Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Sermon on the Mount

Seeing the crowds, Jesus goes up on the mountain, and his disciples gather to him as he teaches the Beatitudes, blessing the poor in spirit and the meek (Matthew 5). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Sermon on the Mount by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Matthew 5:1
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.