Editor: Marco Albertoni – Image Gallery

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

“Conçederación, Ciudad del Infierno. Penas graves, príncipe de las tinieblas, el rico, avariento, ingrato, lujuria, soberbia, castigo de los soberbios pecadores y ricos que no temen a Dios”. (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4°.

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

Keywords: EvilNative AmericansPeruPunishmentSin

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Exodi, Cap. XXVII, v. 1-8, Ara pacis Romana (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome second, tab. CXCVI

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchSacrificial Objects

Guerra, Giovanni

Tortured Martyrs in Different Ways, 3 (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 121

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Riccio, Andrea

Allegory of Triumph and Sacrifice [1520]

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesAnimal Sacrifice

Fontebasso, Francesco 1707-1769

Sacrifice of Gideon [1736]

Museo diocesano tridentino, Trent

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

Keywords: BaalBible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentGideonIsrael

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

I. Reg., cap. XIII, v 5., 4-5-6, Ieroboam paralysi correptus et fanatus (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome cinquieme, tab. CCCCLXVI

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

Keywords: Bible, 1 KingsBible, Old Testament

Giordano, Luca

The sacrifice of Elijah against the prophets of Baal (1653)

Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Fondo Corsini; cartella VOL.I

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

Keywords: BaalBible, 1 KingsBible, Old TestamentElijah

Collaert, Adriaen - De Vos, Maarten - Galle, Philips 560-1618

Sacrificium sub Lege Naturae, Sacrificium sub Lege Moysis, Sacrificium sub Lege Evangelica (Three representations of sacrifices) (1588)

Royal Library of Belgium (S.IV 86279)

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Christ's SacrificeFireJewish StudiesMassPagan SacrificeSacrifice Compared

Goya, Francisco de

Caridad (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Le Sueur, Eustache

The Sacrifice of Manoah (1640 - 1650)

Musée des Augustins, Toulouse

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentInfertilityManoahSamson

Goya, Francisco de

Por una navaja (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Beaten and Tortured in Various Ways (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 61

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Goya, Francisco de

Lo merecía (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Exodi, Cap. XXVII, v. 4, Ara cum crate (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome second, tab. CXCLII

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchSacrificial Objects

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Castigo a los que matan con ponzoña (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4° [fol. 310].

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

Keywords: IdolatryIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

Murillo Carreras, Rafael

Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo from Cordova (19-20^th Century)

Catedral de la Encarnación, Malaga (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Guerra, Giovanni

Ways in which Martyrs were Drowned, 2 (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 153

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Guerra, Giovanni

Quartering of a Martyr (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 55

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Levitici, Cap. XIII, v. 47 ad fin., Lepra vestium (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCLXXI

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, LeviticBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchEngravings

Ferdinandi, Francesco

The sacrifice of Noah [1725 - 1735]

Galleria dei dipinti antichi, Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentHolocaustsNoah

Ligozzi, Jacopo

The Sacrifice of Isaac [1596]

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, Pentateuch

[Weigel, Christoph]

Iud. XIII, Angelus aethereo bis mittitur axe Manoae [1712]

from: C. Wiegel, Historiae celebriores veteris testamenti iconibus representatae, et ad excitandas bonas meditationes selectis epigrammatibus exornatae in lucem datae a Christophoro Weigelio, Noribergae, 1712, n. p.

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentInfertilityManoahSamson

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Killed in Boiling Water (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 80

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Grebber, Frans Pietersz de

Sacrifice of Isaac (1630)

Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchPaintings

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Stabbed and Dismembered, 2 (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 123

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Cort, Cornelis

Aedificavit Noe altare Domino et obtulit holocausta super eo. Genesis cap. 8 vers. 20 [1558 - 1560]

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentHolocaustsNoah

Guerra, Giovanni

Ways in which Martyrs were Drowned (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 151

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Being Burnt in Various Ways (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 99

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Ferdinandi, Francesco

The sacrifice of Noah (1725-35 ca.)

Galleria dei dipinti antichi, cassa di risparmio di Cesena, Cesena

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentHolocaustsNoah

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Exodi, Cap. XXVII, v. 1-8, Ara Holocausti prospectus alius (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome second, tab. CXCIV

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchSacrificial Objects

Leclerc, Sébastien

The Apotheosis of Isis (1693)

Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon

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

Keywords: Ancient EgyptIsis

Merisi, Michelangelo da Caravaggio

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1598)

Piasecka-Johnson Collection, Princeton

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, Pentateuch

Massijs, Cornelis

Samson's Death (1549)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemples

Anonymous / Unknown

Priming Flask Made for Prince-Elector August I of Saxony Representing the Sacrifice of Isaac [1575]

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, Pentateuch

Luyken, Jan

Elias offer. I. Regum. XVIII (1708)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: BaalBible, 1 KingsBible, Old TestamentElijah

Vós, Maarten de

Abel quoque obtulit de primogenitis gregis sui et de adipibus eorum. Et respexit Dominus ad Abel et ad munus eius. Genes. IIII Cap. (1580)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Abel and CainBible, GenesisBible, HebrewsBible, New TestamentBible, Old Testament

Houbraken, Arnold

Sacrifice of Iphigenia [1690 - 1700]

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksFirstbornsIphigeniaWomen

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

I. Paral. cap. XXI, v. 26, Ignis Davidi Oraculum (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome cinquieme, tab. CCCCXCVII

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, 1 ChroniclesBible, Old TestamentDavidHolocausts

Goya, Francisco de

Escapan entre llamas (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Ferrari, Orazio de

Sacrifice of Isaac [1625 - 1650]

Museo d'arte di Palazzo Gavotti, Savona

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchPaintings

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Levitici, Cap. I, v. 2.3, Sacrificia ex Mundis (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCXXIII

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, LeviticBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchHolocausts

Goya, Francisco de

Al Cementerio (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Bry, Johann-Theodor de

Primogeniti solennibus ceremoniis Regi sacrificantur (1591)

from: Le Moyne de Morgues, J. Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam navigatione duce Renato de Landonniere Classis praefecto, Frankfurt, Theodor de Bry, 1591, p. 34

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: FirstbornsFloridaNative Americans

Celesti, Andrea

The sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter [1695]

Fondazione Brescia Musei, Brescia

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentIsraelJephthahWomen

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Torn Apart by Beasts (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 143

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyr burnt on the Grill (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 78

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Cock, Hieronymus

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1551)

Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, Pentateuch

Vecellio, Tiziano

The Sacrifice of Isaac [1542 - 1544]

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, Pentateuch

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Levitici, Cap. X, v. 2, Igne Peccantes, Igne Necantur (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCXXVII

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, LeviticBible, Old TestamentHolocaustsSin

Preti, Mattia

Sacrifice of Isaac [1650 - 1651]

Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchBologna

Anonymous / Unknown

The Sacrifice of Noah (16^th Century)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentHolocaustsNoah

Guerra, Giovanni

Hanged Martyrs (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 19

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Hanged by the Arms behind Their Backs (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 13

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Monaco, Pietro ; Gisolfi, Giovanni

La figliuola di Iefte all'altare per esser sacrificata (18^th Century)

Convento dei Canonici Lateranensi - Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentIsraelJephthahWomen

Vaughan, Robert

Pantheon sive Idola Judeorum [1650]

The British Museum, London

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

Keywords: BaalJewish StudiesMolochSukkot

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Levitici, Cap. XIII, v. 38-44, Ulcerosa Cutis asperitas (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCLXX

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

Keywords: Bible, LeviticBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchEngravings

Galle, Philippe

Precipit rex omni populo dicens facite phase domino Deo vestro secundum quod scriptum est [in] libro foederis huius. Nec factum est phase tal a diebus iudicum (1569)

Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon

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

Keywords: Bible, 2 ChroniclesBible, 2 KingsBible, Old TestamentJosiah

Vermiglio, Giuseppe

Sacrificio di Isacco [1625 - 1630]

Museo civico di Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchPaintings

Fantuzzi, Antonio

Sacrificial scene inspired by a work of Rosso Fiorentino (1542)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Pagan Sacrifice

Goya, Francisco de

Enterrar y Callar (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Van Buysen, J.

Samson Hostes Suos Exitio Dans Moritur [1711 - 1720]

from: Bernard Picart; Gerard Hoet, Figures de la Bible, Amsterdam, B. Picart, 1720

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemples

Guerra, Giovanni

Tortured Martyr by Stretching (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 41

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Boucher, François

Sacrifice of Gideon [1728]

Musée du Louvre, Paris

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

Keywords: BaalBible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentGideonIsrael

Testa, Pietro

Sacrifice of Iphigenia [1640 - 1642]

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksEngravingsFirstbornsIphigeniaWomen

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Tortured and Hung by the Thumbs and a Foot (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 17

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Dente, Marco

The sacrifice of a ram (1575)

from: Antoine Lafréry, Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, Roma 1575 ca.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice HolocaustsPagan SacrificeRamRome

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Stabbed and Dismembered (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 117

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Anonymous / Unknown

Stove plate with the sacrifice of Isaac (1570 - 1575)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, Pentateuch

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Numer., Cap. V, v. 17, 26-28 (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCXCIII

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

Keywords: Bible, NumbersBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchEngravingsWomen

Bonasone, Giulio

A sacrifice offered by Hermocrates [1548 - 1555]

Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksAnimal Sacrifice Holocausts

Breu, Jörg

The Story of Samson [1525 - 1530]

Kunstmuseum, Basel

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemples

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Pobre de los Indios. De seis animales que comen que temen. (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4° [fol. 694].

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice IdolatryNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

Guerra, Giovanni

Bound and Beaten Martyrs (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 59

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Beccafumi, Domenico

Killing of the Prophets of Baal [1519 - 1524]

Siena Cathedral

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

Keywords: BaalBible, 1 KingsBible, Old TestamentElijah

Goya, Francisco de

Y son fieras (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Heemskerck, Maarten van

Diruit aram, lucumq., Baal indeq. construit aram Domino, et holocaustum sacrificat [1561]

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: BaalBible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentGideonIsrael

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Levitici, Cap. III, v. 4.16-17, Renes cum Pinguedine et Omento (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCXXV

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, LeviticBible, PentateuchBloodHolocausts

[Weigel, Christoph]

I. Regum XVIII, Quam frustra Baalita suis clamoribus optat [1712]

from: C. Wiegel, Historiae celebriores veteris testamenti iconibus representatae, et ad excitandas bonas meditationes selectis epigrammatibus exornatae in lucem datae a Christophoro Weigelio, Noribergae, 1712, n. p.

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

Keywords: BaalBible, 1 KingsBible, Old TestamentElijah

Anonymous / Unknown

Dish with sacrifice of Isaac (17^th Century)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, Pentateuch

Guerra, Giovanni

Hanged and Totured Martyrs (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 25

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Goya, Francisco de

Curarlos, y á otra (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

[Weigel, Christoph]

Iudic. VI, Quas offers, Gedeon [1712]

from: C. Wiegel, Historiae celebriores veteris testamenti iconibus representatae, et ad excitandas bonas meditationes selectis epigrammatibus exornatae in lucem datae a Christophoro Weigelio, Noribergae, 1712, n. p.

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentGideonIsrael

Anonymous / Unknown

Samson Destroys the Temple (17^th Century)

Unknown

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemples

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Levitici, Cap. XIII, v. 8-28, Lepra (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCLXVIII

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, LeviticBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchHolocausts

Anonymous / Unknown

Tombstone of the Priest Tommaso from Sardinia, victim of a supposed Ritual Murder by Jews in Damascus, along with his servant Ibrahim Amarah, on February 1840. The Italian inscription on the Graveyard says: “D.O.M. Qui riposano le ossa del padre Tommaso da Sardegna assassinato dagli ebrei il 5 febbraio nell’anno 1840”. (1840)

Capuchin Church in Damascus (Syrie).

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: EpitaphsMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsViolence against Clergy

Vos, Cornelis de

The Sacrifice of Isaac [1630 - 1635]

Christophoruskirche, Wiesbaden-Schierstein

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchPaintings

Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto

Sacrifice of Noah [1630 - 1664]

Palazzo Bianco - Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentHolocaustsNoah

Testa, Pietro

Sacrifice of Iphigenia [1640 - 1642]

Galleria Spada, Rome

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksFirstbornsHuman SacrificesIphigeniaWomen

Rubens, Peter Paul

The Triumph of the Eucharist [1625]

Museo del Prado, Madrid

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 4. Sacrifice and Eucharist (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: EucharistPagan Sacrifice

Beccafumi, Domenico

March of the Jewish People to the Promised Land and Sacrifice of Isaac (1547)

Siena Cathedral

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchJewish Studies

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Levitici, Cap. XIII, v. 29-37, Psora, Tinea (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCLXIX

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, LeviticBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchEngravings

Goya, Francisco de

Carretadas al cementerio (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Pfeffel, Johann Andreas

Exodi Cap. XXIX. v. 1. Initiatio Sacerdotum (1732 - 1737)

from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCIII

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchEngravingsHolocausts

Heemskerck, Maarten van

Samson Shattering the Pillars of the Temple [1550 - 1560]

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Bible, JudgesBible, Old TestamentSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemples

Goya, Francisco de

Será lo mismo (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsWar

Goya, Francisco de

Tantos, y más … (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Goya, Francisco de

Esto es peor (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Guerra, Giovanni

Ancient Tools of Torture, 3 (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 75

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

De Majo, Paolo

Sacrifice of the Mass (1743)

Cathedral San Michele Arcangelo, Marcianise (Caserta)

Topics:
4. Sacrifice and Eucharist (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Christ's SacrificeEucharist

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Atahualpa es encarcelado (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4°.

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

Keywords: ImprisonmentIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire