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Like his friend and contemporary William Blake, Flaxman became interested in the writings of the visionary Swedish theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1771) and made a number of highly finished drawings, such as this one, based on Swedenborgian subjects. An essential concept in Swedenborg’s symbolic interpretation of the Bible is that all beings in the spiritual world retain their human forms after death. According to Swedenborg, once the awakened spirit has made the transition from earthly to eternal life, the soul is welcomed into heaven by angels who provide the benefit of celestial light.","remarks":"K4-6 rotation may 2019"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<p>William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925); </p><p>&nbsp;November 1946, P. &amp; D. Colnaghi, London; </p><p>James Byam Shaw, London, thence by descent; </p><p>June 5, 2006, sale Christie's, London, lot 6; </p><p>W. M. 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