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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, (born March 26, 1794, Leipzig, Saxony [Germany]—died May 24, 1872, Dresden, Germany), painter and designer who figured importantly in the German Nazarene movement.

Die Bibel in Bildern. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Bible with engravings by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was published in 1860. This is one of the most popular sets of Bible illustrations.

Portrait of a Woman, 1821. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Study of a Standing Nude Youth, 1820. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. The Nibelungen’s End - The Death of Kriemhild, 1845. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Defeat of Wittekind near Bürberg, 1835. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

Print made by: Julius Thaeter After: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld | Production date 1842 |

1794 - 1872. Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a member of the Nazarene Brotherhood of painters active in Rome in the early decades of the 19th century. Like them, he sought to invest modern painting with the purity of form and spiritual values he admired in the art of early Renaissance Italy and Northern Europe.

The Nibelungen’s End - The Death of Kriemhild. 1845. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. German, 1794-1874. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld’s Nibelungen’s End—the Death of Kriemhild is one of several studies for an extensive fresco cycle for King Ludwig I of Bavaria’s Royal Palace in Munich.

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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German painter, chiefly of Biblical subjects. As a young man he associated with the painters of the Nazarene movement who revived the florid Renaissance style in religious art. He is remembered for his extensive Picture Bible, and his designs for stained glass windows in cathedrals.