Gustave Doré1866

Jesus Calming the Tempest

As a fierce storm swamps the boat on the sea, Jesus rises and rebukes the wind and waves, and a great calm falls upon the water (Mark 4). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Jesus Calming the Tempest by Gustave Doré depicting Mark 4:37
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.