Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Josiah Hears the Word from the Book of the Law
When the long-lost Book of the Law is found in the temple and read aloud, the young King Josiah tears his robes in grief and turns the nation back to the covenant (2 Kings 22). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).
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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.