Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

In Jesus's parable the beggar Lazarus, who once lay starving at the rich man's gate, is carried to Abraham's side while the rich man lifts up his eyes in torment (Luke 16). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Luke 16:19
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.