Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Return from the Babylonian Captivity

Stirred by the proclamation of Cyrus, the exiles of Judah set out from Babylon to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the house of the Lord (Ezra 1). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Return from the Babylonian Captivity by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Ezra 1:1
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.