Keyword: Bible, Old Testament – Image Gallery
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1625 - 1626]
Palazzo Brera, Milan
The Story of Samson [1525 - 1530]
Kunstmuseum, Basel
The Sacrifice of the Golden Mountoun [1550]
Bibliothèque municipale, Bordeaux
The Sacrifice of Elijah (1552-1557)
Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice for the Idols (1752)
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
(1549)
from: The Story of Samson, Hand-colored engravings (Netherlands)
The Metropolitan Art Museum, New York
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1551)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Samson's Death (1646)
from: Sichem, Christoffel van, de Jonge; B. Blens; J. Klooster, Bybels lusthof, ofte Twee hondert en veertig, zoo historien als leeringen des Bybels; uyt het Oude- en Nieuwe Testament, met de scriftuurplaatsen daar toe dienendeBybels lusthof, ofte Twee hondert en veertig, zoo historien als leeringen des Bybels; uyt het Oude- en Nieuwe Testament, met de scriftuurplaatsen daar toe dienende, Jan Klooster, Amsterdam 1740, p. 69 [It appears also in: Christoffel van Sichem, Bibels Tresoor ofte der zielen lusthof. Amsterdam, P.J. Paets, 1646]
David Sacrificing to God (16th Century)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter [1695]
Fondazione Brescia Musei, Brescia
The Sacrifice of Manoah (1640 - 1650)
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse
Offering of the first-born in the Temple (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 26r
British Museum, London
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
Jewel depicting Samson knocking down the columns of the Temple of Dagon [1600]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Levitici, Cap. XXII, v. 22-24, Sacrificia Rejicula (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCLXXXII
Dieu ordonnant à Satan d'éprouver Job - Job sacrifiant (1470-1480)
from: Jean Mansel (1400?-1473?) : La fleur des hystoires
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Ms 1562, fol. 118
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
Samson's Revenge [1730 - 1740]
Österreichisches Barockmuseum, Wien
Asservere Dei cultum miracula missa, Heliae manibus turba prophana cadit (1585)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Jephtha sacrificing his daughter (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 34v
British Museum, London
Exod. XXXII, Moyses frange datae tabula a numine Legis [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.
Deut., cap. XVIII, v. 3, Donaria pro Sacerdotibus (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome quatrieme, tab. CCCXLIII
Gen. Cap. XXII, v. 10-13, Aquila liberat Helenam sacrificio (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome premier, tab. LXXXIII
Judith and Holofernes (after 1745)
Hungarian National Gallery
Samson destroys the Temple (Armadi della Sagrestia con Tarsie Lignee) (XVI)
Napoli, Certosa e Museo Nazionale di San Martino
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1659)
Private Collection
The sacrifice of Melchisedec (16th Century)
Museo pontificio della Santa Casa, Loreto
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1490 - 1495)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
Sacrifice of Josiah (1418-1420)
from: Bible historiale complétée [Royal MS 19 D VI]
British Library, London
Samson Destroying the Temple of the Philistines (1584)
from: The Story of Samson, Published by Gerard de Jode (Netherland)
Harvard Art Museum
The Sacrifice of Isaac (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
I. Regum XIII, Rumpitur Ara [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.
Mandato Domini Venit Angelus ad Gedeonem (1643)
from: Claes Jansz Visscher; Nicolaus Johannis Piscator, Theatrum Biblicum: Hoc est historiæ sacræ Veteris et Novi Testamenti tabulis æneis expressæ, [Amsterdam] C.J. Visscher, 1643
Abraham and the Binding of Ishmael (17th Century)
Haft Tanan (Seven Tombs) Mausoleum, Shiraz
Melchisedec [1601]
from: L. Richeome, Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du très-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie, Paris, Sonnius, 1601, p. 70
Sacrifice of Cain and Abel [1554 - 1555]
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
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.
Beasts and the birds sacrificed (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nur,emberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 18r
British Museum, London
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
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
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1554 - 1555]
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
The sacrifice of Noah [1725 - 1735]
Galleria dei dipinti antichi, Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena
Exodi, Cap. XXVII, v. 1-8, Ara Witfii (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome second, tab. CXCL
Elijah and Baal's priests (1545)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
The death of Samson; pushing two columns of the Philistine temple; a large number of Philistines falling from or being crushed by the collapsing building (1550)
from: Probably an illustration to Hans Lufft's High German Bible, printed in Wittenberg, 1550
The British Museum, London
Diruit aram, lucumq., Baal indeq. construit aram Domino, et holocaustum sacrificat (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1655)
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Samson Destroying the Temple [1550 - 1560]
National Gallery of Arts, Washington DC
Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac (1523 - 1526)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Covenant between Abraham and God (1700)
from: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera, Sumptibus atque expensis, [Antwerp], Gerardi de Iode 1579
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Abel (1576)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Levitici, Cap. XVII, v. 7 (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCLXXVII
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
Allegory of the Old and New Testaments and the Church triumphing over the Synagogue (1523)
from: Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti
Ferrara, Pinacoteca
The Sacrifice of Manoah and His Wife, Parents of Samson (17th Century)
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Noah preparing his first sacrifice after the Flood (1700-1760)
Wellcome Collection, London
Iefté, Principe del pueblo ysraelitico [...] [1580 - 1583]
Bibliothèque National de France, Paris
Exodi, Cap. XXXII, v. 20 (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCXX
Samson and Delilah, beyond Samson forces two columns and causes the temple to collapse; (1553)
from: Martinus . Hemskerck. Inventor / Hieronimus. Cock. excud. 1553
The British Museum, London
Cain and Abel Sacrifices (1493)
from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 9v
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich
(1492)
from: Johannn Schönsperger, Speculum humanae salvationis, Augsburg, 1492 (Incunabula), fol. 119v
The Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ)
Qui fictos virtute Sacra reprende cultus Missus erat, sancte fata futura canit (?th Century)
Wellcome collection, London
Samson Hostes Suos Exitio Dans Moritur [1711 - 1720]
from: Bernard Picart; Gerard Hoet, Figures de la Bible, Amsterdam, B. Picart, 1720
Sacrifice of Manoah (1579)
from: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera, Sumptibus atque expensis, [Antwerp], Gerardi de Iode 1579
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1596]
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Relief of Samson destroying the Temple (XVI)
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Sala Capitolare, portale dello scalone
Animal Sacrifice and Pouring out the victim's blood (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 24r
British Museum, London
Exodi Cap. XXIX. v. 1.2 (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCVIII
Samson's mother seated at centre, her hands folded in her lap, Manoah and his wife at an altar with an angel in flames in background (1590-1595)
from: Mater Sampsonis, from Icones Illustrium Feminarum Veteris Testamenti
The British Museum, London
Numer., Cap. XV, v. 4-6-9, Sacrificium cibarium (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome quatrieme, tab. CCCVI
The sacrifice of Elijah against the prophets of Baal (1653)
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Fondo Corsini; cartella VOL.I
Napkin with the Sacrifice of Isaac (1600 - 1625)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Manoah [1641]
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Sacrificio di Ietro
Roma, Accademia dei Lincei, Fondo Corsini
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1598)
Piasecka-Johnson Collection, Princeton
Samson breaking the pillars of the house of the Philistines [1530-1549]
Bologna, Chiesa di San Domenico (coro ligneo)
Samson's Death (1549)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Jephte Sacrifices his Daughter (1481 - 1485)
Siena Cathedral
Abel Sacrifice (1600)
from: De l'eloquence françoise, Edition nouelle, reueue & augme[n]tee, Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1600
Cain and Abel (1673)
from: D. Teniers, Theatrum pictorium: in quo exhibentur ipsius manu delineatae, eiusque curâ in aes incisae picturae, archetipae italicae, quas ipse ser.mus archidux in pinacothecam suam Bruxellis collegit, Antuerpiae, Sumptibus viduae Abrahami Teniers, ubi venales extant, 1673, n. 178
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
Stove Plate with a Sacrificing King David and the Prophet Gad (16-17th Century)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Sacrificium Achas Regis Idololatrae IIII.Reg.XVI (1539)
from: Aemilius, Georg. Biblicae historiae, magno artificio depictae, et utilitatis publicae causa latinis epigrammatibus à Georgio Aemylio illustratae, Frankfurt, Christianus Egenolphus, [1539], p. Hiv(verso)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Killing of the Prophets of Baal [1519 - 1524]
Siena Cathedral
Iud., cap. VI, v. 19-20-21, Sacrificium Gedeonis (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome quatrieme, tab. CCLXXIV
Sacrifice of Isaac (12nd Century)
Palatine Chapel, Royal Palace or Palace of the Normans, Palermo (Italy)
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
Samson Self-Sacrifice (1570)
from: Biblia, Das ist Die gantze Heylige Schrifft Teutsch Mart. Luth., Sampt einem Register und schoenen Figuren, Franckfurt am Mayn, Johann Wolffen und David Zephelij, Erben, 1570, fol. 143v
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1524 - 1546)
Casa Buonarroti, Florence
Sacrifice of Isaac (18th Century)
Private collection
Sacrificio di Isacco [1625 - 1630]
Museo civico di Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza
Sacrifice of Isaac [1621 - 1623]
Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola, Genova