Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
David Cursed by Shimei
As David flees from Absalom, Shimei walks along the hillside cursing the king and throwing stones, yet David forbids his men to strike him down (2 Samuel 16). 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.