Gustave Doré1866

The Punishment of Antiochus

Struck down for his cruelty and pride, King Antiochus is seized with a wasting torment of the body, even as he had vowed to destroy Jerusalem (2 Maccabees 9). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Punishment of Antiochus by Gustave Doré depicting 2 Maccabees 9:5
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

2 Maccabees 9:5-12Primary
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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