Original steel engraving titled Satan cotoyant les murs du ciel: the fallen angel, with great wings spread, advances over the rock while overhead shines the celestial glory he has just left. Engraved by Nyon after Jean-Jacques Flatters for John Milton's Le Paradis Perdu, published by F. Chardon in Paris.
Original steel engraving titled Satan cotoyant les murs du ciel: the fallen angel, with great wings spread, advances over the rock while overhead shines the celestial glory he has just left. Engraved by Nyon after Jean-Jacques Flatters for John Milton's Le Paradis Perdu, published by F. Chardon in Paris.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Jean-Jacques Flatters (1786-1845)
Engraver: Nyon
Date: 1855
Source: Le Paradis Perdu by John Milton, ed. F. Chardon, Paris
Dimensions: 9.1 x 12.6 in (23 x 32 cm)
Condition: Good. Foxing scattered through the margins.