Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Ahab's End

Disguised in battle against the Syrians, King Ahab is struck by an arrow drawn at random, and he dies in his chariot as the blood runs down (1 Kings 22). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Ahab's End by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting 1 Kings 22:29
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.