Practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or an area

François Oudot, Viscount of Auxonne, healing and exorcising people in a village square. Etching, 1760, after F. Devosge.

A priest exorcist, with two men playing cymbals and drums. Gouache painting.

Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching by J.D. de Montalegre and M.H. Rentz.

Blessings given at the High Church of Our Beloved Lady involving the expulsion of devils and curing of blind and lame people. Etching.

An African medicine man or shaman using symbols and small animals to eject a demon (disease). Wood engraving by Dalziel after J. Leech.

Saint Benedict of Nursia: he frees a priest who had been possessed by devils. Engraving by G. Fabbri, 1776, after D. Fratta after L. Carracci.

Saint Benedict exorcising through prayer a man possessed by demons. Etching by G.M. Giovannini after L. Carracci.

Christ heals a demoniac; a demon is expelled into the air. Etching.

Saint Benedict curing a man possessed by a devil. Etching after L. Carracci.

Saint Francis de Paul (San Francesco da Paola) healing a man with an ulcered leg and a woman vexed by a malignant spirit. Oil painting.

A woman expressing thanks to the Madonna del Parto for cure of insanity in the form of expelled devils. Oil painting.

Material: paper; 17 [18] ff. 8vo.; leaf dimensions: width 14 cm, length 21 cm; written dimensions: width cm, length cm

MS.43

The abbé de Gondi being exorcised by Carthusian monks. Engraving by Ferdinand after N. Thomas.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0009274: Practice of exorcism in 9th century.

1 process print : halftone ; image 9.5 x 15.2 cm

Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.

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Exorcism

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Images about Exorcism

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MS.43

The abbé de Gondi being exorcised by Carthusian monks. Engraving by Ferdinand after N. Thomas.

M0009274: Practice of exorcism in 9th century.

Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.

Blessings given at the High Church of Our Beloved Lady involving the expulsion of devils and curing of blind and lame people. Etching.

Exorcism

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Images about Exorcism

Works from the collections

MS.43

The abbé de Gondi being exorcised by Carthusian monks. Engraving by Ferdinand after N. Thomas.

M0009274: Practice of exorcism in 9th century.

Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.

Blessings given at the High Church of Our Beloved Lady involving the expulsion of devils and curing of blind and lame people. Etching.

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