Who painted “The Ancient of Days”?

“The Ancient of Days” was painted by William Blake in 1794. Where to see it: British Museum.

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Romanticism: Neoclassicism is cool and linear; Romanticism is turbulent and colourful. Realism, which followed, replaced drama with ordinary life.

William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. Wikipedia

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“Nebuchadnezzar”, 1795
“The Great Red Dragon paintings”, 1805
“Newton”, 1795
“The Ghost of a Flea”, 1819
“Europe Supported by Africa and America”, 1792
“Pity”, 1795
“The Night of Enitharmon's Joy”, 1795
“The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides”, 1824