Fall of Gog and Magog

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 · [ca. 1903–1916]

This chaotic scene depicts the point of collapse when all things on earth are destroyed and the universe halts. The wheels of a flipped chariot at top and the inverted horses pulling it suggest that the earth has been thrown violently off course, while bright gild frames in Lincrusta-Walton at left signal further destruction. Backing the scene is the bright swirl of a galaxy at left and a dim outline of Saturn at right.