Gustave Doré1866

The Ark Is Returned to Beth-shemesh

The cart bearing the ark of the covenant comes into the field at Beth-shemesh, and the people rejoice and offer the cattle as a burnt offering (1 Samuel 6). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Ark Is Returned to Beth-shemesh by Gustave Doré depicting 1 Samuel 6:13
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

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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.