Gustave DoréFrench, 1832–1883L'ange de Tobie
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “L'ange de Tobie” now? Collection: Musée Unterlinden, Colmar. Unknown.
Colmar, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- D-1946.1.1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée Unterlinden
- Image: Musée Unterlinden — © Colmar ; musée Unterlinden, © Service des Musées de France, 2019; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Gustave Doré
The whole life1860s
“Don Quixote” illustrated by Doré
In the 1860s Doré illustrates a French edition of Cervantes's “Don Quixote”; his depictions of the knight and his squire, Sancho Panza, become so famous that they influence subsequent readers', artists' and stage and film directors' ideas of the physical “look” of the two characters.
1860s
Dante, Perrault and Baron Munchausen
The 1860s bring Doré's illustrations to Dante's “Inferno” and “Paradiso”, to Charles Perrault's fairy tales and to the adventures of Baron Munchausen.
1866
The illustrated Bible is a great success
Doré's illustrations for the Bible (1866) are a great success.
1866 · Award
Knight Commander of the Order of Carlos III
1867
A major exhibition in London and the Doré Gallery
In 1867 a major exhibition of Doré's work is held in London; it leads to the foundation of the Doré Gallery in Bond Street.
