Gustave Doré1866
The Death of Ahab
Struck by an arrow shot at random during the battle, King Ahab is propped up in his chariot until evening, when he dies as the prophets had foretold (1 Kings 22). 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.