Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
The Shepherds as First Heralds of the Gospel
Having found the child as the angel foretold, the shepherds make known what they have seen and return glorifying and praising God for all they have heard (Luke 2). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

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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.