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Engraving of a haloed bearded figure in clouds beneath winged figures raising their arms among stars, with kneeling figures below and text borders.

The Creation

A dense black-and-white engraving shows a bearded, halo-crowned figure seated in clouds beneath four rows of arm-raised, winged figures among stars. Below, a small group of kneeling figures gathers in a dark arch, while decorative borders frame the plate with text.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1825
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3242 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1825; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Español: La creación (Blake, lámina de Job, 1825)

Un denso grabado en blanco y negro muestra una figura barbuda con halo sentada entre nubes, bajo cuatro filas de figuras aladas con los brazos levantados entre estrellas. Abajo, un pequeño grupo de figuras arrodilladas se reúne en un arco oscuro, mientras bordes decorativos enmarcan la lámina con texto.

Português: A Criação (Blake, gravura de Jó, 1825)

Uma densa gravura em preto e branco mostra uma figura barbuda com auréola sentada entre nuvens, abaixo de quatro fileiras de figuras aladas com os braços erguidos entre estrelas. Embaixo, um pequeno grupo de figuras ajoelhadas se reúne em um arco escuro, enquanto bordas decorativas emolduram a prancha com texto.

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