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  • A man sits near an altar with a statue of a goddess and prepares a boar for sacrifice. Engraving by Battista Franco.
  • A pagan sacrifice. Etching by A. Fabri after Raphael.
  • An episode in Juvenal's satire XII: in thanks for the escape of their mutual friend Catullus from a shipwreck, Juvenal shows to Corvinus a votive painting depicting Catullus's survival, while putti prepare to sacrifice animals as thank-offerings to the gods. Etching by W. Hollar after R. Streater.
  • An ancient priest killing a lamb as a sacrifice amidst a crowd of people. Etching by J. van den Aveele, 1681.
  • 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.
  • Noah and his family sacrifice a ram to God on leaving the ark. Engraving by G. Carattoni after A. de'Angeli after Michelangelo.
  • A pagan sacrifice. Engraving after L. Lombard.
  • Pagan sacrifice. Engraving.
  • Israel: sacrifice of a red heifer. Coloured etching, 17--.
  • A procession towards a sacrifice. Lithograph by F. Piloty after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
  • Pagan sacrifice to a goddess. Engraving.
  • Three marble vases and a sarcophagus. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • 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.
  • Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: coat of arms and inscription surrounded by a carved frame and a border of oak garlands. Engraving by F. Ertinger.
  • The inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands offering to Captain Cook the sacrifice of a pig. Etching by S. Middiman and J. Hall, 1784, after J. Webber.