The Solis woodcuts

Virgil Solis, Nuremberg, 1565 · 217 plates

Virgil Solis cut these for the Biblische Figuren, a picture Bible printed in Nuremberg four years after his death. They are small, fine and full of incident, and they go to places Gustave Doré never went: Leviticus, the book of Joshua, Nehemiah, Job, and every one of the minor prophets. Every plate here is public domain and free to download at full size.

The CreationThe Making of EveThe Serpent and the TreeCain Slays AbelThe Flood and the Returning DoveNoah Plants a VineyardLot Led Out of SodomAbraham Offering IsaacJacob's LadderJacob and the Peeled RodsJacob at PenielJoseph Sold into EgyptJoseph and Potiphar's WifeJoseph Interprets Pharaoh's DreamJacob's House in GoshenThe Burial of Jacob in HebronPharaoh's Host Drowned in the Red SeaManna and QuailsMoses' Hands Held Up Against AmalekThe Mercy Seat and the ArkThe Offering for the TabernacleThe Form of the TabernacleThe Boards and Bars of the TabernacleThe Altar of Burnt OfferingThe Court of the TabernacleThe Garments of the PriestsThe Golden CalfThe Blasphemer StonedThe Twelve Spies ReturnThe Brazen SerpentJoshua Takes CommandThe Crossing of JordanThe Fall of JerichoThe Stoning of AchanThe Five Kings HangedThe Kings of the North DefeatedDeborah, Barak and the Death of SiseraGideon Chooses the Three HundredThe Trumpets and the TorchesJephthah's VowSamson and the LionSamson Slays the Philistines with the JawboneSamson Carries Away the Gates of GazaSamson Betrayed and BlindedSamson Pulls Down the HouseThe Ark Taken by the PhilistinesDagon Falls Before the ArkDavid Anointed and Saul's TormentDavid and GoliathDavid Escapes Through the WindowDavid at Nob and Before AchishDavid Spares SaulThe Death of SaulDavid and BathshebaThe Death of AbsalomThe Judgment of SolomonSolomon Builds the TempleSolomon Builds His HouseThe Molten SeaThe Ten Brazen BasesThe Queen of ShebaElijah on Mount CarmelMicaiah and the Death of AhabElijah Taken Up into HeavenThe Widow's Oil and the Shunammite's SonThe Syrians Flee and Samaria Is FedJehu and the Death of JezebelIsrael Carried into CaptivityThe Destruction of JerusalemBuilding the Wall with Sword in HandThe Feast of Ahasuerus and Vashti's RefusalEsther's BanquetThe Triumph of MordecaiJob Loses All He HasBlessed Is the ManIsaiah Rebukes the PeopleThe Rod and the Seething PotJeremiah Cast into the DungeonThe Four Living Creatures and the WheelsThe Valley of Dry BonesDaniel and the King's MeatNebuchadnezzar's Dream InterpretedThe Three Hebrews in the Fiery FurnaceDaniel's Vision of the Four BeastsHosea and GomerThe Locusts and the Ruined HarvestAmos Prophesies Against the NationsObadiah Against EdomJonah Cast Out upon the Dry LandMicah Denounces the NationsNahum Foretells the Fall of NinevehHabakkuk and the ChaldeansThe Day of the Lord Against the IdolatersHaggai Calls the People to RebuildZechariah's Vision of the HorsemenMalachi Rebukes the PriestsJudith and HolofernesTobit Buries the DeadMattathias Slays the IdolaterThe Death of AntiochusSusanna and the EldersThe Evangelist MatthewThe Evangelist MarkThe Evangelist LukeThe Evangelist JohnThe Angel Appears to the ShepherdsThe Circumcision of ChristThe Adoration of the MagiChrist Among the DoctorsThe Marriage at Cana and the Cleansing of the TempleThe Healings, the Storm and the SwineThe Storm on the LakeThe Sower and the TaresThe Labourers in the VineyardThe Women, the Storm and Jairus' DaughterThe Presentation in the TempleThe Blind Man at JerichoThe Temptation in the WildernessThe Canaanite Woman and the Feeding of the Four ThousandChrist Rebukes the PhariseesThe Feeding of the Five ThousandThe Woman Taken in AdulteryThe Institution of the Lord's SupperChrist Washes the Disciples' FeetThe Anointing at Bethany and the Agony in the GardenThe Arrest of Christ and Peter's DenialChrist Before the CouncilChrist Before Pilate and the Road to CalvaryChrist Bearing the CrossThe Crucifixion at GolgothaChrist Taken Down from the CrossThe Women at the Empty TombThe Road to EmmausChrist Appears to the DisciplesChrist Appears to Mary Magdalene and to ThomasThe Good ShepherdChrist Comforts the DisciplesWhatsoever Ye Shall Ask the FatherThe Ascension and the Choosing of MatthiasThe True VineThe Day of PentecostThe Promise of the ComforterFor God So Loved the WorldNicodemus Comes by NightThe Rich Man and LazarusThe Great Supper and the Cost of FollowingThe Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Prodigal SonThe Withered Hand and the Sermon on the PlainThe Draught of FishesThe Sermon on the MountThe Four Thousand Fed and Peter's ConfessionThe Mote and the Beam, the Narrow GateThe Steward Who Wasted His GoodsThe Pharisee and the PublicanChrist Drives Out the Money ChangersThe Deaf and Dumb Man HealedThe Good SamaritanThe Ten LepersOf Alms, Prayer and FastingThe Widow's Son at NainThe Palsied Man and Jairus' DaughterThe Question of the ResurrectionThe Man with the DropsyThe Burning of the CityThe Unmerciful ServantJairus Kneels Before ChristWoe to Them That Are with ChildHe Opened His Mouth and Taught ThemThe Entry into JerusalemThe Signs in the Sun and StarsChrist Praises John the BaptistThe Baptism at the JordanChrist at the Sea of TiberiasThe Stoning of StephenThe Massacre of the InnocentsThe Conversion of SaulI Thank Thee, O FatherThe AnnunciationIn My Father's House Are Many MansionsThe Death of John the BaptistPeter's ConfessionThe VisitationThe Woman Who Anointed His FeetThe Sons of ZebedeeThe Call of MatthewJesus Sets a Child in the MidstThese Things I Command YouZacchaeus in the Sycomore TreeSaint PaulSaint Paul Sends His LetterSaint PeterThe Vision of the Son of ManThe Throne and the Sealed BookThe Four HorsemenThe Souls Under the AltarThe Sixth SealThe Four Angels Holding the WindsThe Seven Trumpets and the Golden CenserThe First TrumpetThe Second TrumpetThe Third TrumpetThe Fourth Trumpet and the WoeThe Fifth Trumpet: the LocustsThe Sixth Trumpet: the HorsemenThe Mighty Angel and the Little BookThe Two WitnessesThe Woman and the DragonThe Beast from the Sea and the Beast from the EarthThe Three AngelsThe Harvest and the WinepressThe Seven Vials of WrathThe Whore of BabylonThe Fall of BabylonThe Rider on the White HorseSatan Bound a Thousand YearsThe Devil Cast into the Lake of FireThe New Jerusalem