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The Number of the Beast is 666
Original price was: $518.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: William Blake
A dense, visionary rendering of Revelation apocalypse, The Number of the Beast is 666 by William Blake brings prophetic intensity and muscular figuration to a wall in hand-painted oil.
Description
Description
A vertical composition of modest scale concentrates its energy inward rather than spreading it across a wall, so a viewer tends to step close, drawn toward the density of incident packed into a small format. That intimacy suits the subject: this is not a picture meant to be absorbed at a glance from across a room but one that rewards the kind of sustained looking Blake demanded of his readers and viewers alike.
About Number of the Beast Is 666
The Number of the Beast is 666 stages a scene from Revelation in which a monstrous, many-headed figure looms over a crowd of the awestruck and the prostrate, its authority both seductive and corrupting. Blake surrounds the Beast with onlookers whose postures range from adoration to collapse, dramatising the way tyranny asks for worship and receives it. The composition pulses with the visionary urgency that runs through his prophetic subjects generally, writhing forms compressed into a shallow, agitated space.
For Blake, Revelation was less a fixed scripture than a living symbolic vocabulary through which he could dramatise the war between imagination and domination, and this treatment carries that conviction. The palette heightens the sense of unearthly spectacle, and the figures show his characteristic muscular idealism, bodies that feel classical in their modelling and entirely his own in their distortion and intensity. It belongs among the visionary works that have made Blake a famous artwork touchstone for artists and readers who see prophecy and image as inseparable.
The hand-painted reproduction
A trained painter working on artist-grade canvas builds this hand-painted oil painting reproduction layer by layer, matching the original palette tone for tone and preserving the writhing linework and concentrated energy of the composition rather than flattening it into a uniform surface. What carries across is not just colour but texture: the raised ridges of impasto where Blake pressed pigment hardest, the visible direction of each stroke, the way light catches the oil surface differently depending on where you stand, all qualities a discerning eye looks for when judging whether a reproduction has been painted with attention or merely copied by machine.
- Hand-painted in oil on canvas by a trained artist
- Available in multiple sizes to suit your wall
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang on arrival
- Certificate of authenticity included with every order
- Painted to order in 2 to 3 weeks, then delivered in 5 to 7 days
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
Empty walls flatten a room. A classical artwork restores structure and visual hierarchy. One painting defines the space, anchors furniture, and establishes identity.
Delivery in 3 to 4 weeks
Worldwide shipping included. Each painting is produced to order and safely packed for international transport.
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Real brushwork, layered oil paint, and durable pigments on museum-quality canvas.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
Stretched Canvas
Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
Gallery Wrap
Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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We ship with UPS, FedEx, or DHL straight to your door. You’ll receive a tracking number as soon as your order leaves our studio. Typical delivery is 5 to 7 days after dispatch; large, framed, or stretched pieces may take longer depending on the safest shipping route.
Unframed canvases are protected with a film, carefully rolled, and secured inside a rigid shipping tube.
Stretched, Gallery Wrapped, and Framed paintings are wrapped, cushioned with foam protection, and boxed for safe transit.
