Topic: 1. Sacrifice and Bible (16th-18th century) – Image Gallery
Sacrifice of Isaac [1621 - 1623]
Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola, Genova
Jephte sacrifices his daughter (1493)
from: Cest le mirouer de la redempcion humaine (GW M4304210), Fol, f4r [Paris]
Stabi, Berlin
The Sacrifice of Isaac (s.d.)
from: Project on engraved sources of Spanish colonial art
Iglesia de San Sebastián, Cusco, Peru
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
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
Titlepage of Theatrum Biblicum (1639)
from: Theatrum biblicum, hoc est historiæ sacræ Veteris et Novi Testamenti tabulis æneis expressæ. Opus præstantissimorum huius ac superioris seculi pictorum atque sculptorum, summo studio conquisitum et in lucem editum per Nicolaum Iohannis Piscatorem. Amsterdam, 1639
Sacrifice of a Lamb by Four Men (1630(?))
from: Luther, Martin. Biblia das ist Die gantze Holy Scriptures Durch D. Martin Luther verutscht Strasbourg, Zetzner, [1630], Frontispiece
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Sacrifice of Noah (1519-1527)
Albertina, Vienna
Abraham's Sacrifice (XVII)
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Caino e Abele [1610]
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
Sacrifice of Gideon [1728]
Musée du Louvre, Paris
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Boston, The Harvard Art Museums
En pater innocuum puerum deducit ad aram en promptus charum est ense ferire caput [1567]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1695 - 1696]
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Sacrifice of Isaac (18th Century)
Private collection
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1530)
Bamberg, Staatsgalerie in der Neuen Residenz Bamberg
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 Isaac (detail of the Trittico degli Uffizi) (1461)
Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi
Dish with sacrifice of Isaac (17th Century)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(1528-1530)
Bologna, Chiesa di San Domenico (coro ligneo)
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1485)
Milano, Pinacoteca di Brera
Solomon sacrifices at Gabaon (1428)
from: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Clm 15701, fol. 144v
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
Joachim's sacrifice is rejected (1500-1527)
Albertina, Vienna
The Sacrifice of Abraham (1720)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1555)
Cortona, Museo Diocesano (Italy)
Martyrdom of Zakariya (XVI)
from: ishâq nishâbûrî, qisas-i qur'ân. [Qazvin, Iran]
Paris, BnF, Persan 54, fol. 144v
Sacrifice of Joachim (1303-1305)
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova
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 [1350]
from: Rudolf von Ems: Weltchronik. Böhmen (Prague)
Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek Fulda, Aa 88, fol. 50r
The Sacrifice of Abraham [1630 - 1635]
Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Städel Museum), Frankfurt
Abraham (1907)
London, Christie's
The sacrifice of Cain and Abel (1601)
from: Engraved illustration from Louis Richeome, Les tableaux sacrez (Paris, Sonnius: 1601), plate 2, pag. 48
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
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
The sacrifice of Isaac. Isaac carries the wood for the sacrifice to Moriah (1460)
from: Speculum humanae salvationis, Newberry Library - 40, fol. 22v
Newberry Library, Chicago
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.
Ezech., cap. XLIII, v. 13, Altare holocaustorum (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome septieme, tab. DCXLI
Et Ketz (Mystical and Kabbalistic literature) (1710)
from: Yechacham – Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim HaCohen of the Kantorini Chazanim, Et Ketz, Amsterdam, Shlomo Proops 1710
The Adoration of the Lamb (1432)
from: The Ghent Altarpiece (or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb), St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
Samson destroys the temple (1270-1274)
from: Psautier dit de saint Louis
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms Latin 10525, fol. 62
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
Sacrifice in Egypt (1776 -1825)
Herzog August Bibliothek
Brasilian Landscape with Manoah's Sacrifice (1648)
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
The Sacrifice of Gideon (1400-1410)
from: Ems, Rudolf von, Weltchronik [Getty Museum, Ms. 33, fol. 129v
Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Loores del dignissimo Lugar de Calvario (1551)
from: Antonio de Aranda. Loores del dignissimo Lugar de Calvario: en que se relata todo lo que nuestro redemptor Jesus hizo y dixo en el, conforme al texto del sacro evangelio, perteneciente a su passion, muerte, sepultura y resurrection, Alcalá de Henares, Salzedo, 1551
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1603)
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence
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
Sacrificio de Isaac (18th Century)
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos (Museu de Belles Arts), Valencia, Spain
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1270-1280)
from: Psalter, St John College, Cambridge, MS K.26 fol. 10r
St John College, Cambridge
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
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
The Death of Samson [1650]
Getty Center, Museum East Pavilion, Los Angeles
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1597)
Augsburg, Dom
Iud., cap. VI, v. 36, ad fin., Miracula areae (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome quatrieme, tab. CCCLXXV
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
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1309)
from: Brussels Pentateuch, Brussels, 1309
(Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Codex Levy 19, f. 34v
A sheaf from the first harvest is offered on the altar (1731)
from: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Physica Sacra, 1731, Abtheilung 2, nach S. 502, Tafel 283 (ZB III ZZ 55)Illustriert Lev 23,10
Zürich, ZB, Graphische Sammlung, Füssli J.M. Phys. Sac. ZEI 94 / emanuscripta
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
Scene a Sacrifice with a slaughtered calf (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
The sacrifice of Elijah against the prophets of Baal (1653)
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Fondo Corsini; cartella VOL.I
The sacrifice of Manoah (from the series: Life of Samson) (1549)
London, British Museum
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. 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
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1425]
from: Hafiz Abru, Majma` al-tavarikh, Sacrifice of Ismāʿīl, Walters Manuscript W.676Aa [from Istanbul]
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Samson pulling down the house at Gaza (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 35v
British Museum, London
[The adoration of the Lamb (?)] (1491)
from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 27v
The British Museum, London
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]
The Offering of Noah (1640)
El Paso Museum of Art
The Story of Samson [1525 - 1530]
Kunstmuseum, Basel
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1320)
from: Golden Haggadah (northern Spain)
London, British Library, Add 27210, fol. 4v
Samson destroys the temple (15th)
from: Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium. Translated by Laurent de Premierfait
Paris, BnF, MS Français 235 fol. 38v
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
Roundel with Martyrdom of Saint Jacobus Intercisus [1520]
The Met Cloisters, New York
The sacrifice of Isaac. Isaac carries the wood to Moriah [1415]
from: Provinzialbibliothek - Speculum humanae salvationis, 2 Ms. 46, fol. 55v
Provinzialbibliothek, Amberg
The sacrifice of Cain and Abel (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
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
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1524 - 1546)
Casa Buonarroti, Florence
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1490 - 1495)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
Samson's Death (1549)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Abraham's Sacrifice [1750 - 1775]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1716)
from: Germany
The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel Ms. Heb. 8° 2380 (Book of Evronot, fol. 80v)
The sacrifice of Isaac (1311)
from: Gospels, Armenia
Harvard University, Biblioteca Berenson, 9511282
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
