Gustave Doré1866

Israelite Women Mourn with Jephthah's Daughter

Bound by her father's rash vow, Jephthah's daughter goes into the hills with her companions to weep, and afterward the daughters of Israel mourn her each year (Judges 11). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Israelite Women Mourn with Jephthah's Daughter by Gustave Doré depicting Judges 11:37
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Gustave Doré (1832–1883), La Grande Bible de Tours, 1866.Source

Depicted passages

Judges 11:37-40Primary
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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