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Human Sacrifice

David Courlander
The Sacrifice of Abraham
oil on canvas board
18 x 23 15/16 in. (45.6 x 60.8 cm);20 1/2 x 26 5/16 x 13/16 in. (52.07 x 66.68 x 1.91 cm)
Gift of Harold Courlander

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Wooden scultpure of the body of Jesus Christ as it would appear crucified on a cross.

Italian
Crucifixion
wood
16 in. x 13 in. x 3 in. ( 40.64 cm x 33.02 cm x 7.62 cm )
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

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Eric Gill
The Deposition
wood engraving on paper
3 5/8 in. x 4 9/16 in. ( 9.2 cm x 11.6 cm )
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

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Charles Dufresne
The Three Crosses
etching on paper
12 11/16 in. x 16 1/16 in. ( 32.2 cm x 40.8 cm )
Museum Purchase

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Francesco Solimena
Death of Messalina
oil on canvas
28 7/16 in. x 23 7/16 in. ( 72.3 cm x 59.6 cm )
Gift from the Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

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Eugène Delacroix
Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII); from the series of 16 prints, Hamlet
lithograph on paper
7 3/8 in x 10 1/4 in (18.73 cm x 26.04 cm);13 3/4 in x 20 5/8 in (34.92 cm x 52.39 cm);7 1/4 in x 10 in (18.41 cm x 25.4 cm);18 in x 22 in (45.72 cm x 55.88 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Jusepe de Ribera
The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew
etching with some engraving on paper
13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in. (34.3 x 26.4 cm);22 3/16 x 18 3/16 in. (56.2 x 46.04 cm)
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

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Richard Hamilton
Kent State
screenprint on paper
28 11/16 in. x 40 1/16 in. ( 72.8 cm x 101.7 cm )
Gift of Graham and Marianne Smith

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Hendrick Goltzius
Pietà (The Lamentation of the Virgin)
engraving on thick slightly textured cream laid paper
8 3/4 x 6 3/16 in. (22.2 x 15.7 cm);19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art

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Woman descending a staircase, lots of men below passed out against the lower wall. Some men are carrying lanterns coming up the staircase.

George Wesley Bellows
Murder of Edith Cavell
lithograph on paper
24 1/2 x 19 5/16 in. (62.23 x 48.9 cm)
Dr. Herbert & Doris Sloan

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John Kendrick Fisher
The Death of St. Peter Martyr
oil on canvas
60 in x 16 9/16 in (152.4 cm x 42.07 cm);60 in x 42 in (152.4 cm x 106.68 cm);74 ¾ in x 51 ¼ in x 2 ¾ in (189.87 cm x 130.18 cm x 6.99 cm)
Gift of Miss Fannie Fisher

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Albrecht Dürer
Descent of the Holy Ghost
woodcut on paper
5 1/4 in x 4 in (13.34 cm x 10.16 cm);5 1/4 in x 4 in (13.34 cm x 10.16 cm);5 in x 3 3/4 in (12.7 cm x 9.53 cm)
Gift of J. Frederick Hoffman

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88 Collection Object Sources

The Sacrifice of Abraham (1985/2.90)

Crucifixion (2009/2.10)

The Deposition (1959/1.133)

The Three Crosses (1954/2.26)

Death of Messalina (2008/2.199.3)

Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII); from the series of 16 prints, Hamlet (1961/2.19)

The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew (1957/1.33)

Kent State (1991/2.84)

Pietà (The Lamentation of the Virgin) (1994/2.1)

Murder of Edith Cavell (2013/2.263)

The Death of St. Peter Martyr (1911.2)

Descent of the Holy Ghost (2007/2.132)

The Last Judgment (2007/2.131)

Betrayal of Christ, Plate 3 from the engraved Passion (2005/2.13)

Bearing the Cross, Plate 10 from the engraved Passion (2005/2.14)

Christ Before Pilate, from "Small Engraved Passion" (2007/2.133)

Entry into Jerusalem, from the Small Passion (1993/2.2)

The Annunciation, from the Life of the Virgin (1992/1.125)

The Small Passion. Ecce Homo-Christ Shown to the People (1954/1.53)

Christ Before Caiaphas; from the 'Engraved Passion' (1979/1.155)

The Entombment from "The Small Woodcut Passion" (2011/2.57)

Christ in Limbo (The Harrowing of Hell) from "The Small Woodcut Passion" (2011/2.55)

Christ before Caiphas from "The Small Woodcut Passion" (2011/2.56)

The Four Avenging Angels from the 'Apocalypse' (1980/1.214)

Ecce Homo (Large Passion Series) (1953/1.48)

The Flagellation (Large Passion Series) (1960/2.35)

What a sacrifice! (Que sacrifico!) (2008/1.152.14)

Christ Presented to the People (1997/1.69)

New Consecration is the Duty of the Living (photo) (1954/2.35.125)

They Give Their Lives - Do You Lend Your Savings? W.S.S. - War Savings Stamps Issued by the United States Government (1954/2.35.103)

Conférence de Londres (1969/2.47)

The Martyrdom of Sts. Valerian and Cecilia (1970/2.52)

St. Demetrius (1976/2.78)

The Stoning of St. Emerenziana (1970/2.84)

Martyrdom of St. Matthew (2012/2.205)

Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew (2012/2.206)

Christ with Thorns, Huexotla (1971/2.126.17)

Cristo, Oaxaca (1971/2.126.8)

Calvario, Patzcuaro (1971/2.126.12)

The Deposition of Christ (1962/2.20)

Christ Figure from a Crucifix (1983/2.46)

Christ Crucified (1951/2.59)

Maximilian I Presented by His Patron Saints to the Almighty (1960/2.38)

Christ on the Cross with Disciples (1950/1.158)

Cristo, Tlacochoaya, Oaxaca (1971/2.126.13)

Crucifixion (2007/2.90)

Descent from the Cross (1960/1.176)

A Roman Sacrifice (1974/2.2)

Gideon's Sacrifice (1959/2.93)

An Urn Decorated with Vestals Performing a Sacrifice and Below, Eagles; the Hand (1959/2.51)

Mantel clock with a priestess and Cupid offering a sacriffice to Venus (2001/2.82)

Christus am Ölberg (Christ in Gethsemane) (2002/1.227)

Ah Puch (1958/1.102)

Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1996/2.16)

Leaf from a Book of Hours (Suffrage to St. Barbara) (1992/2.9)

Scenes of Martyrdom and Monastic Figures (1966/1.97)

Christ on the Cross Given Vinegar, No. 21 from Passion Series (1957/2.48)

The Passion No.7. Christ Crowned with Thorns (1960/2.42)

Mt Sion et Mt des Oliviers, de la route de Bethlehem – Mt Zion and the Mt of Olives from the road to Bethlehem (1994/2.30.2)

Vue de Jérusalem prise du Mont des Oliviers (1994/2.30.3)

Eglise du Pater – Church of the Pater (1994/2.30.7)

Champ du Sang, ou vallée de Hínnom – The field of blood, or valley of Hinnom (1994/2.30.9)

Church at Wounded Knee, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs" (1981/2.194.1)

Lo que puede venir (1949/1.181)

Sons of a Yakima Chief (1997/1.156)

After the Buffalo Run, North Montana (1983/2.70)

A Killing of Elk (1983/2.75)

Stump Horn Bull, Absarokee Scout (1983/2.55)

UtopianCannibal.org (2001/2.81)

Shiva (2007/2.127)

Chart for Vietnam, No. 2 (2005/2.2)

Chart for Vietnam, No. 2 (2005/2.3)

Diptych on Vietnam (one of two) (2013/2.308A)

Tired Marchers Sleep on the Streets—"We were tired, we were tired.", Selma, Alabama (2003/2.69.28)

The Hero (Der Held) (1935.20)

And Once There Was War...Red Square Parade (2013/2.323)

Michigan Worker (2004/1.153)

Be quick, they are waking up. (Despacha que dispiértan) (2008/1.152.78)

You will not escape (2008/1.152.72)

Can't anyone untie us? (¿No hay quien nos desate?) (2008/1.152.75)

Asesinato del General Sandino detras del Viejo Campo de Aviacion (2011/1.96.7)

La Ultima Cena del General Sandino (2011/1.96.5)

Andrew Goodman (2011/1.107)

James Chaney (2011/1.105)

Michael Schwerner (2011/1.106)

There is plenty to suck (Mucho hay que chupar) (2008/1.152.45)

Enough! (1983/1.222)

5 Links

The Chicago School of Media Theory: Adaptation

Emory University: The Poet Speaks of Art

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

The British Library: Death and the Afterlife: how dying affected the living

Death, Dying, and the Culture of the Macabre in the Late Middle Ages

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Death and dying
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Religion
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