Editor: Dennj Solera – Image Gallery

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Sacrifice in front of a Pyramid [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

[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

Dalzel, Archibad

Victims for Sacrifice (1793)

from: Dalzel, Archibad. The history of Dahomy, an inland Kingdom of Africa, London, T. Spilsbury and Son, 1793

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

Keywords: AfricaHuman SacrificesPagan Sacrifice

Beaufort, Jacques-Antoine

The Oath of Brutus (1771)

Musée Municipal Frederic Blandin, Nevers

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansBloodOathsPaintingsPolitical Sacrifice

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

de Sahagún, Bernardino

Aztec Rite in front an 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: AztecsBloodCross-Cultural EncountersFireMexico

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

Vecelio, Tiziano

Jacopo Pesaro Being Presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter [1511 - 1513]

Koninklijke Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansChurch HistoryItalyPaintingsRome

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

[Cavaliere d'Arpino], Cesari, Giuseppe

Fight between Horatii and Curiatii (1612 - 1613)

Musei capitolini, Sala degli Orazi, Rome

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansFrescosPolitical Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Sacrifice 2 (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

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

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 11 (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. 18

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

Sanzio, Raffaello

The Sacrifice of Lystra (1515)

Vatican Museum, Vatican

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksLystraPagan SacrificeRomeSaint Paul

Anonymous / Unknown

Mictlāntēcutli God with Sacrificial Knife [1476 - 1500]

from: Codex Borgia, c. 18r

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican

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

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

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

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

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 13 (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. 27

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

[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

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

Lafréri, Antoine

Ancient Ritual Sacrifice (1553)

from: Lafréry, Antoine. Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae [...], Roma, n. p., 1553, A 110

University of Chicago Library, Chicago

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesAnimal Sacrifice EngravingsFire

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztecs offer Incense and Dirty Paper of Blood [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 74r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodFireMexico

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Human Sacrifice in front of a God (1530 - 1554)

from: Codex Tudela

Museo de América, Madrid

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

Keywords: AztecsCross-Cultural EncountersHuman SacrificesMexico

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

[Italian]

Sacrifice to Minerva (16^th Century)

from: [Pliny the Elder], Gaius Plinius Secundus. Naturalis Historia, n. p., n. p., 16c., book XXXVI, n. p.

Public Library, New York

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesCapital LetterItaly

Rubens, Pieter Paul

Mars and Rhea Silvia [1617]

Liechtenstein Museum, Wien

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansFirePaintings

[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

[Portuguese]

Indian Sacrifice (16^th Century)

Biblioteca Casanatense, ms. 1889, c. 80r, Rome

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

Keywords: Human SacrificesIndia

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

Anonymous / Unknown

A Man Sacrificed on an Aztec Pyramid [1501 - 1525]

from: Codex Borbonicus

Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée Nationale, Paris

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodHuman SacrificesMexico

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

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

An Aztec God in front a Table with Human Body [1476 - 1500]

from: Codex Borgia

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

ASlave Sacrified in front of his Dead Owner [1526 - 1550]

from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 66r

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodMexico

Anonymous / Unknown

Aztec Sacrifice 4 (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

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

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 3 (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

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 5 (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. 5

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

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

[Pomarancio], Circignani, Niccolò

First Christian Martyrs 12 (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. 24

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

Keywords: Church HistoryEngravingsProtomartyrsRomeSaints

[Italian]

Persons Bringing Sacrifices to Hercules [1526 - 1550]

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

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksEngravings

Duran, Diego de

Human Sacrifice for the Toci Goddess (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 181r

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodFireHuman SacrificesMexico

Wohlgemut, Micheal

Cain and Abel Sacrifices (1493)

from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 9v

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: Abel and CainAnimal Sacrifice Bible, Old TestamentEngravingsFire

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

Wohlgemut, Micheal

Martyrdom of Judas Thaddeus (1493)

from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 107v

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich

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

Keywords: Bible, Acts of the ApostlesBible, New TestamentEngravingsIdolatry

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

[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

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

Rubens, Pieter Paul

Consacration of Decius Mus (1616 - 1617)

Prince of Liechtenstein's Collections, Wien

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAnimal Sacrifice PaintingsPolitical Sacrifice

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

Bourdon, Sébastien

Sacrifice of Noah (1640)

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentHistory of the JewsNoahPaintings

Anonymous / Unknown

A Man Burnt Alive during a Sacrifice (1572)

from: Codex Cozcatzin, c. 26r

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

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

Keywords: AztecsBloodFireHuman 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

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

[Portuguese]

Indian Sacrifice with Harrows (16^th Century)

Biblioteca Casanatense, ms. 1889, c. 88r, Rome

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

Keywords: Human SacrificesIndia

Tiepolo, Giambattista

Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Porsenna (1726 - 1729)

Musée Magnin, Dijon

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansFirePaintingsPolitical Sacrifice

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

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

[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

[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

Zainer, Johann

Neoptolemus Sacrificing Polyxena at Achilles's Tomb (1473)

from: Boccaccio, G. De mulieribus claris, translator Heinrich Steinhöwel, Ulm, Johannes Zainer, [1474], n. p.

Penn Library, Wolverhampton

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

Keywords: AchillesAncient GreeksPolyxena

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

[Romano], Pippi, Giulio

Atilius Regulus Closed in the Barrel [1531]

Palazzo Te, Apartment of the Secret Garden, Vault, Mantua

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansFrescosPolitical Sacrifice

Le Brun, Charles

The Sacrifice of Polixena (1647)

Metropolitan Museum, New York

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

Keywords: AchillesAncient GreeksPaintingsPolyxenaPriam of TroyWarWomen

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

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

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

[Romano], Pippi, Giulio

Sacrifice to Jupiter [1501 - 1525]

Musée Bonnat, Bayonne

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesAnimal Sacrifice Drawing

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

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

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

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

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

[Pinturicchio], Bernardino di Betto (and workshop)

Sacrifice to Mercury (1502 - 1507)

Cathedral, Biblioteca Piccolomini, Siena

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAnimal Sacrifice FrescosItalySacrificial Lamb

Wohlgemut, Micheal

Heretic Jewish at the Stake (1493)

from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 230v

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich

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

Keywords: EngravingsFireHeresyJewish Studies

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

Duran, Diego de

Human Sacrifice on Pyramids with Aztec Gods (1579)

from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 131r

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AztecsBloodHuman SacrificesMexico

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

[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