Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Paul Preaches at the Areopagus in Athens

Standing before the Areopagus in Athens, Paul proclaims to the philosophers the unknown God whom they worship, the Lord of heaven and earth who raised Jesus from the dead (Acts 17). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Paul Preaches at the Areopagus in Athens by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Acts 17:16
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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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.