Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
The Beheading of John the Baptist
At Herod's birthday feast, swayed by his rash oath and the dance of Herodias's daughter, the king sends to the prison and John the Baptist is beheaded (Mark 6). 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.