Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
The Flight into Egypt
By night Joseph leads the donkey bearing Mary and the infant Jesus along the road to Egypt, carrying the child to safety far from Herod's reach (Matthew 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.