Gustave Doré1866

The Annunciation

The angel Gabriel comes to Mary at Nazareth, announcing that she will conceive by the Holy Spirit and bear the Son of God (Luke 1). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Annunciation by Gustave Doré depicting Luke 1:26
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

Luke 1:26-38Primary
Portrait of Gustave Doré

About Gustave Doré

1832-1883 · French

Paul Gustave Doré was a prolific French illustrator whose 241 wood engravings for "La Grande Bible de Tours" (1866) became the most influential visual interpretation of scripture of the 19th century.

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