![The Belvedere Torso [verso], William Blake, probably c. 1779/1780](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/2ae4a738-f92a-4c29-a7be-1045ebb45033/full/!1600,1600/0/default.jpg)
The Belvedere Torso [verso]
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- 1943.3.1721.b
Derweil im Leben von William Blake
Das ganze Leben1757–1782 · Wohnort
Broadwick Street
August 1779 · Ausbildung
Royal Academy of Arts
1781
Meets Catherine Boucher
In 1781, recovering from a relationship that had ended in a refusal of his marriage proposal, Blake told the story of his heartbreak to Catherine Boucher and her parents and asked whether she pitied him. When she said yes, he declared: “Then I love you.”
Juli 1782 – August 1782 · Wohnort
Battersea
18 August 1782
Marries Catherine Boucher
On 18 August 1782, at St Mary's Church, Battersea, Blake married Catherine Boucher, who was five years his junior; illiterate, she signed the marriage contract with an X. The marriage was successful, and Catherine became his “partner in both life and work”, working as an engraver and colourist.
August 1782 – 1784 · Wohnort
Green Street
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Young Man [verso], Pablo Picasso, c. 1906](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/b6ecb7bc-192d-46f8-a4c9-8dfb5dd52abb/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
