Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap
Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap

Destruction of Leviathan Rectangle Canvas Wrap

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The Destruction of Leviathan (1866)
Engraving by Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883)

Gustave Doré was the most celebrated illustrator of the 19th century — his engravings for the Bible, Dante's Inferno, Milton's Paradise Lost, and Cervantes' Don Quixote defined how generations of readers visualized those texts. His work is characterized by monumental scale, dramatic chiaroscuro, and a sense of cosmic weight that few illustrators before or since have matched.

This plate depicts the moment from Isaiah 27:1, when God strikes down Leviathan at the end of days: "In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea." Doré renders the beast as a vast coiling sea serpent, its body arching against a sky split by divine light — a creature so immense it seems to fill the world it is being torn from.

The serpent's form draws on multiple mythological traditions: the Midgard Serpent of Norse cosmology, and the dragon Vritra slain by Indra in the Rig Veda. Doré understood that the oldest monsters share a shape.

An image of annihilation rendered with the precision of devotion.

Rectangle Canvas Wrap

Gallery-quality canvas with fade-resistant inks and a 1.25" deep pine frame sourced from renewable forests. Arrives wrapped and ready to hang.

  • Materials: cotton and polyester composite canvas, pine wood frame
  • Inner frame: radiata pine from renewable forests
  • Leveling bumpers included for wall protection
  • Ready to hang — mounting hardware pre-attached

Care: Dust gently with a clean, damp cloth as needed.