Gustave Doré1866

Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts

In a night vision Daniel sees four great beasts rise from the storm-tossed sea, each stranger than the last, foreshadowing the kingdoms to come (Daniel 7). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts by Gustave Doré depicting Daniel 7:1
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.