Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Jonathan and David's Friendship

In the field by the agreed signal of the arrows, Jonathan warns David that he must flee, and the two friends embrace and weep before parting in covenant love (1 Samuel 20). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Jonathan and David's Friendship by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting 1 Samuel 20:35
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.