Gustave Doré1866

Job Hears of His Misfortunes

One messenger after another arrives to tell Job that his livestock, servants, and all his children have been swept away in a single day (Job 1). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Job Hears of His Misfortunes by Gustave Doré depicting Job 1:14
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

Job 1:14-19Primary
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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