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Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon, accession 2007.49.389 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's Botanic Garden," an engraving by William Blake after a composition by Henry Fuseli, dated August 1, 1795. Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005. Accession number 2007.49.389.

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Citation
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/375909
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned print, the strongest available record for its attribution, date and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright.
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Associated With

Typhon, Figures

This source names Typhon directly: "API record for "Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's Botanic Garden," an engraving by William Blake after a composition by Henry Fuseli, dated August 1, 1795."

Source Tornado, Zeus Battling Typhon, accession 2007.49.389 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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