Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Eliezer Seeks a Wife for Isaac

At the well in Nahor's city Abraham's servant meets Rebekah, who draws water for him and his camels, the sign he had prayed for (Genesis 24). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Eliezer Seeks a Wife for Isaac by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Genesis 24:10
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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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.