Art, Symbol & Imagination
Lazarus and the Rich Man
A poorly clad man sits at the edge of a grand courtyard with dogs nearby, while diners and attendants occupy an elevated table in the distance. Doré uses columns, steps and the open foreground to make the separation between the two conditions visible within one setting. The seated figure remains close to the viewer while the feast recedes behind architectural thresholds. The printed caption identifies Lazarus and the rich man. The scene presents the parable’s disparity through access, position and material surroundings, keeping the excluded person within sight of the abundance from which he is separated.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Lazarus and the Rich Man" [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 317. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-316
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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). Lazarus and the Rich Man. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 317. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-316