Gustave Doré1866

L'Ascension

As the disciples watch, the risen Jesus is lifted up and a cloud takes him from their sight, while two men in white promise his return (Acts 1). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

L'Ascension by Gustave Doré depicting Acts 1:9
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

Acts 1:9-11Primary
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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