Gustave Doré1866
David Shows Saul How He Spared His Life
Having cut only a corner from Saul's robe in the cave, David calls out from a distance and shows it as proof that he spared the king's life (1 Samuel 24). 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.