Destruction of Leviathan | Gustave Doré | 19th Century Size:16"x20" 1909) was an American painter

1909) was an American painter

breaking traditional artistic conventions of the time

as well as the interplay between innocence and darkness

and the inescapability of death

and the uneasy balance between despair and light

Destruction of Leviathan | Gustave Doré | 19th Century Size:16"x20" 1909) was an American painterThis print is an illustration titled "Destruction of Leviathan" by Gustave Dor, originating from the 19th century. This work is likely to be part of the series of illustrations Dor created for the Bible. It shows a dramatic scene with a tumultuous sea and the Leviathan, a sea monster from biblical texts, in the midst of being slain. The Leviathan is depicted as a colossal, serpentine creature writhing in the ocean waves, which crash around it in a