv | WB"; in graphite, lower center: "W. Blake del"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1794
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
woman | kneeling | halos | robes | Resurrection of Christ | Christianity | faith | veil | sepulchres | wings | angels | religious and mythological subject | men | shrouds | urns
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)

The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)

William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)

William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)

William Blake [Butlin] (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978-06-10 - 1978-07-15)

William Blake [Butlin] (Tate Britain, 1978-03-08 - 1978-05-21)
Publications:
Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 5, ND466 G67 (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

William Blake, Tate Publishing, London, p. 94, cat. 71, NJ18.B57 M97 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7233