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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Woodcut unevenly trimmed with a clean image; some broken lines in light rays (left and right top) and dark folds of clothing.
Albrecht Dürer
Descent of the Holy Ghost
woodcut on paper
5 1/4 x 4 in. (13.34 x 10.16 cm);5 1/4 x 4 in. (13.34 x 10.16 cm);5 x 3 3/4 in. (12.7 x 9.53 cm)
Gift of J. Frederick Hoffman

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Part of 4 Learning Collections

American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century
<p>America Encounters Asia in Art</p>

88 Collection Object Sources

Crucifixion (2009/2.10)
The Deposition (1959/1.133)
Death of Messalina (2008/2.199.3)
Kent State (1991/2.84)
The Last Judgment (2007/2.131)
St. Demetrius (1976/2.78)
Cristo, Oaxaca (1971/2.126.8)
Calvario, Patzcuaro (1971/2.126.12)
Crucifixion (2007/2.90)
Ah Puch (1958/1.102)
Shiva (2007/2.127)
Michigan Worker (2004/1.153)
You will not escape (2008/1.152.72)
Andrew Goodman (2011/1.107)
James Chaney (2011/1.105)
Michael Schwerner (2011/1.106)
Enough! (1983/1.222)

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