Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Institution of the Last Supper

At the table Jesus takes bread and the cup, gives thanks, and gives them to his disciples as his body and his blood of the covenant poured out for many (Matthew 26). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Institution of the Last Supper by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Matthew 26:26
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.