Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Stoning of Stephen

Gazing into heaven where he sees the Son of Man standing at God's right hand, Stephen is cast out and stoned, kneeling to pray that the sin not be charged against his killers (Acts 7). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Stoning of Stephen by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Acts 7:54
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.