Editor: Dennj Solera – Image Gallery
Cain and Abel Sacrifices (1493)
from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 9v
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich
Goods for the Sacrifice during Gacitocoztli Feast [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 32r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
Zoroastrian Priest Makes a Sacrifice (1723 - 1743)
from: Picart, Bernard; Bernard, Jean Frederic. Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World, 1723-1743
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
Indian Sacrifice with Harrows (16th Century)
Biblioteca Casanatense, ms. 1889, c. 88r, Rome
Aztecs offer Blood to their Principal God [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 88r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
The Sentinel in the Employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to Sacrifice his Son to the Ghost of the Shah’s Soul [1560]
from: Tales of a Parrot, [manuscript], [1560]
The Cleveland Museum of Arts, Cleveland
Ancient Ritual Sacrifice (1553)
from: Lafréry, Antoine. Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae [...], Roma, n. p., 1553, A 110
University of Chicago Library, Chicago
Joachim's Sacrifice (18th Century)
Staedel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Moctezuma makes a Human Sacrifice to have a Prediction (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, XII
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze
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
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
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
Aztec Ritual with Human Linbs [1501 - 1525]
from: Codex Borbonicus
Bibliothèque de l'Assemblée Nationale, Paris
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
Atilius Regulus Leave (18th Century)
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe (scatola 10), Venice
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
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
Iphigenia at the Altar [1500]
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Abel Sacrifice (1600)
from: De l'eloquence françoise, Edition nouelle, reueue & augme[n]tee, Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1600
Ritual Sacrifice during a Fight [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 18r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
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
Sacrifice to Jupiter [1501 - 1525]
Musée Bonnat, Bayonne
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
Sacrifice which the Floridians Make to the Sun (lower) (1723 - 1743)
from: Picart, Bernrd; Bernard, Jean Frederic. Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World, 1723-1743
Sacrifice of an Aztec [1562]
from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis
Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris
Rejection of Joachim's Sacrifice (1504)
Museum of Art, Cleveland
Sacrifice to Minerva (16th Century)
from: [Pliny the Elder], Gaius Plinius Secundus. Naturalis Historia, n. p., n. p., 16c., book XXXVI, n. p.
Public Library, New York
Fight between Horatii and Curiatii (1612 - 1613)
Musei capitolini, Sala degli Orazi, Rome
Martyrdom of Saint Simon the Apostle (1493)
from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 107v
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich
Ibrâhîm [Abraham] Sacrifice of his Son Ismâ'îl (1577)
Public Library, Spencer Collection, Persian, ms. 1, New York
Ladies of Krishna's Harem are Shown the Sacrificial Horse (1598)
from: Razmnama Mughal
Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library, London
Ritual Human Sacrifice [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 70r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
Two Aztec do Sacrfice offering Incense and cutting the Body (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 248v
Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Porsenna (1726 - 1729)
Musée Magnin, Dijon
Snake Sacrifice [1690]
from: Udaipur, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India
Henri Vever Collection, Freer|Sackler gallery at the Smithsonian Institution
Oath of the Horatii (1784)
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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
Frieze of Sacrificial Instruments (1580 - 1585)
from: Lafréry, Antoine. Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae [...], Roma, n. p., 1553, A 128
University of Chicago Library, Chicago
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
Ritual Feast with Human Linbs offered to a God [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 73r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
The Loyall Sacrifice (1648) (1760 - 1799)
The Collection of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London
Aztecs offer Incense and Dirty Paper of Blood [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 74r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
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
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
Atilius Regulus Forced in the Barrel [1530 - 1540]
Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia, Rome
A Sacrifice to Cupid [1500]
Galleria Estense, Modena
Sacrifice which the Floridians make to the Sun (upper) (1723 - 1743)
from: Picart, Bernard; Bernard, Jean Frederic. Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World, 1723-1743
Abraham and the Binding of Ishmael (17th Century)
Haft Tanan (Seven Tombs) Mausoleum, Shiraz
The Oath of Brutus (1771)
Musée Municipal Frederic Blandin, Nevers
First Christian Martyrs 6 (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. 6
An Aztec praying God (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, VI
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze
Aztecs do Penance, cutting their Ears and Tongues [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 79r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
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
The Sacrifice of Lystra (1515)
Vatican Museum, Vatican
Sacrifice of an Aztec [1562]
from: Codex Telleriano - Remensis
Bibliotèque Nationale de France, Paris
Sacrifice of a Pig [1547 - 1587]
RISD Museum, Providence
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
Neoptolemus Sacrificing Polyxena at Achilles's Tomb [1500]
from: Anonymous / Unknown. Livre de la destruction de Troye, et la vraye hystoire de Eneas, n. p., n. p., 16c., fol. 169r
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, fr. 22554
Jacopo Pesaro Being Presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter [1511 - 1513]
Koninklijke Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
ASlave Sacrified in front of his Dead Owner [1526 - 1550]
from: Codex Magliabecchiano, c. 66r
Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, Florence
The Punishment of Korah and the Stoning of Moses and Aaron (1481 - 1482)
Sistine Chapel, Wall, Vatican
The Sacrifice of Abel (1576)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cain murdering Abel (1576)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Sacrifice of an Ox (1527 - 1528)
Palazzo Te, Camera dei venti, Mantua
Andromache Mourning Hector (1783)
Museée du Louvre, Paris
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
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
Sacrifice to Bacchus [1501 - 1525]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Sacrifice to Priapus (16th Century)
Warburg Institute, London, Bartsch Collection (B.XIV.207.258)
The Triumph of Christ´s Sacrifice (1733 - 1735)
from: Rentz, H. Das christliche Jahr, oder, Die Episteln und Evangelien [...], Prag, Labaunischen Erben, 1733 - 1735
The Collection of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London
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
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
Molorchos making a Sacrifice to Hercules (1506)
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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
Regulus Returning to Carthage (1791)
The State museum Hermitage, Saint Petersburg
Ancient Nordic Sami People Sacrifice and Pagan Religious Feast (1723 - 1743)
from: Picart, Bernard; Bernard, Jean Frederic. Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World, 1723-1743
Le grand sacrifice des Canadiens à Quitchi-Manitou ou le Grand Esprit (1723)
from: Picart, Bernard. Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde: représentées par des figures, deel III. Amsterdam: Jean Frédéric Bernard, 1723-1743
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1524 - 1546)
Casa Buonarroti, Florence
Sacrifice to Priapus (1540 - 1550)
British Museum (Dep. of Prints and Drawings), London
Persons Bringing Sacrifices to Hercules [1526 - 1550]
British Museum (Dep. of Prints and Drawings), London
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
Human sacrifice (1577)
from: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España, II
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, cod. m.p. 220, Firenze
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
Four Classical Figures (Pagan Sacrifice) (1638)
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Abraham and Isaac Holding Objects Alluding to the Sacrifice [1510]
Cathedral, St. Gertrud Chapel, altar, Augsburg
The Sacrifice of Polixena at the Tomb of Achilles [1735]
The Walter Art Museum, Baltimore
Aztec Human Sacrifice (1579)
from: Diego de Duran, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la tierra firme, 1579, c. 75r
Sacrifice of Noah (1640)
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras