Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Lord Appears to Elijah on Horeb

At the mouth of the cave on Horeb, Elijah meets the Lord not in the wind, earthquake, or fire, but in a low whisper, and wraps his face in his mantle (1 Kings 19). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Lord Appears to Elijah on Horeb by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting 1 Kings 19:9
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.