Art, Symbol & Imagination
Jesus and the Tribute Money
A central figure holds a small object before a gathered company in a courtyard, with raised hands, attentive faces and palms visible around him. Doré places the exchange at the company’s eye level, allowing the tiny object to become a focus through surrounding gestures rather than exaggerated size. The printed caption identifies Jesus and the tribute money. The narrative’s question about payment is presented as a public encounter whose significance exceeds the coin itself, with the carved architecture and varied observers giving the conversation a concrete social setting.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Jesus and the Tribute Money" [editorial title]. In The Bible Gallery, Gustave Dore; Talbot W. Chambers. Undated Cassell & Company edition; one hundred illustrations with supplied descriptive letterpress, undated edition, Cassell & Company, Limited. Source scan leaf 293. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-292
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Complete plate reviewed against the scan; printed caption supplies subject. Crop excludes surrounding paper and separate caption without changing scan tone. Letterpress theology is not adopted as historical proof.
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Gustave Doré (design). Jesus and the Tribute Money. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 293. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-292