Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

As the Lamb opens the first four seals, John sees four horsemen ride forth on white, red, black, and pale horses, bearing conquest, war, famine, and death (Revelation 6). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Revelation 6:1
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.