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Black-and-white engraving of a robed figure with raised arms standing on clouds, with rays of light spreading across a dark sky over a shadowed hillside and sea.

Doré English Bible

A robed figure with arms raised stands on a cloud bank, with radiating beams of light bursting from behind him across a dark, stormy sky. Below, a shadowed hillside and turbulent sea fill the foreground in this black-and-white engraving signed by Gustave Doré.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1866
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3112 × 3912 px
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Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1866; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Figura con brazos alzados entre nubes y luz, Biblia inglesa de Doré

Una figura vestida con túnica y los brazos levantados se alza sobre un banco de nubes, mientras haces de luz irradian desde detrás de ella a través de un cielo oscuro y tormentoso. Abajo, una ladera sombreada y un mar agitado ocupan el primer plano de este grabado en blanco y negro firmado por Gustave Doré.

Português: Figura de braços erguidos entre nuvens e luz, Bíblia inglesa de Doré

Uma figura vestida com manto e os braços erguidos está de pé sobre uma faixa de nuvens, com feixes de luz irradiando por trás dela através de um céu escuro e tempestuoso. Embaixo, uma encosta sombreada e um mar agitado ocupam o primeiro plano desta gravura em preto e branco assinada por Gustave Doré.

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