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Hystero-epileptic attack; period of contortions (Jean-François Badoureau)
This image, also known as symptoms of hysteria I is created by Jean-Franois Badoureau depicts Louise Latreau, a patient in Jean-Martin Chacot's clinic, experiencing a hysterical attack in the late nineteenth century. The drawing shows the…
Saint Catherine of Siena Exorcising a Possessed Woman
This sixteenth-century French engraving depicts St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) performing an exorcism of a female demoniac. The image most likely comes from an illustrated bibliography of the St. CatherineÍs life and miracles. Men performed most…
La Transfiguration
This image is a biblical possession similar to Raphael's composition. The top half of the painting portrays the story of the transfiguration and the bottom half shows the healing of a boy with a demon. Deep rich colors of red, blue, and yellow and…
Transfiguration of Christ
This image illustrates both biblical stories of, "The Transfiguration of Christ" and "The Healing of a Boy with a Demon," the two stories occur in the Bible in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, only versus away from each other. In this biblical…