Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883)

Paul Gustave Dore, King of Hell.

Paul Gustave Dore was a French illustrator and painter also known

for his engravings. He collaborated with the Russian publishing house "Wolf".

Paul Gustave Dore, Rosa Celeste.

Paul Gustave Dore, The Vision of Death 1868.

Paul Gustave Dore, Illustration of

Ludovico Ariosto’s "Orlando Furioso".

Paul Gustave Dore, The Vision of 

the Valley of Dry Bones 1866.

Paul Gustave Dore, Illustrations of

Baron von Munchhausen 1862.

Paul Gustave Dore, The Wrestle of Jacob 1855.

The painting depicts the famous Biblical story of Jacob 

wrestling with an angel, which is also present in the Torah. 

The story is not mentioned in the Qur'an, but is discussed 

in Islamic commentaries.

The identity of Jacob's struggling adversary is a subject of debate, 

 being variously referred to as a figure in a dream, a prophetic 

vision, an angel, and even Jesus or God.

Paul Gustave Dore, The Vale of Tears 1883.

Paul Gustave Dore, Sister of Charity Saving a Child, an Incident 

During the Siege of Paris 1870-1871.

Paul Gustave Dore, illustration to Dante's Inferno 1857.

Paul Gustave Dore, Satan's Flight Through Chaos 1868.

Paul Gustave Dore, Don Quixote

and Sancho Setting Out 1863.

Paul Gustave Dore, The Raven 1884.

Paul Gustave Dore, Illustration of

Ludovico Ariosto’s "Orlando Furioso".

Paul Gustave Dore, The Fall of the Rebel Angel 1866.

Paul Gustave Dore, Alpine Scene 1865.

Paul Gustave Dore, The March of the Knights.

Paul Gustave Dore, The Enigma 1871.

Paul Gustave Dore, Idylls of the King.

Paul Gustave Dore, Orlando Furioso.

Paul Gustave Dore, Canto II of Divine Comedy.

Paul Gustave Dore, Illustration

for an 1884 edition of E. A. Poe's "The Raven".

Paul Gustave Dore, The Inferno (Canto X).

Paul Gustave Dore, Illustration of

Ludovico Ariosto’s "Orlando Furioso".

Paul Gustave Dore, The Inferno 13.

Paul Gustave Dore, The Triumph

of Christianity Over Paganism 1868.

Paul Gustave Dore, Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of Hell 1861.