Gustave Doré1866

Samuel Blesses Saul

The prophet Samuel takes a flask of oil and pours it over Saul's head, kissing him and anointing him to be ruler over the Lord's people Israel (1 Samuel 10). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Samuel Blesses Saul by Gustave Doré depicting 1 Samuel 10:1
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

1 Samuel 10:1Primary
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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.

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