Keyword: Human Sacrifice – Image Gallery

Liédet, Loyset

Lycaon serves human flesh to Jupiter (1467)

from: Historia Troyana

Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique

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

Keywords: Child SacrificeGreek mythologyHuman SacrificeLykaon

Mantegna, Andrea 1431-1506

The Sacrifice of Isaac (detail of the Trittico degli Uffizi) (1461)

Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacHuman SacrificeIsaac

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1270-1274)

from: Psalterium Parisiense, Psautier dit de saint Louis (France)

Paris, BnF, Latin 10525, fol. 10

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacFireFranceHuman SacrificeIsaacManuscriptRam

Anonymous / Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac [1581]

from: Ishâq al-Nishâpûrî, Histoire du Coran ou Histoires des prophètes et des rois du passé. Qesas al-anbiyâ [Persan 54, fol. 32v]

Paris, BnF, ms Persan 54 fol. 32v

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelHuman SacrificeIconographyIranIsaacIshmaelIslamKnifeManuscriptPersiaRamSacrifice ComparedSafavid

Hooghe, Romeyn de

Japanese mendicants, lepers, muck-eaters, acts of self-immolation, the bathing of “Brahmins and fakirs,” Mexican human sacrifice and deities, and a Turkish dervish. (1682)

from: Simon de Vries (ca. 1580–1629), Curieuse Aenmerckingen der byzondereste Oost en West Indische… dingen (Curious Remarks on the most exceptional East and West Indian… matters), vol. 3 (Utrecht: Johannes Ribbius, 1682)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: AntiquarianismFireHuman SacrificeMexicoNative Americans

Maître de l'atelier de Blanche de Castille

The Sacrifice of Isaac (13th)

from: Psalterium [psautier latin dit de saint Louis et de Blanche de Castille]

Paris. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms-1186 réserve, fol. 13v

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacFireHuman SacrificeIsaacManuscriptRam

Unknown

Scene of Sacrifice (16th)

from: Codex Telleriano-Remensis

Paris, BnF, Mexicain 385, fol. 41v

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

Keywords: AztecAztec . MexicoHuman Sacrifice

Galle, Philip 1537–1612

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1560)

Royal Library of Belgium

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelBelgiumHuman SacrificeIsaac

Unknown

Sacrifice of Iphigenia (1495)

from: Raoul Le Fèvre: Recueil des histoires de Troie (Belgium)

Paris, BnF, Français 22552, fol. 227

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

Keywords: Ancient GreekAncient SacrificeHuman SacrificeIphigeniaManuscriptWomen

Amman, Jost 1539-1591

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1550-1591)

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAnimal Sacrifice Human SacrificeIsaacWoodcut

Ulrich, Heinrich

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1609)

from: Germany

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelBible, GenesisFireHuman SacrificeIsaac

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1627)

from: Sefer Evronot Manuscript (from Frankfurt am Main)

Hebrew Union College Library, ms. 901, fol. 32v

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBindingHuman SacrificeIsaacJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesJewsKnifeManuscript

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1275–1324)

from: Haggadah for Passover according to Spanish rite (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah') Created: 1275–1324, Castile, Spain Hebrew

London, British Library, ms Orriental 2737

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacHaggadahHuman SacrificeIsaacJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesKnife

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1218)

from: Psalter of Queen Ingeborg (Paris)

Chantilly, Musee Conde, Ms.9, folio 11r

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelBibleBible, GenesisFireFranceHuman SacrificeIsaacKnifeManuscriptRam

Courteys, Pierre 1520-1602

The Sacrifice of Abraham [1550-1600]

Louvre, Paris

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBibleChild SacrificeEnamel paintHuman SacrificeIbrahamIsaacRam

Fuchs, J.

Human sacrifice among the Khonds in India: a victim (meriah) about to be dismembered (1860)

London, Wellcome Collection

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

Keywords: Human SacrificeIndia

Cortona, Pietro da 1596-1669

The sacrifice of Polyxena (1625)

Roma, Musei Capitolini

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

Keywords: Ancient GreekHuman SacrificePolyxenaWomen

Torriti, Jacopo

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1290)

Assisi, Basilica di S. Francesco, Basilica superiore

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacFrescoHuman SacrificeIsaac

Unknown

The martyrdom of the prophet Zakariya, who, taking refuge in a tree, was sawn in half by two men. (1605 - 1610)

from: This album of 104 folios known as the Clive Album

London, V&A Museum

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

Keywords: Human SacrificeIndiaIslamManuscriptMartyrdomMughalZakarîyâ (Zacharias)

Goltzius, Hendrik 1558-1617

Lycaon Transformed into a Wolf (1589)

from: Metamorphoses by Ovid, book 1, plate 9

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksGreek mythologyHuman SacrificeLykaon

Unknown

Qābil (Cain) and the dead Hābil (Abel) (XVI)

from: Nīšāpūrī, Isḥāq Ibn-Ibrāhīm: Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Diez A fol. 3

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

Keywords: AbelHuman SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptPersia

Doré, Gustave

Le sacrifice humain allait s'accomplir (1857)

BnF, Gallica

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

Keywords: FranceHuman Sacrifice

Wohlgemuth, Micheal [Wolgemut]

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1493)

from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 22v

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich

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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

Pinsel, Johann Georg 1715-1762

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1759-1760)

from: Hodowica, Ukraine [at the time: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacHuman SacrificeIsaacSculptureUkraine

Rubens, Peter Paul 1577 - 1640

The Sacrifice of Abraham (1612-1613)

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacHuman SacrificeIsaac

Cranach, Lucas the Elder 1472–1553

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1530)

Bamberg, Staatsgalerie in der Neuen Residenz Bamberg

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBibleHuman SacrificeIsaac

Unidentified Cuzco Artist

The Sacrifice of Isaac (17th-18th)

from: Project on engraved sources of Spanish colonial art

Private Collection, Lima, Perú

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 IsaacAmericasHuman SacrificeIsaacPeru

Anonymous / Unknown

Queen Nzinga sacrifices a man [illustration of Dapper Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten] (1676)

from: Olfert Dapper, Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche gewesten, Amsterdam, Meurs,1668, p. 238

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

Keywords: AfricaGenderHuman SacrificeKingshipSub-Saharan AfricaWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Miniature llama figurine, wrought in hammered gold, probably deposited as an offering to the mountain gods, accompanying a human sacrifice (1500-1532)

from: Peru

The British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Human SacrificeInca EmpireNative AmericansPeru

Jakob ben Shneur

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1348)

from: Mahzor

Darmstadt | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Cod. Or 13, fol. 202

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBibleHuman SacrificeIsaacJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesJewsKnifeRam

Villerey, Antoine Claude François, after Nanine Vallain 1754-1828

Spanish conquistadors discovering victims of human sacrifices among the Incas (?) [1790-1799]

London, Wellcome Collection

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: AmericasHuman SacrificeInca Empire

Visscher, Claes Jansz.

Landscape with Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac in left foreground, (1605-1652)

The British Museum, London

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacHuman SacrificeIsaac

Unknown

Santiago matamoros (XIII)

from: Guitiriz, Lugo (Spain)

Church of Santa María de Labrada (frescos)

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Human SacrificeIslamReconquistaSpain

Rembrandt, van Rijn

The sacrifice of Abraham (1655)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelBibleGenesisHuman SacrificeHuman SacrificesIsaacKnifePrint

Wolgemut [Wohlgemuth], Michael

Offering of the first-born in the Temple (1491)

from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 26r

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentChild SacrificeFirstbornsGermanyHuman SacrificeJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesTempleWoodcut

Anonymous / Unknown

Zacharias sawn in half in a tree (1570-1580)

from: Qazwin, Iran

Dallas Museum of Art (Keir Collection), Dallas K.1.2014.1166 (III.278) folio: 231r

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

Keywords: Human SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptMartyrdomPersiaSafavidZakarîyâ (Zacharias)

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (Armenian Gospel Book) (1386)

from: Lake Van, Turkey

Getty Museum, Armenian Ms. Ludwig II 6 (83.MB.70), fol. 5v

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAnimal Sacrifice ArmeniaBibleHuman SacrificeIsaacTurkey

Canova, Antonio 1757-1822

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1822)

from: Modello in gesso per metope del Tempio della Trinità di Possagno

Venezia, Gallerie dell'Accademia

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAnimal Sacrifice Human SacrificeIsaac

Unidentified Cuzco Artist

The Sacrifice of Isaac (s.d.)

from: Project on engraved sources of Spanish colonial art

Iglesia de San Sebastián, Cusco, Peru

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAmericasHuman SacrificeIsaacPeru

Merian I, Matthaeus 1593-1650

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1625)

from: Iconum Biblicarum, Part I [= Icones Biblicae], p. 45

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBible, GenesisEngravingHuman SacrificeIsaacKnife

Wolgemut [Wohlgemuth], Michael

Jephtha sacrificing his daughter (1491)

from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 34v

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentFireGenderGermanyHuman SacrificeJephthahWomenWoodcut

Stock, Andries Jacobsz (after Rubens) 1580-1648

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Boston, The Harvard Art Museums

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacHuman SacrificeIsaac

Unknown

Cylinder vase with prisoner and sacrificial scene (Maya)

San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums

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

Keywords: CeramicsHuman SacrificeMaya

Halevi, Pinchas ben Avraham

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1716)

from: Germany

The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel Ms. Heb. 8° 2380 (Book of Evronot, fol. 80v)

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBible, Old TestamentBindingHuman SacrificeIsaacJewish StudiesJudaismManuscriptUnbloody martyrdom

Crispijn de Passe

Priesteressen doen voorspellingen aan de hand van ingewanden van geofferde mensen (Priestesses make divinations using entrails of sacrificed people) (1639)

Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen , inv./cat.nr Tu 121-3

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

Keywords: Human Sacrifice

Unknown

Martyrdom of Zakariya (XVI)

from: ishâq nishâbûrî, qisas-i qur'ân. [Qazvin, Iran]

Paris, BnF, Persan 54, fol. 144v

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

Keywords: BibleHuman SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptMartyrdomPersiaQur'anZakarîyâ (Zacharias)

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (16th)

from: Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ, Nīšāpūrī, Isḥāq Ibn-Ibrāhīm

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Diez A fol. 3

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelHuman SacrificeIranIsaacIslamManuscriptPersiaQur'anRam

Bosch, Hieronymus

The Sacrifice of Isaac (detail of the Prado's Adoration of the Magi) (1494)

Madrid, Museo del Prado

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacHuman SacrificeIsaac

Anonymous / Unknown

Cerimonial mantle depicting human figures with feline mouth masks holding severed heads (Early Nasca 100 BC-AD 100)

from: Peru

Museo de Arte de Lima

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

Keywords: Human SacrificeNative AmericansPeru

Wolgemut [Wohlgemuth], Michael

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1491)

from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 32v

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentFireGermanyHuman SacrificeIsaacRamWoodcut

Unknown

The Martyrdom of Zakarîyâ (Zacharias), the father of John the Baptist, who is killed when the tree in which he is hiding is sawn in two (c. 1580)

from: Nīsābūrī, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Manṣūr, Qisas al-Anbiyâ [Qazvin?]

The New York Public Library, Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 46, fol. 144

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

Keywords: BibleHuman SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptMartyrdomPersiaQur'anZakarîyâ (Zacharias)

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1320)

from: Golden Haggadah (northern Spain)

London, British Library, Add 27210, fol. 4v

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAnimal Sacrifice HaggadahHuman SacrificeIsaacJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesJudaism

Unknown

The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to sacrifice his son to the ghost of the Shah’s soul (Mughal India, court of Akbar) (1560)

from: from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Second Night

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Keywords: Child SacrificeHuman SacrificeIndiaKingshipKnifeMughal

Cavazzi da Montecuccolo, Giovanni Antonio

Sacrifices among the Jagas (Sacrificio de Giaghi) (1665-1668)

from: Missione Evangelica al Regno del Congo [Araldi Ms, vol. C]

Gallerie Estensi, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: AfricaCongoHuman SacrificeKnifePagan Sacrifice

Unknown

Ibrâhîm [Abraham] holding a knife is about to sacrifice his son Ismâ'îl (Ishmael) who kneels before him (1580)

from: Qisas al-Anbiyâ [Qazvin?]

The New York Public Library, Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 46

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelHuman SacrificeIconographyIranIsaacIshmaelIslamKnifeManuscriptPersiaRamSafavid

Unknown

(15th-16th)

from: Germany

Boston, The Harvard Art Museums

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAnimalsGermanyHuman SacrificeIsaacRam

Unknown

Sacrifice of Jephthah (1461)

from: Speculum humanae salvationis (Belgium)

Lyon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 245, fol. 125

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

Keywords: BibleBible, JudgesHuman SacrificeJephthahWomen

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac [1200-1300]

from: Les « Histoires Roger », ou Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César , composée par un clerc sous les auspices du châtelain de Lille, Roge

Paris, BnF, Français 20125, fol. 35

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacChild SacrificeHuman SacrificeIsaacManuscriptRam

Gherardi, Cristofaro

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1555)

Cortona, Museo Diocesano (Italy)

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacFrescoHuman SacrificeIsaac

Donatello (Bardi Donato) - Bartolo, Nanni di

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1421)

from: Giotto's Campanile, Florence

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Firenze

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBibleHuman SacrificeIsaacItalySculpture

[Shah Tahmasp]

The story of the prophet Zakariya (a conflation of Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, and the Old Testament prophet Zachariah), who according to Muslim legend died a martyr's death. Escaping his pursuers by hiding in a tree that miraculously opened to admit him, Zakariya was betrayed by Iblis, the devil, who pointed out the hem of the prophet's cloak protruding from the trunk. The devil's forces sawed the tree apart and with it Zakariya, whose saintly aura is shown as flames bursting among the leaves. (1550-1560)

from: from a dispersed copy of the Falnama (Book of Omens)

Worcester Art Museum

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

Keywords: Human SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptMartyrdomPersiaZakarîyâ (Zacharias)