Keyword: Animal Sacrifice – Image Gallery
Goat and she-goat, turned to right, adorned for sacrifice (1626-1704)
from: Ohsson, Ignace Mouradja d', Tableau général de l'Empire othoman, Paris, Didot, 1787-1820, vol. 2
Wikimedia
Spiritus timoris domini (1593 - 1597)
from: Adriaen Collaert; Johannes Stradanus, De zeven gaven van de Heilige Geest, n. p., Visscher, Claes Jansz, no year
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Beasts and the birds sacrificed (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nur,emberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 18r
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
Shepherd sacrificing Ram
from: Book of Meshal Ha-Kadmoni (from Germany)
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. hebr. 107 (Steinschneider 1895, No. 107), fol. 24
Recedentibus aquis diluvii a facie terrae, arca omnia contenta eiicit; Noe autem, ara extructa, Deum immolatione placavit. Gen. VIII [1581]
from: van der Borcht, P. Imagines et figurae Bibliorum, Antwerp, J. Villanus, 1581
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Ritual killing of a goat and a fox during ceremonies in honor of Vishnu and Shiva (1670)
from: Abraham Rogerius, Le Théâtre de l’idolatrie ou la porte ouverte, Amsterdam, Jean Schipper, 1670, p. 224
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
Scene of a sacrifice [1545]
Museo Capodimonte, Napoli
Sacrifice with Vesta (1518 - 1519)
Camera di San Paolo, Parma
Persons bringing sacrifices to Hercules (1629)
from: Philostratus of Lemnos. Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates, sophistes grecs, et les Statues de Callistrate, tr. Blaise de Vigenère. Paris. 1629, p. 494.
The Warburg Institute, London
Angel announcing the Birth of Samson, from the Story of Samson (1560–80)
from: France
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The sacrificed horse is prepared (1712)
from: Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Ms Add. 15295, fol. 34
British Library, London [from Udaipur]
The sacrifice at the altar of Apollo (1571)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Sacrifice of Noah [1630 - 1664]
Palazzo Bianco - Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa
An Irish ritual of kingship: the sacrifice of a white mare and preparation of a stew, in which the king bathes and which his supporters ea (ca 1196-1223)
British Library, London [ms Royal 13 B. VIII, fol. 28v]
Sacrifice of Lystra (1515)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Burnt offerings in the Temple of Jerusalem from within the Court of the Levites (1660)
from: plate from the 'Restoration' Bible 2 vols., published by John Ogilby, Cambridge, 1660
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Sacrifice of Birds and Fat (1731)
from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol. 2, p. 380, Tafel 224 (ZB III ZZ 55) Illustriert Lev 1,8-14
Zürich, ZB, Graphische Sammlung, Füssli J.M. Phys. Sac. ZEI 64 / emanuscripta
Aeneas sacrifices at the tomb of Anchises, a giant snake winds around the altar (1688)
from: Peplus virtutum Romanarum in Aenea Virgiliano eiusque rebus fortiter gestis, ad maiorem antiquitatis et rerum lucem, communi iuventutis sacratae bono, aere renitens) (Nuremburg: J.L. Buggel, 1688), pl. 18.
Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
The Sacrifice of Pélias to Neptune (17th Century)
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Marcus Aurelius While Offering a Sacrifice (16th Century)
Musée du Louvre, Paris
A Jewish priest and high priest preparing to offer a sacrifice (1785)
from: Dandré-Bardon, Michel François, Costume des anciens peuples, a l'usage des artistes / par M. Dandré Bardon ; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, Paris, A. Jombert, 1784-1786, vol. 3
Sacrifice to Bacchus [1501 - 1525]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Scapegoat Being Sent out into 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
Boston, Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Opfer an Priapus (1493-1497)
from: Buchprojekt des Titels Archetypus triumphantis Romae[Germany]
Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kupferstichkabinett, Inv. 183-1920
Diruit aram, lucumq., Baal indeq. construit aram Domino, et holocaustum sacrificat (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Cain and Abel Sacrifices (1493)
from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 9v
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich
Levitici, Cap. XII, v. 6-s, Purperae Sacrificium (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCLXVII
Pagan Sacrifice of King Ahaz (1646)
from: Bibels tresoor, ofte der zielen lusthof, vytgebeelt in figueren, door verscheyden meesters. Ende gesneden, door Christoffel van Sichem, Amsterdam, P. I. Paets, 1646, p. 592
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Scene of idolatrous sacrifice (1668)
from: Der gantzen Welt Religionen oder Beschreibung aller Gottes- und Götzendienste wie auch Ketzereyen in Asia, Africa, America und Europa, Amsterdam, Joach. Nosch, 1668
The suicide of Themistocles [1675 - 1700]
Palazzo Reale, Turin
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
A sacrifice offered by Hermocrates [1548 - 1555]
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
"The First Adventure of the White Horse". The king performed the horse sacrifice in order to determine the extent of his rule. For one year a horse wanders and every land through which the horse passes becomes part of the king’s territory. Arjuna following the horse encountered the son-in-law of the god of fire, Agni, who creates a river of fire to block the warriors. Arjuna pleads with Agni, the god of fire that the horse be allowed to pass, saying that the horse sacrifice is in accordance with sacred Vedic injunctions, and that at the end of the year, the horse will be sacrificed to him, the god of fire himself. (1610-1617)
from: Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The sacrifice of a ram (1575)
from: Antoine Lafréry, Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, Roma 1575 ca.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Women Sacrificing an Ass to Priapus (1553)
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
The sacrifice of Noah [1725 - 1735]
Galleria dei dipinti antichi, Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena
Manuscript cutting of he Sacrifice of a ram by Abraham and Isaac [1500]
from: Italy
V&A Museum, London
Temple Worship [1471]
from: Mishneh Torah, Opening panel to Sefer Avodah (Italy or Spain)
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Per questo il Re sacrifica e partito chiede al milesio Dio per la figliuola, il qual risponde à l'ermo e' nculto lito Menala con l'honor funereo et sola lasciala quivi, che mortal marito Haver non dee, ma che per l'aer vola Di velen pieno et con immortal foco Distrugge 'l mondo, et mai non trova loco [1530]
from: Maestro del Dado, Favola di Psiche, [Roma] Ant. Sal. exc. [1532?]
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1490 - 1495)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
Sacrifice to Jupiter [1526 - 1550]
Sotheby's, Ellesmere Sale (5 December 1972), London
Sacrifice of the red young cow (1683)
from: Petrus Cunaeus, De republyk der Hebreen, of gemeenebest der joden, 3 delen, Amsterdam, Wilhelmus Goeree, 1683
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Boston, The Harvard Art Museums
Noah, surrounded by animals, making a sacrifice to God after the Great Flood (1550-1572)
from: France
British Museum
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
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
Cain killing Abel, besides Cain and Abel sacrificing (15th)
from: Speculum humanae salvationis Stiftsbibliothek - Cod. 166, fol. 21r
Neustift bei Brixen (Novacella), Stiftsbibliothek
Snake Sacrifice [1690]
from: Udaipur, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India
Henri Vever Collection, Freer|Sackler gallery at the Smithsonian Institution
Tikkun Kriah le-Kol Leilah ve-Yom (Prayer Book) (1666)
The Center for Jewish Art
Tripod vessel with baby jaguar sacrifice scene (650–750)
Princeton University Art Museum
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1493)
from: Schedel, Hartmann. Liber chronicarum, Nuremberg, 1493, c. 22v
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Rar. 287, Münich
The Sacrifice of Abraham [1500]
Albertina, Vienna
Sacrifice of Noah [1580 - 1610]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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
The offering of the Jews
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The Sacrifice of Elijah (1543)
from: Historiarum Veteris Testamenti icones ad vivum expressae. Lyon, Subscuto coloniensis, apud Ioannem & Franciscum Frellonios, frates, 1543
Louvre, Paris
Sacrifice of a Pig [1547 - 1587]
RISD Museum, Providence
Roundel with Sacrifice in the Temple [1515 -1525]
The Met Cloisters, New York
Sacrificial instruments of the Israelites (1784)
from: Dandré-Bardon, Michel François, Costume des anciens peuples, a l'usage des artistes / par M. Dandré Bardon ; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, Paris, A. Jombert, 1784-1786, vol. 3
King Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols (1640(?))
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Aeneas and His Companions Sacrifice to the Gods before the Tomb of his Father, Anchises, in Sicily (1530–35)
from: Vergil, Aeneid, edited by Sebastian Brant and printed by Johann Grüninge (Limoges, France)
The Metropolitan Art Museum, New York
Ammon Herm (1652)
from: Athanasius Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, V. Mascardi, Roma,1652-1654
Job offering sacrifice (for Job 1: 5)
from: Olympiodorus, Diaconus
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Laud Gr. 86 (Ms from Venice)
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
The sacrifice of Cain and Abel (1675)
Royal Collection Trust
Sacrifice des premiers nez chez les Floridiens, expliqué à la pag. 181. / Sacrifice de la dépoūille d'un cerf, à la Floride / Caraïbe offrant la Cassave et l'Ovicou, a un poteau érigé en titre ou symbole de la Divinité (Sacrifice of the firstborn by the Floridians. 2. Sacrifice of the stag in Florida. 3. A Carib offers cassava bread at a post symbolizing the deities) (1724)
from: Plate 7 in Lafitau, Moeurs des sauvages amériquains comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps, Paris, 1724
Jeroboam Sacrificing to the Idols [1704 - 1744]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A Pagan Sacrifice (1526)
National Gallery, London
Sacrifice of propitiation (1601)
from: , engraved illustration from Louis Richeome, Les tableaux sacrez (Paris, Sonnius: 1601), pag. 318
A king sacrifices an animal in front of the statue of Thor (1639)
RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis
The Sacrifice of Noah, after the Deluge (1551-1660)
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel
Aeneas Offers Sacrifice to the Gods of the Lower World (1530-1540)
from: Vergil, Aeneid, edited by Sebastian Brant and printed by Johann Grüninge (Limoges, France)
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Les Lévites se nourriront des sacrifices (1538)
from: Holbein, Hans, Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, autant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées, Lyon, Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel [for Jean and François Frellon], 1538
Louvre, Paris
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
Sacrifice in Egypt (1776 -1825)
Herzog August Bibliothek
Ezech, cap. XL, v. 43, Sacrificia ad clavos et in mensis (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome septieme, tab. DCXL
Scene of Animal Sacrifice (1668)
from: Der gantzen Welt Religionen oder Beschreibung aller Gottes- und Götzendienste wie auch Ketzereyen in Asia, Africa, America und Europa, Amsterdam, Joach. Nosch, 1668
Noah, his family and the animals leave the ark and offer sacrifice to God (1500)
from: Metrical Paraphrase of Genesis and Exodus [Ms Add. 40724, fol. 23]
British Library, London
L'Autel du Sacrifice, Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (1550-1560)
from: France
V&A Museum, London
Sacrifice of Iphigenia (1553)
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Aaron and his sons sacrificing a ram, as described in Exodus 29:13-22 (1731)
from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol. 2, p. 324
Lowcountry Digital Library
David Sacrificing to God (16th 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
The Angel Departing from Manoah and His Wife (Victima per Manuen, domino mactatur optima: Vxor) (1584)
from: The Story of Samson, Hand-colored engravings (Netherlands)
Harvard Art Museum
The Sacrifice of Elijah (1552-1557)
Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
Horse sacrifice (Asvamedha) (1712)
from: Ramayana, Bala Kanda, Ms Add. 15295, fol. 33
British Library, London [from Udaipur]











