Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Ruth in the Field of Boaz
Ruth gleans among the sheaves in the field of Boaz, who tells his reapers to let handfuls fall on purpose for her and shows kindness to the foreign widow (Ruth 2). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).
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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.