Gustave Doré1866

St Paul Preaching to the Thessalonians

In the synagogue at Thessalonica, Paul reasons from the Scriptures over three Sabbaths, explaining that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead (Acts 17). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

St Paul Preaching to the Thessalonians by Gustave Doré depicting Acts 17:1
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.