Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Conquest of Ai

By an ambush set behind the city, Joshua draws out the men of Ai and takes the city, stretching out his spear at the Lord's command until the victory is complete (Joshua 8). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Conquest of Ai by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Joshua 8:1
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.