Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Sending of the Twelve Apostles

Jesus gathers the twelve apostles and sends them out with authority over unclean spirits and sickness, charging them to proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matthew 10). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Sending of the Twelve Apostles by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Matthew 10:1
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.