{"label":"Canute","metadata":[{"label":"Date","value":"n.d."}],"description":"A replica (?) of Blake's original of ca. 1819-20.\r\n\r\nAn almost identical, but slightly larger, head of Canute is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington (Butlin 1981, No.  721). A good many lines in the Huntington drawing have been strengthened in a rather mechanical and studied manner, suggesting that it was copied from the other version, perhaps with the aid of the graphic telescope. There is also a counterproof, made from the National Gallery drawing, in the collection of Jonathon Wordsworth, Oxford (Butlin 1981, No.  723).\r\nCanute, (or Cnut, 994?-1035), greatest of the Danish kings of ancient Briton, is remembered in most chronicles as a brave warrior, a fierce but just ruler, and a patron of the church and of poets. The elaborate crown he wears in this \"Visionary Head\" may be Blake's response to the legend that Canute once placed his crown on a statue of Christ as a sign of humility. Blake's portrayal emphasizes Canute's nobility, and perhaps even a visionary glimmer in his upturned eyes.","related":[{"format":"text/html","label":"View details","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/96/canute"}],"rendering":[{"format":"text/html","label":"View details","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/96/canute"}],"sequences":[{"label":"default","canvases":[{"label":"R.000-44","width":1948,"height":2560,"images":[{"resource":{"service":{"profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":256,"height":256,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"},{"width":512,"height":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"},{"width":1024,"height":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8],"@type":"iiif:Tile","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json"}],"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/20634"},"format":"image/jpeg","width":1948,"height":2560,"@type":"dctypes:Image","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/20634/full/full/0/default.jpg","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"},"motivation":"sc:painting","on":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-96/canvas/1061984","@type":"oa:Annotation","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-96/annotation/1061984","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"}],"@type":"sc:Canvas","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-96/canvas/20634","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"}],"@type":"sc:Sequence","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-96/sequence/default","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json"}],"logo":[{"@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/internal/media/logodispatcher/Huntington_Wordmark_SingleLine_L1Green.jpg"}],"@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/1-objects-96/manifest","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","thumbnail":[{"service":{"profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/20634"},"@id":"https://emuseum.huntington.org/apis/iiif/image/v2/20634/full/%21100%2C100/0/default.jpg"}]}