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Idols and images

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Images about Idols and images

13 images from works
  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: the Chapel of Votive Tablets. Photograph from a negative of 1913.
  • Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Mary and Joseph walk to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Pitau, 1666, after S. François.
  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: a display of figurines and fetishes. Photograph from a negative of 1913.
  • After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching after Raphael.
  • Satyrs grouped around a statue, displaying the attributes of greed and venality. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • Kamakura, Japan: large statue of "Daibootz" or the "Great Buddha", in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Episodes in the Pentateuch involving sacrifice, worship and idol-worshipping. Engraving.
  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: figurines in the Hall of Primitive Medicine. Photograph, 1913 (?).
  • The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.
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Works from the collections

27 works

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    Paul tells the people of Greece about the last judgement; some mock and others believe. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, 1679, after C. Ferri.

    Ciro Ferri | Date: 1679 | Reference: 24892i
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    After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching after Raphael.

    Raphael | Reference: 24885i
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    After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching by B. Lépicié, 1721, after Raphael.

    Raphael | Date: 1721 | Reference: 2200355i
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    Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    Christoph Murer | Date: 1622 | Reference: 26660i
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    Sarawak: a wooden carving of Bali Atap, a Tutelary deity. Photograph.

    | Reference: 31440i
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Related topics

Statues
Oxen
Sacrifice
Worship
Turkey
Healers
Hatunsaray (Turkey)
Christianity and other religions - Greek
Medicine in the Bible
Apostles

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