Gustave Doré1866

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream

Brought up from prison, Joseph stands before Pharaoh and interprets his dreams of seven fat and seven lean cattle as seven years of plenty followed by seven of famine (Genesis 41). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream by Gustave Doré depicting Genesis 41:14
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.