Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Resurrection of Jesus

An angel descends with an earthquake and rolls back the stone, and the risen Christ comes forth from the tomb as the guards fall down like dead men (Matthew 28). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Resurrection of Jesus by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Matthew 28:1
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.