Thenot and Colinet Lead Their Flocks

This work originates from a wood engraving by the visionary British artist and poet William Blake. Created in 1821 for an edition of Virgil's Eclogues, 'Thenot and Colinet Lead Their Flocks' captures a pastoral scene imbued with the quiet intensity of the Romantic movement. Blake’s original composition, held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, renders the idyllic landscape and its shepherds in stark, expressive monochrome.

This Atelier Edition presents a new, contemporary interpretation of Blake's masterwork, developed by Surrealium. Using AI-assisted techniques, the original engraving has been reimagined with a luminous color palette of gold, lapis blue, translucent rose, and flame orange. The result is a vibrant, visionary scene that gives the composition a tempera-like quality, offering a modern dialogue with the historical source.

Bring this unique conversation between past and present into your home as a fine-art print for a living room, study, or gallery wall. Each piece is printed to order on archival, museum-grade matte paper. This special edition print is available for purchase to all collectors. For those with an active Fable subscription, further customization options are available. This interpretation is presented by the Surrealium atelier, based at the 17th-century Kastellet sea fortress in the Stockholm archipelago.