Gustave Doré1866

The Judas Kiss

Leading an armed crowd into the garden, Judas steps forward and greets Jesus with a kiss, the agreed sign by which he betrays his Master to those who seize him (Matthew 26). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

The Judas Kiss by Gustave Doré depicting Luke 22
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

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Luke 22Primary
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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