Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Burial of Jesus
Several men carry a lowered body into a rocky opening while a veiled woman and other companions stand near the entrance. Doré places the weight of the body across the bearers’ arms, keeping the act of moving it physically legible. The cave provides a close dark destination, with the surrounding figures occupying the narrow remaining space. The printed caption identifies the burial of Jesus. The illustration gives the passage from execution to tomb a human scale through carrying and attendance, retaining the material work of burial within the biblical account.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Burial of Jesus" [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 373. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/bible-dore-372
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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). The Burial of Jesus. The Bible Gallery. Scan leaf 373. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/bible-dore-372