Editor: Dennj Solera – Image Gallery

Duchetti, Claudio

Frieze of Sacrificial Instruments (1580 - 1585)

from: Lafréry, Antoine. Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae [...], Roma, n. p., 1553, A 128

University of Chicago Library, Chicago

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

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesEngravingsSacrificial Objects

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 14 (1585)

from: Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista. Ecclesiae militantis triumphi sive Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina ... in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu visuntur depicta [...], Romae, ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, 1585, p. 29

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

Sacrifice of an Aztec [1562]

from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis

Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Different Sacrifices in front of a Dirty Pyramid of Blood [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 87r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodFireMexico

Rosa, Attilio

The Death of Atilius Regulus (1662)

Galleria Trincia, Rome

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansEngravingsPolitical Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

James Cook, English Navigator, witnessing Human Sacrifice in Taihiti (Otaheite) 1773ca. [1773]

from: Cook, James. Voyages, [Woodbridgen?], [Smith?], 1815

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

Keywords: Human SacrificesNative AmericansPagan Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

Snake Sacrifice [1690]

from: Udaipur, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India

Henri Vever Collection, Freer|Sackler gallery at the Smithsonian Institution

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice FireHinduIndia

Anonymous / Unknown

Ritual Human Sacrifice [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 70r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodHuman SacrificesMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Abraham and the Binding of Ishmael (17^th Century)

Haft Tanan (Seven Tombs) Mausoleum, Shiraz

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentChristian-Islamic relationsFrescosJewish Sacrifice

Zuccari, Taddeo

Sacrifice to Hermes (1562 - 1566)

Villa Farnese, Camera dell'aurora, Caprarola

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksAncient SacrificesFrescos

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 15 (1585)

from: Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista. Ecclesiae militantis triumphi sive Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina ... in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu visuntur depicta [...], Romae, ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, 1585, p. 30

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

Wohlgemuth, Micheal [Wolgemut]

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1493)

from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 22v

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacAllianceAnimal Sacrifice EngravingsFireHuman SacrificeRam

Rubens, Pieter Paul

Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Porsenna [1601 - 1650]

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansFirePaintingsPolitical Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

Snake Sacrifice of Jamanjeya (1605)

from: Razmnama

Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice FireHinduIndia

Anonymous / Unknown

Chandrahasa Sacrifice, made by Qabil (1598)

from: Razmnama

Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata

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

Keywords: BloodFireHinduHuman SacrificesIndia

Anonymous / Unknown

Abraham sacrificing his Son Ishmael and Abraham cast into Fire by Nimrod (1583)

from: ms. Zubdat-al Tawarikh

Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istambul

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentChristian-Islamic relations

Dürer, Albrecht

Rejection of Joachim's Sacrifice (1504)

Museum of Art, Cleveland

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentEngravingsJoachimTemples

Anonymous / Unknown

Prince Chandrahasa and a Goddess (1598)

from: Razmnama

Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata

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

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaWomen

[Delhi or Hyderabad school]

A Ruler Performing Yajna (Fire Ritual) (1801 - 1900)

Islamic & Indian Paintings, The Dexter Collection Part II, London

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaPolitical Sacrifice

Rode, Bernhard

An Augur Questions the Gods for Numa Pompilius (1768 - 1769)

from: Wikimedia

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesEngravings

Kircher, Athanasius

Noah offering a sacrifice to God after the Flood (1675)

from: Athanasius Kircher, Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta, Amsterdam 1683, p. 166

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AntiquarianismBible, GenesisFireNoahRam

Anonymous / Unknown

Sacrifice of an Aztec [1562]

from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis

Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Albertinelli, Mariotto

Cain and Abel Sacrifice (1500 - 1515)

Harvard Art Museums - Fogg Museum, Cambridge

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Abel and CainBible, Old TestamentFire

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Sacrifice 6 (16^th Century)

from: ms. Laud Misc. 678

Bodleian Library, Oxford

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

Keywords: AztecsHuman Sacrifices

[Mughal artist]

Ashwamedha Sacrifice (1598)

from: Razmnama Mughal

Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata

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

Keywords: FireHinduIndia

Altomonte, Martino

Joachim's Sacrifice (18^th Century)

Staedel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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

Keywords: FireHistory of the JewsJoachim and AnnePaintings

Master of James IV of Scotland

Jephte Sacrifices his Daughter [1500]

Musée Condé, Chantilly, cod. 139, fol. 7r

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentJephthah

de Sahagún, Bernardino

Ritual Sacrifice to an Aztec God (1577)

from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, I

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

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

Keywords: AztecsCross-Cultural EncountersMexico

[Urbinate]

Atilius Regulus Forced in the Barrel [1530 - 1540]

Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia, Rome

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansPolitical Sacrifice

Tovar, Juan de

Skulls at the Temple [1585]

from: Codex Ramírez or Tovar - Relación del origen de los indios que hábitan esta Nueva España según sus Historias

John Carter Brown Library

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

Keywords: AztecsHuman SacrificesMexico

de Sahagún, Bernardino

Human Sacrifice (1577)

from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, I

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodCross-Cultural EncountersHuman SacrificesMexico

Bos, Cornelis; Lombard, Lambert

Sacrifice to Priapus [1537 - 1555]

Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, Den Haag

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAnimal Sacrifice Engravings

Master IO.FF.

Iphigenia at the Altar [1500]

Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksCoins and MedalsFirstbornsHuman SacrificesIphigenia

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Sacrifice 3 (1556)

from: ms. Arch. Selden. A. 2

Bodleian Library, Oxford

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

Keywords: AztecsHuman Sacrifices

Pencz, Georg

Tobiolus makes a Propitiatory Sacrifice, from The Story of Tobias (1543)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentFireWomen

Maderno, Carlo

Saint Cecilia (1600)

Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Altar, Rome

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

Keywords: MartyrdomRomeSaintsSculptureWomen Martyrs

[Romano], Pippi, Giulio

Sacrifice of an Ox (1527 - 1528)

Palazzo Te, Camera dei venti, Mantua

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice FireFrescosItaly

Duran, Diego de

Transport of the Sacrificial Stone (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 189v

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

Keywords: AztecsMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Sacrifice 5 (16^th Century)

from: ms. Laud Misc. 678

Bodleian Library, Oxford

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

Keywords: AztecsHuman Sacrifices

Picart, Bernard

Mexican Sacrifice to the God of Hunting (1723 - 1743)

from: Picart, Bernard; Bernard, Jean Frederic. Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World, 1723-1743

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

Keywords: EngravingsNative Americans

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 1 (1585)

from: Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista. Ecclesiae militantis triumphi sive Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina ... in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu visuntur depicta [...], Romae, ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, 1585, p. 21

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

Bhagwan

Ladies of Krishna's Harem are Shown the Sacrificial Horse (1598)

from: Razmnama Mughal

Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library, London

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice HinduIndiaWomen

Buonarroti, Michelangelo

Sacrifice of Noah [1508 - 1510]

Sistine Chapel, vault, Vatican

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, Old TestamentFrescosNoahRome

Anonymous / Unknown

Ibrâhîm [Abraham] Sacrifice of his Son Ismâ'îl (1577)

Public Library, Spencer Collection, Persian, ms. 1, New York

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacAnimal Sacrifice Bible, Old TestamentHuman SacrificesIslamic Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

Goods for the Sacrifice during Gacitocoztli Feast [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 32r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Sacrifice 1 [1501 - 1550]

from: ms. Arch. Selden. A. 72 (3)

Bodleian Library, Oxford

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

Keywords: AztecsHuman Sacrifices

de Sahagún, Bernardino

An Aztec praying God (1577)

from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, VI

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

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

Keywords: AztecsCross-Cultural EncountersFireMexico

Kircher, Athanasius

Ammon Herm (1652)

from: Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, V. Mascardi, Roma,1652-1654

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

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesAnimal Sacrifice

Lens, Cornelis

Regulus Returning to Carthage (1791)

The State museum Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansPaintingsPolitical Sacrifice

Mantegna, Andrea

Stories of Saint James (1447 - 1456)

Chiesa degli Eremitani, Cappella Olivetari, Padova

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

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesFire

Duran, Diego de

Dedication of a New Temple to Coatl God (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 170v

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AztecsBloodMexico

[In the manner of Primaticcio]

Sacrifice to Priapus (1540 - 1550)

British Museum (Dep. of Prints and Drawings), London

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesEngravings

de Sahagún, Bernardino

Aztec Idol (1577)

from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

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

Keywords: AztecsCross-Cultural EncountersIdolatryMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Ritual Sacrifice during a Fight [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 18r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Scultori, Adamo

Sacrifice of a Pig [1547 - 1587]

RISD Museum, Providence

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice EngravingsFire

Poussin, Nicolas

The Sacrifice of Noah (1620 - 1665)

National Trust, Tatton Park, Knutsford

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentHistory of the JewsNoahPaintings

Anonymous / Unknown

Tecpatl [1476 - 1500]

from: Codex Borgia, c. 18r

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican

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

David, Jacques-Louis

Brutus Sons Corps (1789)

Museée du Louvre, Paris

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansPaintingsPolitical Sacrifice

Botticelli, Sandro

The Punishment of Korah and the Stoning of Moses and Aaron (1481 - 1482)

Sistine Chapel, Wall, Vatican

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

Keywords: Anti-Pagan SacrificesBible, Old TestamentFrescosMosesPagan Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

The Destruction of Daksha's Sacrifice [1598 - 1600]

from: Razmnama

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

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

Keywords: FireHinduIndia

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 7 (1585)

from: Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista. Ecclesiae militantis triumphi sive Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina ... in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu visuntur depicta [...], Romae, ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, 1585, p. 9

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

Duran, Diego de

Human Sacrifice in front of an Aztec Pyramid (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 280v

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodFireMexicoWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Humans Sacrificed in the Fire and on the Pyramid [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 40r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodHuman sacrificeMexico

[Portuguese]

Indian Sacrifice by Behaeding (16^th Century)

Biblioteca Casanatense, ms. 1889, c. 86r, Rome

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

Keywords: Human SacrificesIndia

Anonymous / Unknown

A Symbolf of the Sacrifices to an Aztec God (demon) [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 12r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodHuman SacrificesMexico

Raimondi, Marcantonio

Saint Cecilia Martyrdom [1520 - 1525]

Warburg Institute, London, Bartsch Collection (XIV.114.107)

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansEngravingsRomeSaintsWomen Martyrs

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Human Sacrifice [1476 - 1500]

from: Codex Borgia

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Duran, Diego de

Sacrfice and Revenge among the Aztecs (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 70r

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodHuman SacrificesMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Scenes from Daily Life of the Aztecs (1553)

from: Mendoza Codex

Bodleian Library, Oxford

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

Keywords: AztecsHuman SacrificesNative Americans

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Human Sacrifice [1476 - 1500]

from: Codex Borgia

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Hollar, Václav

Four Classical Figures (Pagan Sacrifice) (1638)

Metropolitan Museum, New York

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksAnimal Sacrifice DrawingPagan Sacrifice

Duran, Diego de

Aztec Human Sacrifice on the Altar (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 238r

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodHuman SacrificesMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Atilius Regulus in the Spiked Barrel (17^th Century)

Museo Civico, Feltre

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansPaintingsPolitical Sacrifice

Picart, Bernard

The Great Sacrifice of the Canadians Indians (1723 - 1743)

from: Picart, Bernard; Bernard, Jean Frederic. Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World, 1723-1743

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

Keywords: EngravingsNative AmericansNorth AmericaPagan Sacrifice

de Sahagún, Bernardino

Aztec Human Sacrifice (1577)

from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodCross-Cultural EncountersHuman SacrificesMexico

Rubens, Pieter Paul

Death Decius Mus (1617)

Liechtenstein Museum, Wien

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansPaintingsPolitical Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

Abel Sacrifice (1618)

from: Traicté du feu et du sel. Excellent et rare opuscule du Sieur Blaise de Vigenère, Bourbonnois, trouvé parmy ses papiers après son décès, Paris, Abel Langelier, 1618

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentEngravingsFireFrontispiece

de Sahagún, Bernardino

Aztec sacrificing an Heart (1577)

from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodCross-Cultural EncountersHuman SacrificesMexico

Duran, Diego de

Aztec Sacrifice to thank Gods for the Vistory (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 138r

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodFireHuman SacrificesMexico

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 10 (1585)

from: Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista. Ecclesiae militantis triumphi sive Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina ... in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu visuntur depicta [...], Romae, ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, 1585, p. 16

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

Tovar, Juan de

Human Sacrifice in front of the King [1585]

from: Codex Ramírez or Tovar - Relación del origen de los indios que hábitan esta Nueva España según sus Historias

John Carter Brown Library

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodFireHuman SacrificesMexico

Steen, Jan

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (1671)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksAnimal Sacrifice FireIphigeniaPaintings

Bellini, Giovanni

The Blood of the Redeemer (1460 - 1465)

National Gallery, London

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

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesChrist's SacrificeFire

de Sahagún, Bernardino

Aztec Sacrifice in front of a Pyramid (1577)

from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, IX

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze

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

Keywords: AztecsCross-Cultural EncountersMexico

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 4 (1585)

from: Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista. Ecclesiae militantis triumphi sive Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina ... in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu visuntur depicta [...], Romae, ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, 1585, p. 4

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

Tecpatl [1476 - 1500]

from: Codex Borgia

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican

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

Pittoni, Giambattista il Giovane

The Sacrifice of Polixena at the Tomb of Achilles [1735]

The Walter Art Museum, Baltimore

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

Keywords: AchillesAncient GreeksHuman SacrificesPaintingsPolyxena

[Veneziano, Agostino]

Sacrifice to Priapus (16^th Century)

Warburg Institute, London, Bartsch Collection (B.XIV.207.258)

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesEngravings

Anonymous / Unknown

Aesculapius and Two Figures making Sacrifice to Nature (1634)

from: Nardi, G. Lactis physica analysis, n. p., n. p., 1634

The Collection of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesFrontispiece

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Pyramid with Human Blood on the Steps [1562]

from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis

Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Beccafumi, Domenico

Saint Paul Enthroned [1515]

Opera della Misericordia, Siena

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPaintingsProtomartyrsSacrificial ObjectsSaint Paul

Tovar, Juan de

An Aztec Noble’s Sacrifice for his Country [1585]

from: Codex Ramírez or Tovar - Relación del origen de los indios que hábitan esta Nueva España según sus Historias

John Carter Brown Library

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: AztecsHuman SacrificesMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztecs offer Blood to their Principal God [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 88r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Maffezzoli, Giovanni

The Sacrifice of Atilius Regulus [1800]

Museo Civico, Ala Ponzone, Cremona

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansPolitical SacrificeWoodcut

Duran, Diego de

Aztec Human Sacrifice (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 75r

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodFireHuman SacrificesMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

The Aztec day sign tecpatl (flint) [1501 - 1600]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Dente, Marco

Sacrifice to Bacchus [1501 - 1525]

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesAnimal Sacrifice FireWoodcut

Mantegna, Andrea

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1490 - 1495)

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAnimal Sacrifice Bible, Old TestamentFireIsaac

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 8 (1585)

from: Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista. Ecclesiae militantis triumphi sive Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina ... in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu visuntur depicta [...], Romae, ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, 1585, p. 11

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

David, Jacques-Louis

Oath of the Horatii (1784)

Musée du Louvre, Paris

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansOathsPaintingsPolitical Sacrifice