Gustave Doré1866

Esther Accuses Haman

At her banquet Queen Esther names Haman as the wicked enemy who plotted to destroy her people, and the king rises in wrath against him (Esther 7). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Esther Accuses Haman by Gustave Doré depicting Esther 7:6
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Depicted passages

Esther 7:6-10Primary
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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