Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Christ's First Disciples

Jesus calls his first followers, and Andrew brings his brother Simon, while Philip tells Nathanael, 'We have found him of whom Moses and the prophets wrote' (John 1). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Christ's First Disciples by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting John 1:35
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.