Gustave Doré1866

The Prophet Jeremiah

The word of the Lord comes to Jeremiah, appointing him a prophet to the nations before he was born and putting words into his mouth to uproot and to build (Jeremiah 1). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

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

Depicted passages

Jeremiah 1:1-10Primary
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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