Gustave Doré1866
David Mourns the Death of Absalom
Hearing that his rebellious son is dead, David is overcome with grief and weeps, crying out that he wished he had died in Absalom's place (2 Samuel 18). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).
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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.