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I, the first consciousness in the chaos
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A face of a man with closed eyes, in the darkness. Below the image the text 'John: I, the first consciousness in the Chaos, have risen from the bottomless pit to make matter congeal, to determine forms'. Fourteenth print of twenty-four from the third series of illustrations for Gustave Flaubert's The Temptation of Saint Anthony.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineIk, het eerste bewustzijn in de chaos. 1896. Odilon Redon. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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