Gustave Doré1866

The Army Appears in the Heavens

Over Jerusalem there appear for many days horsemen charging in the sky, arrayed in gold with drawn swords, a portent to the city (2 Maccabees 5). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Army Appears in the Heavens by Gustave Doré depicting 2 Maccabees 5:2
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.