The Valley of Tears | Gustave Doré | 1883 Select Size:36" x 24" Their heads form the skull’s

Their heads form the skull’s eye sockets

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from the king to the common people

Caravaggio presents three laborers straining under the weight of the cross while Peter

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The Valley of Tears | Gustave Doré | 1883 Select Size:36" x 24" Their heads form the skull’sAbout the artwork: The Valley of Tears by Gustave Dor is a monumental 1883 oil on canvas that turns Christian consolation into a vast human drama. Inspired by the Gospel of Matthew, the painting shows a crowd of suffering people, including rulers, beggars, children, elders, men, and women, moving through a barren mountain landscape toward the distant figure of Christ carrying the cross. Dor places humanity in the foreground and Christ farther back,