Keyword: Satī – Image Gallery

Anonymous / Unknown

Satī. The bride immolates herself on the funeral pyre (1657)

from: Isfahan, Iran

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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

Keywords: FireGenderIndiaIranIslamPersiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Muhammad `Ali Naqqash Mashhadi

the young Hindu woman accompanies her bridegroom's coffin to the funeral pyre and decides to commit sati (1657)

from: Walters manuscript W.649 (Burning and Melting)

The Walters Art Museum

Topics:
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: FireIndiaIranIslamMughalPersiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Unknown

Sati (suttee): a woman immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist. (1800-1899)

from: India

London, Wellcome Collection

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

Keywords: Estado da ÍndiaFireIndiaSatiSatīWomen

Picart, Bernard 1673-1733

Manner in which the Women in India Burn (1728)

from: Picart, B. Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses des Peuples Idolatres, tome II, Amsterdam, 1728

London, Wellcome Collection

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: FireIndiaSacrificeSatiSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Unknown

Sati Stone (18th)

from: Madhya Pradesh, Orchha, India

Jahangir Mahal Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneWomen

Unknown

Sati Stone (18th)

from: India: Madhya Pradesh (State): Vidisha

London, British Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneWomen

Muhammad `Ali Naqqash Mashhadi

Satī, from a Sūz u Gudāz manuscript. The union of the couple on the pyre (1657)

from: Sūz u Gudāz ms, Iran, Walters Manuscript W. 649, fol. 19b (Burning and Melting)

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Topics:
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: FireGenderIndiaIranIslamManuscriptMughalPersiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Qasim, Muhammad

Satī, from a Sūz u Gudāz manuscript. The pyre; the bride preparing to sacrifice herself (1650)

from: Nawʻi Khabushani, Muhammad Riz̤a, Sūz u Gudāz, fol. 31v

Chester Betty Library, Dublin, Ireland MS Pers 268, fol. 31b

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

Keywords: FireIranSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Satī [1800]

from: Chennai, India

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: FireSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Unknown

Suttee. Gouache painting by a painter of Thanjavur (Tanjore) [1800]

from: Tanjore

London, Wellcome Collection

Topics:
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: IndiaSatiSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Unknown

Handprints left by the wives of the maharaja before the Sati [1843]

Mehrangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Satī (17th)

from: Manuscript, Iran

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art

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

Keywords: FireIranSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Unknown

Handprints of women who committed sati

Wall of the Junagarh Fort (Bikaner, Rajasthan, India)

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaPoliticsSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWarWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Scene of a sati. In the foreground, a widowed woman (encountered by Della Valle on November 12, 1623) on horseback holds a mirror and a lemon amidst a crowd. In the background, a woman throws herself into the flames of a funeral pyre (1665)

from: Della Valle, Pietro, De volkome beschryving der voortreffelijke reizen van de deurluchtige reisiger Pietro della Valle, edelman van Romen, in veel voorname gewesten des werrelts, sedert het jaer 1615, tot in 't jaar 1626 gedaan. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1666, vol. 5, pag. 163

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

Keywords: FireIndiaSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Unknown

Sati Stone (18-19th)

from: Madhya Pradesh, India

Jahangir Mahal Museum

Topics:
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: GenderHinduSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Scene of a Sati, with a woman throwing herself into the flames amid a crowd playing trumpets. Above, a winged devil holds the banner with the book's title and the torch with which he lights the ritual fire. (1670)

from: Abraham Rogerius, Le Théâtre de l’idolatrie ou la porte ouverte, Amsterdam, Jean Schipper, 1670, title page

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

Keywords: AntiquarianismFireIndiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Picart, Bernard

Manner in which they Bury Themselves (1728)

from: Picart, B. Ceremonies et Coutumes Religieuses des Peuples Idolatres, tome II, Amsterdam, 1728

London, Wellcome Collection

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: FireIndiaSacrificeSatiSatīWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Woman Committing Sati (17th century)

Harvard Art Museum, Boston (https://harvardartmuseums.org/art/165399)

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: FireIndiaIranSatīWomen

Unknown

Sati Stone (s.d.)

from: Rajasthan, India

London, British Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

A scene of Sati ritual Souryabha. Femme duchadja Jasingha se brulant. On represente icy la maniere en laquelle se brusla une femme de Radja Jasing appellée en la langue Indienne - Souryabha, qui veut dire lumiere du soleil, elle se brusla sans faire paroistre acucune crainte du feu ni de la mort. (1678-1686)

from: Nicolo Manucci, Histoire de l'Inde depuis Tamerlank jusquà Orangzeb [ms Libro Rosso, fol. 50v]

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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

Keywords: FireIndiaManuscriptSatīSatiSelf-Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

Satī. Gentile women of the caste of the cattle drivers, who is buried alive with her husband after he had died [1540]

Codice Casanatense, Biblioteca Casanatense, ms. 1889, fol. 64r, Rome

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

Keywords: FireIndiaManuscriptSatīWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

A Gentoo Woman Burning herself (1768)

from: Cavendish Drake, E. A, Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, London, J. Cooke, 1768

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: FireIndiaSacrificeSatiSatīWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Ceremony of Burning a Hindu Widow (19th century)

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeSatiSatī

Naw'ī, Mohammad Rizā

Hindu Princess Committing Suttee (17th century)

Wellcome Library, London

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: FireIndiaIranSatīWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

An Indian Woman Burning (1780)

from: Moore, Voyages and Travels, 1780

London, Wellcome Collection

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: FireIndiaSacrificeSatiSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Grüninger, Johann

Depiction of a satī on a map. A horned figure standing by a woman burning on a pyre (1522)

from: Claudii Ptolemaei... [Maps.C.1.d.11]

British Library, London

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

Keywords: IndiaSatī

Anonymous / Unknown

Immolation of a Hindoo Widow (1814)

from: Lester. The Gallery of Nature and Art, 1814

London, Wellcome Collection

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: FireIndiaSacrificeSatiSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Unknown

Sati Stone (17th-18th)

from: India

Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest

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: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

Unknown

Suttee. Gouache painting by an Indian artist (s.d.)

from: India

London, Wellcome Collection

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: FireIndiaSatiSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Mallet

Idolatres (1685)

from: Allain Manesson Mallet, Description de l'Univers, , contenant les differents systêmes du monde, les cartes générals et particulières de la géographie ancienne et modern. Vol.: De l'Asie.

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: FireIndiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen