Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Temptation of Christ

Led by the Spirit into the wilderness and fasting forty days, Jesus is tempted by the devil and answers each trial with the word of God (Matthew 4). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Temptation of Christ by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Matthew 4:1
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.