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Christ Healing a Lunatic and Judas Receiving Thirty Pieces of Silver
This illustration of a biblical possession in noted for its attention to architecture and was displayed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the John G. Johnson Collection, 1917. The image is by that artists Francesco d'Antonio, 1425-1426. The…
Mark 1:23 Dutch Bible Illustration
The eighteenth-century Dutch artist Gerard Hoet illustrates a biblical possession of Mark 1:23 in which Christ expels an unclean spirit. The male demoniac is seen on one knee in the foreground of the illustration. He is being restrained by two male…
Saint Hugh of Lincoln Exorcises a Man Possessed by the Devil
Saint Hugh of Lincoln exorcises a male demoniac possessed by the Devil, created by Gherardo Sternina, (1404-1407). This fifteenth century image is held in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli. The male demoniac has been restrained by rope at the wrists and ankles…
A Blind Mute Demoniac is Healed
This image by Jermono Nadal is from Evangelicae Historiae Imagines. The Biblical Possession shows Christ healing a blind and mute demoniac from 1593. The sixteenth century illustration shows the male demoniac kneeling before Christ. The illustration…
Christ Healing the Man Possessed with Devils
This image illustrates the Biblical story of "The Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs." In story two demoniacs approach Christ and during the exorcism Christ sends the demons into a herd of pigs and the pigs then rushed down a steep bank into the sea…
Miracles of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
This is a Jesuit altarpiece painted by Peter Paul Rubens shows a demonic possession. St. Ignatius is the largest figure in the paintings surrounded by a glowing aura. One of his hands is on the altar, the other outstretched over the two demoniacs…
Healing of the Demoniac
This thirteenth-century manuscript illustration depicts a biblical possession of the demon as a man with wings who is addressing Christ. The image was intended to represent the exorcism at Capernaum, (similar to Gerard Hoets illustration) in which…