Gustave Doré1866

The Finding of Moses

Pharaoh's daughter comes down to the river and finds the basket among the reeds, and opening it she sees the weeping infant Moses and takes pity on him (Exodus 2). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Finding of Moses by Gustave Doré depicting Exodus 2:3
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.