Gustave Doré1866
Heliodorus Is Cast Down
As Heliodorus moves to seize the temple treasury, a fearsome rider and two radiant young men appear and strike him down before the altar (2 Maccabees 3). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).
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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.