Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Christ's Presentation in the Temple and Simeon's Prophecy
Brought to the temple to be presented to the Lord, the infant Jesus is taken up by aged Simeon, who blesses God and foretells that a sword will pierce Mary's own soul (Luke 2). 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.