Sacrifice Collection (page 9)

Detail of the doors of Paradise showing Abraham and Isaac, 15th century. Artist: Lorenzo Ghiberti
Detail of the doors of Paradise showing Abraham and Isaac, 15th century

Maya Eagle-vase offering bowl for the hearts of sacrificial victims
A Maya Eagle-vase offering bowl for the hearts of sacrificial victims in the form of a Chacmdoh figure. From the British Museums collection

The Yaxchilan Lintels, 8th century
Lintel 15 of Yaxchilan Structure 21, Mayan, Mexico, 770. Carved limestone lintel with glyphs and a scene representing Lady Wak Tuun, during a bloodletting rite

Phoenician bronze of a man with animals for sacrifice, 8th century BC
Phoenician bronze of a man with animals for sacrifice, found in the Burnt Palace at Nimrud, from the British Museums collection, 8th century BC

Hellenistic relief of a sacrifice at a rustic shrine of a god or hero and his consort, from the Munich Glypotek Museums collection

Antiochus and Stratonice, 18th century. Artist: Francesco Fontebasso
Antiochus and Stratonice, 18th century. Antiochus I Soter (d261 BC) was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He married his stepmother, Stratonice, after his father, Seleucus I Nicator

Base of the east face of the Moone Cross, 7th century
Base of the east face of the Moone cross, showing the temptation of Adam and Eve, the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, and Daniel in the Lions Den, 7th century

Lead tablet from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona, c. 4th century BC
Lead tablet from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona. Some of the Korkyrians and Orikioi ask to which god or hero they should sacrifice so as to govern the land in the best way

Mayan vessel in the shape of the rain-god Chac Mool
Mayan eagle-vase in the shape of the rain-god Chac Mool, probably used as an offering-bowl for human heads at sacrifices

Greek relief of a sacrifice to Demeter, 4th century BC

Lindow Man, found in a peat moss bog in Ireland, c2nd century BC
A Celtic iron age man, approximately twenty, found in 1984 in Lindow Moss peat bog, Cheshire. It is likely that he was ritually killed before being deposited in the bog, c2nd century BC

Detail from Gundestrup Cauldron, showing a Celtic bull sacrifice, Danish, c100 BC
Gundestrup Cauldron:Denmark:Celtic:bull sacrifice:c.100 BC

Detail from Gundestrup Cauldron, showing a Celtic sacrifice scene, Danish, c100 BC

Celtic bronze flesh-hook, Co. Antrim, Ireland, c6th century BC
Celtic bronze flesh-hook, Co.Antrim, Ireland, c6th century BC

Sacrifice of an ox, Temple of Vespasian, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century
Roman sacrifice of an ox on the altar dedicated to the Impeial Cult in the Temple of Vespasian, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century

Poster paying tribute to the war effort, French, World War I, 1914-1918. A wounded French soldier saying that civilians are also supporting the war effort by making their individual financial

Rint v Potatoes - The Irish Jeremy Diddler, 1845. Daniel O Connell (1775-1847), Irish political leader, continued to collect repeal rents to fund the Home Rule movement while the Irish poor were

The Deluge or Flood, mid 19th century. Noah builds an altar and makes a burnt offering in thanks for the receding of the waters and the preservation of the Ark and its occupants

Isaac being saved from sacrifice, 1557. Isaac being saved from being sacrificed to God by his father Abraham by the appearance of a ram caught in a thicket

Sacrificial procession of a bull preceded by trumpeters, 30-40. Relief from an altar of the Vicomagistri, the Roman organisation responsible for police and fire protection

St Catherine of Alexandria, c1500
St Catherine of Alexandria of Alexandria, c1500. St Catherine of Alexandria was a 4th century early Christian martyr. At her feet is a piece of the spiked wheel upon which she was martyred

Noahs Sacrifice, c1688-1736. Artist: Nicolas Bertin
Noahs Sacrifice, c1688-1736. Noah making a burnt offering of doves to God for deliverance from the flood

The Sacrifice of Isaac, early 17th century. Artist: Giuseppe Vermiglio
The Sacrifice of Isaac, early 17th century. The Angel of the Lord preventing Abraham from sacrificing his son Isaac

Abrahams Sacrifice, 17th century. Artist: Laurent de la Hyre
Abrahams Sacrifice, 17th century. The Angel of the Lord holds back Abrahams hand before he sacrifices his son Isaac on the order of the Lord

King David making a burnt offering, 16th century. Woodcut illustration from a 16th century Bible of a story from the Old Testament

Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, c1900. In Ancient Greek legend Iphigenia was to be sacrificed by her father at Aulis to secure favourable winds for the fleet to sail against Troy

Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac to God, 18th century
Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac to God in place of the sacrificial lamb held by a figure in the background, 18th century. Illustration from an Arab manuscript

Women sealing flasks of donated blood, World War II, Moscow, 1941. Thousands of Moscow citizens responded to appeals to donate blood as the Germans advanced on the city

Rizpah, King Sauls concubine, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Rizpah, King Sauls concubine, 1866. Rizpah stopping the birds and beasts devouring the bodies of her sons and five others killed by the Gibeonites as a harvest sacrifice after a famine

Sarah, Abrahams wife, being barren, offers Hagar her maid to her husband, c1804. The result of the union was Ishmael whose name came to mean an outcast. From the Bible (Genesis 16:3)

Mountain Sacrifice, Painted stirrup-spout vessel, Mochica Culture, Peru, 1-750. The victim has been thrown to his death at the foot of Seated figure. Royal Scottish Museum

Lead plaque from Sanctuary at Altar of Zeus, Dobona, Epirus, Greece, c214 BC. Some of the Kirkyrians (Corfu) ask the oracle to which god or hero they should sacrifice to govern their province well

Relief of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius making a state sacrifice, 2nd century
Relief of Marcus Aurelius (April 26, 121- March 17, 180) making a state sacrifice, from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome, 2nd century

Roman wall-painting of the Judgement of Solomon, from Pompeii. Now at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

Mosaic of Abraham and three angels at the sacrifice of Isaac, 6th century
Mosaic of Abraham and three angels at the sacrifice of Isaac from San Vitale, 6th century

Odin (Wotan), Norse god, c19th century
Odin (Wotan, earlier form of name), one of principal gods of Norse mythology, c19th century. The god of war: Valhalla seeks wisdom from Odin to make him all-powerful. For this he sacrifices one eye

James Cook, English navigator, witnessing human sacrifice in Taihiti (Otaheite) c1773 (1815). A scene from Cooks second Pacific voyage, undertaken from 1772-1775

The Victim, 1868. Artist: Arthur Boyd Houghton
The Victim, 1868. Illustration by AB Houghton for Tennysons poem. An Arch-Druid is about to sacrifice the Kings son to save the people from the plague

Human sacrifice, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, 1912. Decapitation of a victim tied to a stake in front of the image of a Voodoo god during a Voodoo ceremony

Descent from the Cross, 1634. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Descent from the Cross, 1634. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Justice to Ireland, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
Justice to Ireland, 1869. The Liberal Party having won the General Election at the end of 1868, Mr Gladstone became Prime Minister

The Tombs of July from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: Auguste Raffet
The Tombs of July from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Sacrifice, c. 1510 / 1530. Creator: Unknown
Sacrifice, c. 1510/1530

Sacrifice of Isaac: an angel presses against the dagger-bearing arm of Abraham, who stands next to Isaac on an altar, God the Father and an angel bearing a lamb approach from the left, ca.1645-50

Sacrifice to Pan, 1762-63. Creator: Jean Jacques Lagrenee
Sacrifice to Pan, 1762-63

Scene de Sacrifice (Antique Sacrifice), from Recueil de Diffé
Scene de Sacrifice (Antique Sacrifice), from Recueil de Differentes Compositions Frises et Ornements dessinees et gravees a la maniere du lavis par La Grenee le Juene Se trouve chez l Auteur

A Woman and Man Sacrificing in the Presence of Cupid, published ca. 1599-1622. After Battista Franco. Formerly attributed to Enea Vico

Polyxena, 1786. Creators: Jean Florent Defraine, Vincent Marie Langlois
Polyxena, 1786

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