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37 images from works
  • A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.
  • The Temple of Solomon: aerial view, with flames billowing from the sacrificial altar. Wood engraving.
  • Krishna with two worshippers, as worshipped in Nathdwara, Rajasthan. Chromolithograph.
  • Manoah and his wife pray to an angel which emerges from the flame of their altar. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after C. Le Brun.
  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: the Chapel of Votive Tablets. Photograph from a negative of 1913.
  • The high priest of the Temple inspects the circumcised Christ child, whose head is glowing. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.
  • An altar, surmounted by a statue of the Virgin surrounded by votive offerings; in the foreground, sick or troubled people praying. Woodcut, 16--.
  • Merton College, Oxford: a marriage ceremony in the chapel. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck, 1813, after A.C. Pugin.
  • Athenians wearing masks celebrate the vintage by dancing around a statue of Bacchus and sacrificing a goat to him. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.
  • Five ancient Roman altars. Etching after J. Barbault.
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