Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Punishment of Korah

When Korah and his company rise against Moses, the ground opens and swallows them, and fire consumes those who offered unholy incense (Numbers 16). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Punishment of Korah by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Numbers 16:28
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.