Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Jesus in the House of Martha
In their home Martha busies herself with much serving while her sister Mary sits at the feet of Jesus to hear his word, the better part that will not be taken from her (Luke 10). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

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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.