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Works
"Kai Khusrau Enthroned Holding a Sword", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Kai Khusrau Slays Afrasiyab", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
"The Execution of Mazdak", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Israhel van Meckenem
date unknown
Matthias from the Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles
Lucas Cranach the Elder
date unknown
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Lucas Cranach the Elder
date unknown
Jude, from the Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles
Lucas Cranach the Elder
date unknown
"Alexander Executes Janusiyar and Mahiyar, the Slayers of Darius", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 887 AH/1482 CE
Martyrdom of St. Stephen
Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien)
date unknown
The Execution of the Five Kings of the Amorites
Hans Resch
16th century
Roundel with Mordecai Overhearing the Conspirators
Unknown artist
1510–20
Execution of the Five Kings of the Amorites
Joachim Beuckelaer
1533–74
Titus Manlius, from "Roman Heroes"
Georg Pencz
1535
Wrath, from the "Seven Deadly Sins"
Léon Davent|Luca Penni
ca. 1550–55
Hercules Squeezing Antaeus to Death, from The Labors of Hercules
Heinrich Aldegrever
1550
Titus Manlius Torquatus Ordering the Execution of His Son
Heinrich Aldegrever
1553
Judith and Holofernes, from Biblia, Frankfurt
Anonymous, German, 16th century|Jost Amman
1564
Plate 3: Claudius Civilis Arrested and his Brother Paulus Beheaded, from "The War of the Romans Against the Batavians" (Romanorvm et Batavorvm societas)
Antonio Tempesta|Otto van Veen
1611
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots|Jean Couvay
ca. 1620–40
The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew
Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)
ca. 1625–1640
The Hangman's Tree
Jacques Callot
after 1633
Beheading of Anabaptist Martyrs
School of Rembrandt van Rijn
ca. 1640
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
Carlo Maratti|Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)
1645–70
The true maner [manner] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford
Wenceslaus Hollar|Thomas Wentworth
1641
The Execution of King Charles I (Title page: Engelandts Memoriael)
Joost Hartgerts|Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
1649
Elsje Christiaens Hanging on a Gibbet
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1664
An Execution
Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 18th century
18th century
The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn: Industry and Idleness, plate 11
William Hogarth
September 30, 1747
The Execution of Saint John the Baptist
Ubaldo Gandolfi
ca. 1770
The Death Warrant Read to Mary, Queen of Scots in the Hall Wherein She was Beheaded
Mary, Queen of Scots|James Taylor|Samuel Wale
ca. 1770
Garroted Man
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
ca. 1775–78
The Execution of the Guardian of Kufstein, from "Der Weisskunig"
Hans Burgkmair|Jost de Negker|Marx Treitz-Sauerwein von Ehrentreitz
printed 18th century
The Death of Mary Queen of Scots (from "European Magazine and London Review," volume I)
Mary, Queen of Scots|William Walker|Bernard Picart|John Fielding|John Sewel|John Debrett
June 1, 1782
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots|John Francis Rigaud|William Nelson Gardiner|Tebaldo Monzani
April 20, 1790
Mary, Queen of Scots kneeling on the scaffold
Mary, Queen of Scots|John Francis Rigaud|William Nelson Gardiner|Tebaldo Monzani
April 20, 1790
The Zenith of French Glory; – The Pinnacle of Liberty. Religion, Justice, Loyalty, & all the Bugbears of Unenlightened Minds, Farewell!
James Gillray|Hannah Humphrey|Louis XVI, King of France
February 12, 1793
Mary, Queen of Scots at the execution block (from "The History of England")
Mary, Queen of Scots|Robert Bowyer|David Hume|William Skelton|John Opie
June 1795
Mary, Queen of Scots on the scaffold
Mary, Queen of Scots|Narcisse-Edmond-Joseph Desmadryl|Louis Boulanger
19th century
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots|Edward Francis Finden
19th century
Album Title Page: Hanging Scene
Anonymous, French, 19th century
19th century
Execution of Two Celebrated Enemies of Old England
Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Napoléon Bonaparte|Guy Fawkes
November 27, 1813
Mary, Queen of Scots, with a small scene of the queen on the scaffold, being prepared by her ladies for execution
Mary, Queen of Scots|James Joshua Neele|Samuel Stockley
1824–25
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, from "Illustrated London News"
Mary, Queen of Scots|Sir John Gilbert|William Luson Thomas
February 23, 1861
Execution of the Conspirators
Alexander Gardner
July 7, 1865
The Execution of Maximilian
Edouard Manet
1868, published in 1884
Exécution des otages, prison de la Roquette, le 24 mai 1871
Ernest Eugène Appert
1870–71
[Recreations of the Fall of the Paris Commune, titled "Crimes de la Commune"]
Ernest Eugène Appert
1870–71
Mary, Queen of Scots led to execution, from "The Art Journal," New Series volume 1, plate 11, page 144
Mary, Queen of Scots|Peter Lightfoot|Laslett John Pott|D. Appleton & Co.
1875
A man executed by garroting in the town square at Mixalco
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910
Firing squad shooting a man with his left hand on his chest
José Guadalupe Posada|José Sanchez
ca. 1880–1910 (a later impression)
Broadsheet showing a blindfolded man being executed (no letterpress in bottom section)
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
ca. 1890–1910
Broadsheet relating to the execution of four men in the name of justice
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
ca. 1890–1910
Broadsheet relating to the execution of Florencio Morales and Bernardo Mora
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1890–1910
John Gow, Execution of Gow, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes
George S. Harris & Sons|Allen & Ginter
ca. 1888
Execution of Jesus Bruno Martinez
José Guadalupe Posada
1892
A firing squad executing two men, a priest and other figures in the background
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1892
Page from the 'Gaceta Callejera' relating to the execution by firing squad of Luciano Islas in the patio on the prison at Belen
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
1892
Broadsheet relating to the execution of a murderer named Dionisio Silverio, a firing squad in the upper section
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
ca.1903
Broadsheet relating to seven men being executed by a firing squad on 19 November 1902 on account of their murder on July 9 of the entire household of Sr Remmett in Toluca
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
1902
Broadsheet relating to the execution of Florencio Morales and Bernardo Mora who assassinated ex-President Barillas of Guatemala, a description in the bottom section
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada
1902