Pyre Collection

Orestes and Pylades Disputing at the Altar, 1614. Creator: Pieter Lastman
Orestes and Pylades Disputing at the Altar, 1614. Other Title(s): Orestes and Pylades Disputing at the Altar (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris)

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy, c.1505-c.1510. Creator: Master of the Figdor Deposition
The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy, c.1505-c.1510

The sacrifice of Iphigenia. Main motif of the fireplace from a hotel in rue des... c1626-1650. Creator: Unknown
The sacrifice of Iphigenia. Main motif of the fireplace from a hotel in rue des Bernardins, 5th arrondissement, between 1626 and 1650

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules on the Pyre, c. 1528. Creator: Gabriel Salmon
The Labors of Hercules: Hercules on the Pyre, c. 1528

Hindoo Funeral Rites in Calcutta, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Hindoo Funeral Rites in Calcutta, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Sketch for Dido on the Funeral Pyre (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso), c. 1781. Creator: Henry Fuseli
Sketch for Dido on the Funeral Pyre (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso), c. 1781

God enters into a covenant with Noah: next to a smoking pyre Noah kneels in a gesture of prayer, surrounded by members of his family, a rainbow stretches over them

Scrapbook containing Italian Etchings of the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, 16th-17th century. [The Suicide of Dido]

Attila on the Pyre, after His Defeat by Aetius, (453AD), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Attila on the Pyre, after His Defeat by Aetius, (453AD), 1890. Flavius Aetius (391-454) mustered a large Roman and allied army to stop the Huns in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (451AD)

Sacrifice of Scaevola, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Sacrifice of Scaevola, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

The Funeral of Hector, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Funeral of Hector, 1890. In Greekand Roman mythology, Hector was a Trojan prince and hero of Troy in the Trojan War. Killed by Achilles his body was dragged through the dirt before being

Hercules on Mount Oeta, 1880. Artist: Picart
Hercules on Mount Oeta, 1880. Mount Oeta is a mountain in Central Greece. A southeastern offshoot of the Pindus range, it is

La Naissance, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
La Naissance, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Thiodamas, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Thiodamas, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Death of the Dido, 1757. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Death of the Dido, 1757. After piling a wooden effigy of her deceased husband in their matrimonial bed atop her own funeral pyre, Dido, the queen of Carthage

Roman Funeral rite or corpse being carried to Pyre, c3rd century. Terracotta lid of sarcophagus showing a corpse being carried to the pyre; found near Torre dei Conti (near Rome)

Cut-away view of Garinis cremation furnace used in Milan, 1880

Cremation in Calcutta, India, 1882

Cremation of the dead on funeral pyres, Calcutta, India, 1879

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