Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks

On Patmos John turns at the voice behind him and beholds the Son of Man among seven golden lampstands, his face like the sun and a sharp two-edged sword from his mouth (Revelation 1). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Vision of the Seven Candlesticks by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Revelation 1:12
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.