Gustave Doré1866

The Prophet Isaiah

Isaiah sees the Lord seated on a high throne, with seraphim calling out 'Holy, holy, holy,' and when his lips are touched with a live coal he answers the call to be sent (Isaiah 6). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Prophet Isaiah by Gustave Doré depicting Isaiah 6:1
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

Isaiah 6:1-8Primary
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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