Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Saul Rejected by God for Disobedience

Samuel tells Saul that to obey is better than sacrifice, and as the king clutches his robe and it tears, the prophet declares the kingdom torn from him (1 Samuel 15). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Saul Rejected by God for Disobedience by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting 1 Samuel 15:22
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.