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The worshippers of Baal beseech their god in vain to ignite their sacrificial altar, but in response to the prayer of Elijah, Yahweh ignites the altar erected to him. Colour etching and woodcut by P.P.A. Robert and N. Le Sueur after Maturino da Firenze.
Maturino, da Firenze, active 1518-1528.Date: [between 1729 and 1742]Reference: 2496676i
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Pagan sacrifice to a goddess. Engraving.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 11508i
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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.
RaphaelDate: 1721Reference: 2200355i
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Pagan sacrifice. Engraving.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 11506i
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A priest conducting a sacrifice inside a temple of Bacchus at Rome. Mezzotint by G.F. Blondel, 176-.
Georges-François BlondelDate: [between 1760 and 1769]Reference: 2924564i
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A pagan sacrifice. Etching by A. Fabri after Raphael.
RaphaelReference: 11501i
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Greek and Roman animal sacrifice : ancient victims, modern observers / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and F.S. Naiden.
Date: 2012
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Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. Naiden.
F. S. NaidenDate: [2013], ©2013
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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.
John WebberDate: [1784]Reference: 566715i
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A pagan sacrifice. Engraving after L. Lombard.
Lambert LombardDate: 1500-1599Reference: 11504i
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Noah and his family sacrifice a ram to God on leaving the ark. Engraving by G. Carattoni after A. de'Angeli after Michelangelo.
MichelangeloReference: 11500i
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Three marble vases and a sarcophagus. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
Giovanni Battista PiranesiDate: [between 1768 and 1778]Reference: 757006i
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Israel: sacrifice of a red heifer. Coloured etching, 17--.
Date: [between 1760 and 1792]Reference: 3185588i
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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.
Battista Franco VenezianoDate: 1500-1599Reference: 42309i
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An ancient priest killing a lamb as a sacrifice amidst a crowd of people. Etching by J. van den Aveele, 1681.
Jan van den AveelenDate: 1681Reference: 567813i
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Die Heilkunst bei den alten Griechen : Priester opfern dem Äskulap / Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Limited.
Date: [1903]
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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.
Francis CleynDate: 1654Reference: 26088i
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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.
Streater, Robert, 1624-1680.Date: [1660]Reference: 38992i
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A procession towards a sacrifice. Lithograph by F. Piloty after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
Polidoro da CaravaggioDate: [1811]Reference: 524671i
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Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: coat of arms and inscription surrounded by a carved frame and a border of oak garlands. Engraving by F. Ertinger.
Franz ErtingerDate: [1692]Reference: 35698i

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The worshippers of Baal beseech their god in vain to ignite their sacrificial altar, but in response to the prayer of Elijah, Yahweh ignites the altar erected to him. Colour etching and woodcut by P.P.A. Robert and N. Le Sueur after Maturino da Firenze.

Pagan sacrifice to a goddess. Engraving.

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.

Pagan sacrifice. Engraving.

A priest conducting a sacrifice inside a temple of Bacchus at Rome. Mezzotint by G.F. Blondel, 176-.

A pagan sacrifice. Etching by A. Fabri after Raphael.

Greek and Roman animal sacrifice : ancient victims, modern observers / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and F.S. Naiden.

Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. Naiden.

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.

A pagan sacrifice. Engraving after L. Lombard.

Noah and his family sacrifice a ram to God on leaving the ark. Engraving by G. Carattoni after A. de'Angeli after Michelangelo.

Three marble vases and a sarcophagus. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

Israel: sacrifice of a red heifer. Coloured etching, 17--.

A man sits near an altar with a statue of a goddess and prepares a boar for sacrifice. Engraving by Battista Franco.

An ancient priest killing a lamb as a sacrifice amidst a crowd of people. Etching by J. van den Aveele, 1681.

Die Heilkunst bei den alten Griechen : Priester opfern dem Äskulap / Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Limited.

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.

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.

A procession towards a sacrifice. Lithograph by F. Piloty after Polidoro da Caravaggio.

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris: coat of arms and inscription surrounded by a carved frame and a border of oak garlands. Engraving by F. Ertinger.