Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
The Woman Taken in Adultery before Christ
When a woman caught in adultery is dragged before him, Jesus stoops to write on the ground and tells her accusers that whoever is without sin should cast the first stone (John 8). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).
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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.