Behemoth and Leviathan

1825

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

This is a drawing depicting five human figures, a Behemoth, and a Leviathan. The central panel shows two angelic figures beside a central human-like figure, surrounded by smaller human forms. Below them, a Behemoth stands next to a coiled Leviathan. The composition is bordered with text related to the biblical Behemoth and Leviathan, and the style resembles that of William Blake, including swirling clouds and celestial imagery.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.7 × 22.4 cm (10 1/8 × 8 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1817

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 640

  • Series Title

    Book of Job: plate 15

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1958

  • Magnifying the Bible through Art, Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN, 1958.

1965

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 24.

Bibliography

1978

  • Bindman, David. The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.

Wikidata ID

Q64962746

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