The Bible Gallery · 1880 · ART0018
Baruch
Printed caption: BARUCH.
Jeremiah 36 and 45
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Ask about availability ↗The story behind the image
Baruch, son of Neriah, is the scribe who records Jeremiah’s words. In Jeremiah 36, he writes them on a scroll and reads them publicly at the Temple in Jerusalem. The scroll reaches King Jehoiakim, who cuts away portions and burns them as they are read. Jeremiah then dictates another scroll, and Baruch writes the words again, with further material added. The account gives this quiet figure a powerful wider context: words can be preserved even when the first record is destroyed. The illustration shows Baruch seated beside scrolls; the burning of the scroll is part of his biblical story, rather than the action pictured here.
Where Babylon fits into the story
Baruch’s story belongs to Judah’s final decades under pressure from Babylon. Jeremiah’s warnings, the threat of conquest and the later exile form its broader setting. The destruction of Jerusalem comes later than the scroll episode in Jeremiah 36.
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Two details to notice
- Baruch rests his head against a hand beside a group of rolled scrolls.
- Dense shadows contrast with the lighter stonework around his face.
About this original
- Illustrator
- Gustave Doré
- Book text
- Talbot W. Chambers, D.D.
- Photograph
- Framed front view
- Visible condition
- The photograph shows the framed front. The mat covers the leaf edges; reflections on the glazing limit the view of the paper. Ask for dimensions, back photographs and condition details.
- Piece reference
- ART0018
- Original record
- DORE-001 · Gallery prototype
These original pages were salvaged from a damaged book. The age and individual marks of each physical leaf are part of what makes it unique.
See the source book and its photographs →Read the source
- Jeremiah 36 · The scroll written again · King James Version ↗
- Jeremiah 45 · A message to Baruch · King James Version ↗
The illustration is an artistic interpretation. The linked source gives context for this short introduction.
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How Talbot W. Chambers described it
In The Bible Gallery, Chambers connects this illustration with Jeremiah 36 and 45. He describes Baruch reclining within a prison, surrounded by scrolls, with a sad and careworn expression. He suggests that the figure may be reflecting on disappointed personal hopes, connecting that reading with the warning against seeking great things for oneself in Jeremiah 45. This is the source-book commentator’s interpretation of the image.
Read Chambers’s commentary on Baruch ↗