Gustave Doré1866

Jesus and the Disciples at the Last Supper

Gathered with the Twelve on the night of the Passover, Jesus takes bread and the cup, gives thanks, and shares them, telling his disciples to do this in remembrance of him (Luke 22). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Jesus and the Disciples at the Last Supper by Gustave Doré depicting Luke 22:14
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.