Gustave Doré1866

Daniel among the Exiles

Among the young Israelites taken to serve in the Babylonian court, Daniel resolves not to defile himself with the king's food and asks instead to be tested (Daniel 1). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Daniel among the Exiles by Gustave Doré depicting Daniel 1:3
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

Daniel 1:3-8Primary
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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