Gustave Doré1866

The Justification of Susanna

Condemned on false testimony, Susanna is vindicated when young Daniel questions the two elders apart and exposes their lie, and she is delivered from death (Daniel 13). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Justification of Susanna by Gustave Doré depicting Daniel 13:45
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

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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.