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George Baxter, 1804–1867, British, The Sacrifice at Lystra, after 1855
- Title:
The Sacrifice at Lystra
- Part Of:
- Date:
- after 1855
- Medium:
- Aquatint, etching, stipple engraving and color woodcut on cream card mounted on contemporary cream card
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 6 15/16 x 7 7/8 inches (17.7 x 20 cm), Image: 4 9/16 x 7 3/16 inches (11.6 x 18.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "E / w/ G | 20"
Impression in contemporary card, lower center: "(shield) PRINTED | IN OIL COLORS | BY | BRADSHAW & BLACKLOCK | LICENCEES | MANCHESTER | BY BAXTER | PATENTS | (rectangle) "SACRIFICE at LYSTRA"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10688
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- altar | axe | beards | beards | boxes | celebration | Christian | cloaks | columns | disciples | discussion (meeting) | flutes | gesturing | lamb | laurel crown | New Testament | oxen | pagan | preparation | preparation of the sacrificial celebration with oxen and garlands in front of the temple of Jupiter ~ Paul and Barnabas at Lystra | religious | religious and mythological subject | sacrifice | sculpture | statues | tapestry | temple | the Raphael Cartoons | togas
- Associated People:
- Jupiter
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
The Sacrifice at Lystra (cartoon, 1515)
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67)
Barnabas, the Apostle, St. (died 61 AD) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:63486
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