Gustave Doré1866
The Sermon on the Mount
Seeing the crowds, Jesus goes up the mountainside and sits to teach his disciples, opening with the Beatitudes that bless the poor in spirit and the meek (Matthew 5). 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.