Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Solomon Falls into Idolatry

In his old age Solomon's many foreign wives turn his heart after other gods, and he builds high places for their idols, provoking the Lord's anger (1 Kings 11). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Solomon Falls into Idolatry by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting 1 Kings 11:1
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.