Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Fourth Day of Creation — Sun, Moon, and Stars

On the fourth day God sets the sun, moon, and stars in the firmament to govern the day and the night and to mark the seasons (Genesis 1). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Fourth Day of Creation — Sun, Moon, and Stars by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Genesis 1:14
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794–1872), Die Bibel in Bildern, Leipzig: Georg Wigand, 1860.Source

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Portrait of Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

About Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

1794-1872 · German

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German Nazarene painter whose "Die Bibel in Bildern" (1852–1860), a cycle of 240 woodcuts, became one of the most widely circulated Protestant Bible picture books of the 19th century.