Tornado — Zeus Battling Typhon

This engraving illustrates a tempestuous scene where the giant Typhon, an adversary of the Olympian gods, rises from a churning sea. He is shown with a chaotic, bearded face, large wings, and a massive serpent-like tail, while clutching bolts of lightning. The dramatic contrasts of shadow and the turbulent movement evoke the raw, destructive forces of nature.

This image reflects the 18th-century Romantic fascination with the 'sublime'—the awe-inspiring and terrifying power of nature that often mirrored the internal conflicts described in Neoplatonic or Hermetic accounts of the soul's struggle against material or chaotic forces.