Gustave Doré1866

The Death of Agag

After Saul spares the Amalekite king, the prophet Samuel summons Agag and puts him to death before the Lord at Gilgal (1 Samuel 15). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Death of Agag by Gustave Doré depicting 1 Samuel 15:32
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.