Job's Sacrifice

The painting shows a naked man with his head held high standing on a gilded sleigh drawn by four strong men, two pulling and two pushing. A one-eyed priest is shown in the centre o...

Polyxena, with whom Achilles fell in love, was the younger daughter of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy. She was partly responsible for Achilles’ death, having promised...

Clock-watch of cast and pierced gilt brass with a silver dial, engraved with 'The Sacrifice of Isaac', the dial showing the age of the moon, days of the month and hours, movement s...

Front of the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, praefectus urbi Romae: it features relief scenes arranged in rows in a columnar framework. Top row, from left to right: Sacrifice of Isaa...

Doura Europos, Temple of Bel, wall painting on plaster depicting the Roman tribune Julius Terentius performing a sacrifice. It is located on the lower register of the northern wall...

Doura Europos, Temple of Bel, wall painting on plaster depicting the Roman tribune Julius Terentius performing a sacrifice. It is located on the lower register of the northern wall...

The Swiss-born artist Angelica Kauffman trained with her father Joseph who specialised in mural decoration. A highly talented and precocious painter, her first independent works da...