JACOB WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL

Original 9 1/2 inch x 7 5/8 inch Engraving titled JACOB WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL.

”M. Doré’s illustration of the incident has something of the strenuous simplicity of the old Italian masters in the treatment of the two figures. The landscape is very solitary and Eastern, and the breaking of daylight over the distance extremely tender and delicate.”

Illustration by Gustave Doré (1832 – 1883). The most popular and successful French book illustrator of the middle of the 19th century. Doré became widely known for his illustrations to such books as Danté’s Inferno (1861), Don Quixote (1862), and the Bible (1866), and he helped to give European currency to the illustrated book of large format. He was so prolific that at one time he employed more than forty wood engravers. His work is characterized by an eclectic mix of Michelangelesque nudes, northern traditions of sublime landscape, and a highly spirited love of the grotesque and bizarre.

Engraved by Charles Laplante (1837 – 1903).

From Doré’s illustrated edition of the Bible 1866.

This edition from Cassell’s ‘Doré Gallery’ published in 1885.

Page size 12 1/4 inch x 9 1/8 inch

The engraving is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.