Creator:

William Blake, 1757–1827, British

Title:
Moses Receiving the Law
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 x 12 1/4 inches (66 x 31.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1883
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
The ten commandments | Old Testament | Judaism | Christianity | robes | law | book | clouds | tablets | man | light | religious and mythological subject
Currently On View:
On view
Exhibition History:

William Blake: Burning Bright (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-09-04 - 2025-12-07)

William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)

William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)

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

Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7223