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Infanticide - Religious aspects

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  • A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.
  • An angel intervenes as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac. Mezzotint.
  • The child Aaron being led away by Moses' father, after abandoning Moses in the bullrushes. Etching by C. Bouzonnet-Stella, 1672, after N. Poussin, 1654.
  • An angel descends as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac; the ram lurks in the bushes. Line engraving.
  • Abraham and Isaac embrace in the wilderness, in the shock of their reprieve. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
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    An angel intervenes as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac. Mezzotint.

    | Reference: 15841i
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    An angel intervenes as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac. Line engraving by R. van Audenaerd after C. Maratta.

    Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713. | Reference: 2848968i
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    A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.

    Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 20453i
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    An angel descends as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac; the ram lurks in the bushes. Line engraving.

    | Reference: 15849i
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    Abraham and Isaac embrace in the wilderness, in the shock of their reprieve. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.

    Shields, Frederic, 1833-1911. | Date: 1877 | Reference: 20624i
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