Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Mordecai Raised to High Honor

Robed in the king's own apparel and set upon the royal horse, Mordecai is led through the city square as Haman proclaims the honor the king delights to give (Esther 6). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Mordecai Raised to High Honor by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Esther 6:6
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.