The Vale of Tears
A large painted scene of a crowd of robed figures in a dim, rocky valley, many kneeling, reaching, or looking up toward a luminous white figure framed by a glowing arch of light. Dark, dramatic tones and dense grouping fill the wide, horizontal composition.
- Artist
- Gustave Doré
- Date
- 1883
- Medium
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
- Size
- 3130 × 2070 px
Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1883; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
