Gustave Doré1866

Baruch

Baruch the scribe, companion of the prophet Jeremiah, reads aloud the words he has written to the exiles by the river in Babylon (Baruch 1). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Baruch by Gustave Doré depicting Baruch 1:1
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.