Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860
Mary of Bethany Anoints Jesus for His Burial
At supper in Bethany, Mary anoints Jesus's feet with costly perfume and wipes them with her hair, and he says she has kept it for the day of his burial (John 12). 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.