Melchizedek Blessing Abraham

Melchizedek Blessing Abraham — Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. 1825.

Medium: pen and brown ink mounted on blue laid paper. Dimensions: 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.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

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 Picture Bible, 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.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.