Dramatic Historical Sacrifice Scenes

Powerful depictions of historical and mythological sacrifices, featuring somber colors and dramatic expressions in classical artistic styles.

Sybilla Delphica; 18th century (1700-00-00-1750-00-00);Sybille, inscriptions, crown of thorns (iconogr.), Open books, Silesian painting

Susanna and elders by Charles de La Fosse, oil on canvas, after 1700, 1636-1716, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 64x51

The four elements, Fire, Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1718

fine arts, Maulbertsch, Franz Anton, (1724 - 1796), painting, ""anointment of Saul"", 1797, Germanic national museum, Nuremberg,

'Noli me tangere', ca. 1657, Oil on panel, 47 cm x 39 cm, P02306. Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. JESUS. MARY MAGDALENE. CRISTO RESUCITADO.

The Innocence washes her hands and the Temperance pours water on the knife (L'Innocenza si lava le mani e la Temperanza versa l'acqua sul coltello), by Jean Boulanger, 1656-1660, 17th Century, fresco

'Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery'. Italy, 1510/1511. Dimensions: 82x69,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Palma, Jacopo, il vecchio (Jacopo Nigreti).

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (after Fetti) (1651 - 1656), painting by David Teniers (baptised 15 December 1610 in Antwerp, died 25 April 1690 in Brussels), Flemish painter, draughtsman and curator. He was an innovator in a variety of genres such as history painting, genre painting, landscape, portrait and still life. He is most remembered today as the leading Flemish genre painter of his time, reproduction from a 17th century painting. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown

SANTA AGUEDA CURADA POR SAN PEDRO EN LA PRISION - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 109 x 88 cm - NP 2989 - BARROCO ITALIANO. Author: GIOVANNI MARTINELLI. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. APOSTLE PETER. SANTA AGUEDA SIGLO III.

MILAGROS DE S ISIDRO LABRADOR. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-PINTURAS. MADRID. SPAIN. VIRGEN DE ATOCHA. SANTA MARIA DE LA CABEZA. SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR.

Prakseda; Cambiaso, Luca (1527-1585); 16th century (1501-00-00-1600-00-00);Prakseda (Saint - 1st car of the 2nd century AD), religious painting, Italian painting, religious scenes

Francisco Pérez Sierra / 'Saint Joachim'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

ALESSANDRO TIARINI/ Aparición de un ángel a una monja en su celda. Siglo XVII. 223 x 162 mm. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt with St Francis, 1517, by Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio (1489-ca 1534), oil on canvas, 129x106 cm.

Jose de Ribera (Játiva 1591 - Naples 1652). The Pietà (1633). Oil on canvas. 157 x 210 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Two Infants, Personifications of Spring and Autumn, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (follower of), 1650 - c. 1670 painting Two children playing. The child on the left has a flower wreath on the head, the child on the right has corn stalks in the right hand and a ball or fruit in the left hand. Southern Netherlands canvas. oil paint (paint) Spring, Ver '; 'Primavera' (Ripa). Autumn, Fall, 'autumn'; "Autumn" (bank). Child

Wall painting by Stefano Torelli: Allegorical figures of the virtues of the councillors

fine arts, Janssen, Hieronymus, (1624 - 1693), painting, ""the bloodletting"", district `s medical association, Northern Wuerttemberg,

'Lot and his Daughters'. Germany, 17th century. Dimensions: 41x53 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Johann Rottenhammer (circle of).

San Bernardino Altarpiece, 1521, by Lorenzo Lotto ( ca 1480- 1556), oil on canvas, 300x275 cm. Church of San Bernardino Pignolo, Bergamo. Detail.

Painting titled 'The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew' by Caravaggio (1571-1610) an Italian painter

The hl. Katharina; 1585 Bartholomew Spranger Dutch 1546 Antwerp - 1611 Prague

Allegory of the memory of Stadholder Frederik Hendrik 1584-1647, with a portrait of his widow Amalia van Solms-Braunfels 1602-1675, Govert Flinck, 1654

The Death of Procris. Benjamin West; British, born in America, 1738-1820. Date: 1770. Dimensions: 32.4 × 41.2 cm (12 3/4 × 16 1/4 in.). Oil on panel. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery by Palma il Vecchio, Jacopo, the Elder (1480-1528) / Musei Capitolini, Rome / Renaissance / 1525-1528 / Italy, Venetian School / Oil on canvas / Bible / 78,5x75

SALOME WITH THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. Author: BERNARDINO LUINI. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

Andrea Procaccini / 'Cardinal Borja', After 1721, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 248 cm x 176 cm, P02882. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Giovanni Serodine / 'Saint Margaret Resurrecting a Young Man', ca. 1620, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 131 cm x 100,5 cm, P00246. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. SANTA MARGARITA.

IMPOSICION DE LA CASULLA A SAN ILDEFONSO - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUAN SANCHEZ COTAN (1560-1627). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Ancona (Italia, Marche), Pinacoteca Civica Podesti. Lorenzo Lotto, Pala dell'Alabarda (Madonna col Bamnino, Santi Stefano, Lorenzo, Giovanni E., Simone Guda, nella lunetta lo Spirito Santo), 1539

Allegory of the Death of William V, Prince of Orange, 1806. Dating: 1806. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 52.5 cm × w 41.2 cm × t 1.2 cm; d 4.6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Willem Pieneman (mentioned on object).

Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863). French painter. Pieta, 1850. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Judith after behead the Assyrian general Holofernes. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

The Daughter of Herodias - either shows Salome or Judith. Date/Period: 1510. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 54.9 cm (21.6 in); Width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in). Author: SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO.

Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652). Spanish painter. Saint Jerome, 1646. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.

Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807). Judtih. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.

SAGRADA FAMILIA -DET ANGEL-S XVII. Author: JEAN VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE (1591-1632). Location: BANCO EXTERIOR-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Persian Sibyl. Date/Period: 1647 - 1648. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,170 mm (46.06 in); Width: 960 mm (37.79 in). Author: GUERCINO.

Saint Cecilia. Date/Period: 1625/1627. Painting. Author: SIMON VOUET.

Martha Reproving Her Sister Mary, Orazio Gentileschi, circa 1620, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany,

Edward Wehnert, Untitled, 1857, watercolor.

Mateo Gallardo / 'Tobias and the Angel'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Cook. Date/Period: Ca. 1625. Painting. Height: 1,760 mm (69.29 in); Width: 1,850 mm (72.83 in). Author: Bernardo Strozzi.

Joos van Cleve (h.1485-1540/1541). Flemish painter. Triptych with the Death of Mary, 1515. Detail of the central panel. Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Three Music Making Angels by Procaccini, Andrea (1671-1734)/ Liechtenstein Museum/ before 1720/ Italy, Roman School/ Oil on canvas/ Baroque/ 198x149/ Bible

Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from 'The Tempest,' Act I, scene ii, Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British, ca. 1799, Oil on paper laid on canvas, Support (PTG): 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm), babies, children, costume, elderly, fear, frightened, light, literary theme, man, meteorology, science, sorcerer, storm, The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare, theater (discipline), women

Salomé recibiendo la cabeza del Bautista, Bernardino Luini,. Principio del siglo XVI. Óleo sobre tabla, Museo del Louvre,museo nacional de Francia, Paris, France,Western Europe.

SAN ELOY - SIGLO XVII. Author: ISIDORO ARREDONDO. Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez / 'A Sybil (Juana Pacheco)', ca. 1631, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 62 cm x 50 cm, P01197. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. JUANA PACHECO.

Woman with unicorn; St Justine () As a Personification of Chastity ". In a landscape there is a young woman with a unicorn that puts his head in her lap. In the past interpreted as the Holy Justine, as a personification of the chastity and as an allegory on the role of the role of The City State Venice.

Portrait of Hélène Fourment, ca. 1638. oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Helena Fourment or Hélène Fourment (11 April 1614 - 15 July 1673) was the second wife of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by Guido Reni, oil on canvas, circa 1626, 1575-1642, Russia, Moscow , State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 227x195

St Cecilia by Carlo Dolci, oil on canvas, 1640s , 1616-1686, Florentine School, Russia, St Petersburg, State Hermitage, 126x99, 5

Saint Lucretia. Dated: c. 1520. Dimensions: overall (original panel): 51.8 x 40.7 x 1.2 cm (20 3/8 x 16 x 1/2 in.) overall (including cradle): 53.3 x 41.9 x 3.7 cm (21 x 16 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: DOSSO DOSSI.

J.A.D.Ingres, Madame Laureal - -

David with the Head of Goliath. Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) and studio. Oil on canvas, 96 x 77cm.

Fresco painting in the St Nicholas Cathedral in Ljubljana, Slovenia Fresco painting in the St Nicholas Cathedral in Ljubljana, Slovenia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20837162

S BRUNO EN EXTASIS. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN (1598-1664). Location: MUSEO DE CADIZ-BELLAS ARTES. Cadiz. SPAIN. SAN BRUNO (1030-1101) BRUNO DE COLONIA.

The Young Virgin ca. 1632-33 Francisco de Zurbarán Spanish According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where she devoted herself to praying and sewing vestments. This was a subject particularly popular in seventeenth-century Italian and Spanish paintings, where the little Virgindevout and busy at her tasksserved as a model of behavior for young girls. The delicate handling of the Virgin’s face and attention to detail in the still-life elements, each neatly individuated and meticulously placed, are characteristic of Zurbarán’s work. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #5157. The Young Virgin Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. The Young Virgin 437971

'The Descent from the Cross', c. 1435, Oil on panel, 220 × 262 cm, P02825. Author: ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN (1399-1464) ROGIER DE LA PAS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

Wall painting by Stefano Torelli: Allegorical figures of the virtues of the councillors

Fiddler and a Gypsy woman (Consolation). Gallait, Louis (1810-1887), painter

Girl Holding a Dove, 1721-27. By Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Esther and Mordecai. Dated: 1616. Dimensions: overall: 37 x 23.7 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hendrick van Steenwijk the Younger.

'Jacob's Dream', 1639, Spanish Baroque, Oil on canvas, 179 cm x 233 cm, P01117. Author: JUSEPE DE RIBERA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

'Diana the Huntress with her Two Dogs'. Roman goddess of the Moon and of hunting (Artemis in the Greek Pantheon). School of Paris Bordone. 16th century Italian.Oil on canvas. Private Collection.

Miguel Cabrera / 'De Albarazado y Mestiza: Barzino', 1763. Museum: MUSEO DE AMERICA, MADRID, SPAIN.

Virgen del Pozo, luis de Velasco, 1557, Royal College of Noble Maidens, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

LA INMACULADA CONCEPCION-OLEO LIENZO,124x92 CM. Author: ANTONIO MARIA ESQUIVEL. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. CUBA.

Oriana 1861 Frederick Sandys (1829-1904 British)

The Labours of the Months: October by Italian master / National Gallery, London/ c. 1580/ Italy, Venetian School/ Oil on canvas/ Mannerism/ 13,6x10,6/ Genre

Georges du Mesnil de La Tour 1593-1652. Education of the Virgin. about 1650. oil painting on canvas cm 83,8 x 100,3.

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