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  • Shiva trampling on animal sages accompanied by deer, during Daksha's sacrifice, Parvati stands to one side. Chromolithograph.
  • An episode in Juvenal's satire XII: in thanks for the escape of their mutual friend Catullus from a shipwreck, Juvenal shows to Corvinus a votive painting depicting Catullus's survival, while putti prepare to sacrifice animals as thank-offerings to the gods. Etching by W. Hollar after R. Streater.
  • An ancient priest killing a lamb as a sacrifice amidst a crowd of people. Etching by J. van den Aveele, 1681.
  • A pagan sacrifice. Etching by A. Fabri after Raphael.
  • Pagan sacrifice. Engraving.
  • A procession towards a sacrifice. Lithograph by F. Piloty after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
  • Pagan sacrifice to a goddess. Engraving.
  • A man sits near an altar with a statue of a goddess and prepares a boar for sacrifice. Engraving by Battista Franco.
  • A pagan sacrifice. Engraving after L. Lombard.
  • Noah and his family sacrifice a ram to God on leaving the ark. Engraving by G. Carattoni after A. de'Angeli after Michelangelo.