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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was an important figure within the Romantic movement that spread throughout Germany in the early 1800s. He was a member of the Nazarenes, a loosely formed group of young artists who rejected their conservative training in favor of a restrained style that they hoped would spiritually elevate those who viewed it. Schnorr von Carolsfeld is best known today for the <em>Picture Bible</em>, an expansive series of drawings created as illustrations for episodes from scripture. This drawing presents a scene from the Book of Genesis, evoking a dramatic episode with a restrained style characteristic of the Nazarenes’ work around this time.
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690333
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Melchizedek Blessing Abraham
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690333
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Melchizedek Blessing Abraham
description
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was an important figure within the Romantic movement that spread throughout Germany in the early 1800s. He was a member of the Nazarenes, a loosely formed group of young artists who rejected their conservative training in favor of a restrained style that they hoped would spiritually elevate those who viewed it. Schnorr von Carolsfeld is best known today for the <em>Picture Bible</em>, an expansive series of drawings created as illustrations for episodes from scripture. This drawing presents a scene from the Book of Genesis, evoking a dramatic episode with a restrained style characteristic of the Nazarenes’ work around this time.
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1825
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en
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Sheet: 21.3 x 25.7 cm (8 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.); Secondary Support: 42.2 x 41.9 cm (16 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
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Germany
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2025.13
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pen and brown ink mounted on blue laid paper
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Melchizedek Blessing Abraham, 1825. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, 1794–1872). Pen and brown ink mounted on blue laid paper; sheet: 21.3 x 25.7 cm (8 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.); secondary support: 42.2 x 41.9 cm (16 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund, 2025.130
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Signed and dated, lower right, in brown ink: 18JS25; inscribed (in later hand in Sütterlin), lower right on mount, in graphite: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld 1794 – 1872. / “Abraham wird von Melchisidek gesegnet.” / (1. B. Mose 14, 18-20). [A. Schahl s. 137, nr. 25] / Feder in Braun, über Blei, 21,4 x 25, 6 cm
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Collector's stamp (Walter Moraw): Sammlung MW (not in Lugt)
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The <em>Picture Bible</em>, the series to which this drawing belongs, was originally a group project conceived by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and the Nazarenes, but he took over execution of the project around 1824.
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Alma Kroeger Fund
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2026-05-29 09:18:14.080000
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pen and brown ink mounted on blue laid paper
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