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Animal sacrifice

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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
Part of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France.
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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.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Date: 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-.
Blondel, Georges-François, approximately 1730-1791.Date: [between 1760 and 1769]Reference: 2924564i