Gustave Doré1866

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Riding on a donkey, Jesus enters Jerusalem while the crowds spread their cloaks and branches before him, crying Hosanna to the Son of David (Matthew 21). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem by Gustave Doré depicting John 12
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

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John 12Primary
Portrait of Gustave Doré

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.

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