Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
The People's Repentance
Gathered in fasting and sackcloth with dust on their heads, the people of Israel stand apart, confess their sins, and listen as the Book of the Law is read aloud (Nehemiah 9). 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.