Suicide of a Woman on an Altar

Anonymous / Unknown

Suicide of a Woman on an Altar

Year: 1532

From: Francesco Petrarca, Von der Artzney bayder Glück, des guten vnd widerwertigen: unnd weß sich ain yeder inn Gelück und Unglück halten sol; auß dem Lateinischen in das Teutsch gezogen, Augspurg, Steyner, 1532, p. clviii

Location: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Keywords: Ancient GreeksFirePolitical SacrificeSelf-SacrificeWomen

Topics:
3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century)

Edited by: Francesco Quatrini

Satī [1800]

from: Chennai, India

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Gravlot, Hubert François

The Fatal Sacrifice (18^th Century)

Wellcome Collection, London

Topics:
3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Ancient GreeksFirePolitical SacrificeSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Scene of a sati. In the foreground, a widowed woman (encountered by Della Valle on November 12, 1623) on horseback holds a mirror and a lemon amidst a crowd. In the background, a woman throws herself into the flames of a funeral pyre (1665)

from: Della Valle, Pietro, De volkome beschryving der voortreffelijke reizen van de deurluchtige reisiger Pietro della Valle, edelman van Romen, in veel voorname gewesten des werrelts, sedert het jaer 1615, tot in 't jaar 1626 gedaan. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1666, vol. 5, pag. 163

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireIndiaSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen