About this artwork
Sharp transcended Le Brun’s codified expressions of fear and hate when he reproduced the unhinged expression of Michelangelo’s ultimate fiend. Despite the figure’s inhuman screams, Sharp suggested the wicked would not prevail forever, for, according to Psalm 37 (cited on the print’s final state): “The wicked plot against the righteous; and gnash their teeth at them; but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.”
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- William Sharp
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Title
- Evil
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Place
- England (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Published 1816
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Medium
- Engraving on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory laid paper (chine collé)
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Dimensions
- Image: 30.9 × 22.3 cm (12 3/16 × 8 13/16 in.); Plate: 36.7 × 24.7 cm (14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in.); Primary support: 35.8 × 23.7 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 43.5 × 30.6 cm (17 3/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
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Reference Number
- 1887.289
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/138083/manifest.json
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