Gustave Doré1866
Saul Attempts to Kill David
As David plays the harp to soothe him, a tormented King Saul hurls his spear to pin the young man to the wall, but David slips away and escapes into the night (1 Samuel 19). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).
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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.