Gustave Doré1866

Job Speaks with His Friends

Hearing of his ruin, Job's three friends come to mourn with him and sit on the ground beside him seven days and seven nights, saying nothing, for they see how great his suffering is (Job 2). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Job Speaks with His Friends by Gustave Doré depicting Job 2:11
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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.