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 Matthew 21:6
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

Matthew 21:6-11Primary
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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