Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

David and Abigail

Abigail hurries out with provisions and bows before David, her wise and gentle words turning him back from the vengeance he had sworn against her household (1 Samuel 25). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

David and Abigail by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting 1 Samuel 25:18
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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.