Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Antiochus Persecutes Faithful Israelites
Under the decree of Antiochus the temple is profaned and the law forbidden, and faithful Israelites who refuse to abandon the covenant are put to death (1 Maccabees 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.