Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.389)Sacred Art & IconographyTornado, Zeus Battling Typhon (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.389)Engraving, William Blake after Henry Fuseli, 1795, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2007.49.389Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.389)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/typhon-blake-fuseli-met-2007-49-389.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.389). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/typhon-blake-fuseli-met-2007-49-389Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-tornado-zeus-battling-typhon-metropolita, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.389)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/typhon-blake-fuseli-met-2007-49-389}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn engraving titled "Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon," engraved by William Blake in 1795 after a composition by Henry Fuseli, made to illustrate an edition of Erasmus Darwin's poem "The Botanic Garden." It shows Zeus in aerial combat with the storm giant Typhon, cast as an allegory of a tornado. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints department, under accession 2007.49.389, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionAncient Greek Religion, Religions Well-attested Source Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon, accession 2007.49.389 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsTyphon, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this engraving names the subject outright, "Typhon," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon, accession 2007.49.389 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesTornado, Zeus Battling Typhon, accession 2007.49.389 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 2007.49.389View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year