Gustave Doré1866

The Bronze Serpent

Plagued by fiery serpents in the wilderness, the people gaze upon the bronze serpent Moses has set on a pole, and whoever looks is healed (Numbers 21). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Bronze Serpent by Gustave Doré depicting Numbers 21:4
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

Numbers 21:4-9Primary
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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