Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Elijah Fed by the Ravens

Hidden by the brook Cherith during the drought, the prophet Elijah is kept alive by ravens that bring him bread and meat morning and evening (1 Kings 17). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Elijah Fed by the Ravens by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting 1 Kings 17:2
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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Portrait of Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

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.