Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Jesus Asleep during the Storm

As a fierce squall sweeps the Sea of Galilee and the boat begins to fill, Jesus sleeps in the stern until the terrified disciples wake him and he rebukes the wind into calm (Mark 4). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Jesus Asleep during the Storm by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Mark 4:35
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.