Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Jesus Rescues the Sinking Peter

Walking out to Jesus across the water, Peter sees the wind and begins to sink, crying out for help, and Jesus reaches out his hand to catch him (Matthew 14). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Jesus Rescues the Sinking Peter by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Matthew 14:22
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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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.