Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
The Praise of Wisdom and Fear of God
An allegory of wisdom, which comes from the Lord and was created before all things, and of the fear of God that is its beginning and crown (Sirach 1). 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.