Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Martyrdom of the Seven Brothers and Their Mother
Seven brothers and their mother choose torture and death rather than break the law of their fathers, encouraging one another with hope in the resurrection (2 Maccabees 7). 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.