Keyword: Bible, Old Testament – Image Gallery
Samson's Death (1549)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Sacrifice of the Priests of Baal [1519 - 1524]
Siena Cathedral
Abraham's Sacrifice [1750 - 1775]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Sacrificio di Isacco [1509 - 1513]
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
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
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
Sacrifice of Isaac (16th Century)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Exodi, Cap. XXVII, v. 14, Ara Templi II constructa (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome second, tab. CXCIII
Noah preparing his first sacrifice after the Flood (1700-1760)
Wellcome Collection, London
Samson destroys the Temple (Armadi della Sagrestia con Tarsie Lignee) (XVI)
Napoli, Certosa e Museo Nazionale di San Martino
Gen. VIII, Gratus grata Deo sua fert Holocausta Noachus [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.
Levitici, Cap. XXIII, v. 10, Primitiae Frugum (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCLXXXIII
Tobiolus makes a Propitiatory Sacrifice, from The Story of Tobias (1543)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Samson breaking the pillars of the house of the Philistines [1530-1549]
Bologna, Chiesa di San Domenico (coro ligneo)
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.
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
Samson pulling down the house at Gaza (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 35v
British Museum, London
Samson pulling down the column of the temple (1470)
from: The Florentine Picture-Chronicle
The British Museum, London
Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice for the Idols (1752)
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Samson Shattering the Pillars of the Temple [1550 - 1560]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Isaac (17th Century)
Private Collection
Melchisedec [1601]
from: L. Richeome, Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du très-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie, Paris, Sonnius, 1601, p. 70
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1551)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Abel [1601]
from: L. Richeome, Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du très-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie, Paris, Sonnius, 1601, p. 48
Genesis, Cap. XXII, v. 13, Abrahamus sacrificans (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
Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac (1523 - 1526)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
David Sacrificing to God (16th Century)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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
Victima, per Manuen domino mactatur optima: Uxor Samsonem quod paritura foret (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
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
The sacrifice of Moses (1586)
Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
The Sacrifice of Manoah (1640 - 1650)
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse
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.
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1400-1410)
from: Ems, Rudolf von, Weltchronik [Getty Museum, Ms. 33, fol. 34]
Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Ibrâhîm [Abraham] Sacrifice of his Son Ismâ'îl (1577)
Public Library, Spencer Collection, Persian, ms. 1, New York
Sacrifice of Gideon [1736]
Museo diocesano tridentino, Trent
The Philistines cut off Saul's head to offer it to their God (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Diruit aram, lucumq., Baal indeq. construit aram Domino, et holocaustum sacrificat [1561]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Elijah and Baal's priests (1545)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Sacrifice of Noah (1640)
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras
Sacrificio di Ietro
Roma, Accademia dei Lincei, Fondo Corsini
Offering of the first-born in the Temple (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 26r
British Museum, London
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1716)
from: Germany
The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel Ms. Heb. 8° 2380 (Book of Evronot, fol. 80v)
Sacrifice of Isaac (Detail) (12nd Century)
Palatine Chapel, Royal Palace or Palace of the Normans, Palermo (Italy)
Levitici, Cap. IX, v. 24 (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCXXVI
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1554 - 1555]
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
Sacrifice of propitiation (1601)
from: , engraved illustration from Louis Richeome, Les tableaux sacrez (Paris, Sonnius: 1601), pag. 318
La figliuola di Iefte all'altare per esser sacrificata (18th Century)
Convento dei Canonici Lateranensi - Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Sacrifice of Noah [1630 - 1664]
Palazzo Bianco - Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa
Sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter (18th Century)
City Art Gallery, Southampton
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
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
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
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
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 32v
British Museum, London
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
Sacrifice of Isaac [1650 - 1651]
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna
The sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter [1695]
Fondazione Brescia Musei, Brescia
Sacrifice of Isaac [1621 - 1623]
Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola, Genova
Genesis XXI, Abrami gladius molle spectate parentes, non timet hoc natum sacrificare suum [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.
Stove Plate with a Sacrificing King David and the Prophet Gad (16-17th Century)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
In left background the death of Samson among the pillars of the temple (1625-1630)
from: Icones Biblicae', published by Merian in Frankfurt
The British Museum, London
Sacrifice of Isaac (1630)
Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1630 - 1635]
Christophoruskirche, Wiesbaden-Schierstein
Samson's Revenge [1730 - 1740]
Österreichisches Barockmuseum, Wien
The Sacrifice of Noah, after the Deluge (1551-1660)
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel
The sacrifice of Cain and Abel (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Sacrificio di Isacco [1625 - 1630]
Museo civico di Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza
Samson breaking the pillars of the house of the Philistines (1535)
from: Chronica, Beschreybung und gemeyne anzeyge, Vonn aller Wellt herkommen....', Frankfurt: Christian Egenolph, 1535
The British Museum, London
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1590 - 1637]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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
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
The sacrifice of Elijah on Mount Carmel [1531]
Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
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
Tobiolus Makes a Propitiatory Sacrifice (1543)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Story of Samson [1525 - 1530]
Kunstmuseum, Basel
Scapegoat sent to the wilderness where five wild beasts are waiting to devour it, and secondly the sacrifice of an ox (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 23v
British Museum, London
The Sacrifice of Noah (16th Century)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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
Samson Destroying the Temple of the Philistines (1584)
from: The Story of Samson, Published by Gerard de Jode (Netherland)
Harvard Art Museum
En pater innocuum puerum deducit ad aram en promptus charum est ense ferire caput [1567]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cain murdering Abel (1576)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rejection of Joachim's Sacrifice (1504)
Museum of Art, Cleveland
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
Abraham and the Binding of Ishmael (17th Century)
Haft Tanan (Seven Tombs) Mausoleum, Shiraz
Cain and Abel Sacrifices (1493)
from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 9v
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich
Sacrificial scene before the Golden Calf (16th-17th)
Albertina, Vienna
Exactis duobus mensibus reversa est Virgo ad Patrem suum et fecit ei secundum votum suum. Iud. Cap. II. (1579)
from: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera, Sumptibus atque expensis, [Antwerp], Gerardi de Iode, 1579
Bibliothèque National de France
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
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]









