Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Abram Beholds the Promised Land

The Lord tells Abram to lift his eyes and look in every direction, for all the land he sees will be given to him and his offspring forever (Genesis 13). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Abram Beholds the Promised Land by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Genesis 13:14
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.