Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Visitation

Mary travels to the hill country to visit Elizabeth, and at her greeting the child leaps in Elizabeth's womb as she blesses Mary, the mother of her Lord (Luke 1). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Visitation by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Luke 1:39
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.