St. Matthew

Cleveland Museum of Art

St. Matthew

William BlakeLinkedCulture matchlcp-98f873ebf582

Date
1799
Medium
tempera on canvas
Culture
England
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
294155

The energy and awe with which the evangelist Saint Matthew responds to the angel presenting the divinely inspired text echoes William Blake’s attitude toward artistic inspiration. From childhood Blake experienced visions that are reflected in the otherworldliness of his work. While Blake was not embraced by the fine art establishment, a small group of patrons believed in his genius and commissioned works in which his unusual visions had free rein. Like St. Matthew, William Blake reported having visions of angels throughout his life.

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Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Provenance
1799-1845: Thomas Butts [1757 - 1845], London, by descent to his son, Thomas Butts, Jr. | 1845-1862: Thomas Butts, Jr. [died 1862], London | by 1863-?: William Michael Rossetti [1829-1919], London | by 1876-1892: William Bell Scott [1811-1890], consigned to sale at Sotheby's, London | 1892: (Sotheby's, London, July 14, 1892, no. 238, sold to Quaritch) | 1892-1893: (Quaritch, sold to E.H. van Ingen for Mrs. William Emerson) | 1893-1958: Mrs. William Emerson, consigned to sale at Sotheby's, London | 1958: (Sotheby's London, May 19, 1958, no.12, bought by Agnew for Lady Melchett) | 1958-1971: Lady Melchett [1928-], sold at Christie's, London | 1971-?: (Christie's London, November 9, 1971, no. 71, bought by Piccadilly Gallery) | (Piccadilly Gallery, London, sold to Galleria Galatea) | (Galleria Galatea, Turin, sold to private collector, Milan) | by 1981-?: private collector, Milan | 2016-17: (Ben Elwes Fine Art, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 2017-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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