Gustave Doré1866

The Death of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram

When Korah, Dathan, and Abiram defy Moses, the ground opens and swallows them with their households down into the earth (Numbers 16). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Death of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram by Gustave Doré depicting Numbers 16:23
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.