Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Saul Tries to Kill David
As David plays the harp before him, Saul, tormented by an evil spirit, hurls his spear to pin the young man to the wall, but David escapes (1 Samuel 19). 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.