Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The End of Jezebel

When Jehu rides into Jezreel, Jezebel is thrown down from her window at his command and meets her end in the street below (2 Kings 9). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The End of Jezebel by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting 2 Kings 9:30
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.