Antaeus Setting Down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell | William Blake | 1824-27 Gothic with one figure prominently featured

with one figure prominently featured in the foreground

holding an ermine

this work presents an expansive outdoor view

with a lion curiously sniffing around her

Antaeus Setting Down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell | William Blake | 1824-27 Gothic with one figure prominently featuredAbout the artwork: William Blake was a visionary artist, poet, and printmaker whose work defied the conventions of his time and continues to resonate for its deeply symbolic and otherworldly qualities. A Romantic in spirit, Blake rejected materialism and rationalism, instead embracing a mystical worldview that celebrated imagination as the ultimate creative force. His illuminated manuscripts, such as Songs of Innocence and Experience, blend poetry