Gustave Doré1866

Ezra Kneels in Prayer

Grieved by the people's unfaithfulness, Ezra falls to his knees and spreads out his hands to the Lord, confessing the nation's guilt in prayer (Ezra 9). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Ezra Kneels in Prayer by Gustave Doré depicting Ezra 9:5
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.