Topic: 1. Sacrifice and Bible (16th-18th Century)
The Bible, with its plethora of examples of sacrifice and self-sacrifice, plays a pivotal role in shaping the discourse on sacrifice in the early modern world.
This section includes:
- Sources: A broad selection of early modern writings, encompassing biblical exegesis, theological and philosophical interpretations, various translations, prayer books, and hymns.
- Iconographic Representations: This visual collection showcases early modern depictions of biblical sacrifices, including key scenes like the Sacrifice of Isaac as interpreted in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
- Related Bibliography: Complemented by a comprehensive bibliography of scholarly works from the 19th to 21st centuries, offering modern perspectives and analyses of these historical interpretations.
Abel Sacrifice (1600)
from: De l'eloquence françoise, Edition nouelle, reueue & augme[n]tee, Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1600
Elijah and the Priests of Baal (1525-1530)
from: Scenes for a 'Biblia Pauperum' published by Doen Pietersz
British Museum, London
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1596]
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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
Venezia, Scuola Grande di San Rocco
The sacrifice of Melchisedec (16th Century)
Museo pontificio della Santa Casa, Loreto
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
Elias offer. I. Regum. XVIII (1708)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1650-1653)
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Stoning of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr and the Martyrdom of Saint John theEvangelist (1765)
Hungarian National Gallery
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
Samson destroys the temple (1270-1274)
from: Psautier dit de saint Louis
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms Latin 10525, fol. 62
(15th)
from: Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium, transl. by Boccace, De casibus, trad. Laurent de Premierfait
Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms Français 226, fol. 20v
The sacrifice of Cain and Abel (1601)
from: Engraved illustration from Louis Richeome, Les tableaux sacrez (Paris, Sonnius: 1601), plate 2, pag. 48
Caino e Abele [1610]
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
The Sacrifice of Isaac (detail of the Trittico degli Uffizi) (1461)
Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi