title: The Death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates" class="extiw" title="en:Socrates">Socrates</a>

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jacques-Louis_David" class="extiw" title="w:en:Jacques-Louis David"><span title="French painter (1748-1825)">Jacques-Louis David</span></a> </bdi>

date: 1787<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>

medium: technique oil canvas

dimensions: 130x196 cm

current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art Gallery 601

source: https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436105

credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436105">https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436105</a>

title: Executioner's Sword

artist: <div class="fn value"> Unknown author<span style="display: none;">Unknown author</span> </div>

date: late 19th or early 20th century

dimensions: 7 5/16 x 20 11/16 in. (18.5 x 52.5 cm)

current location: Institution:Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Museum location|collection=africa

source: [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/22361 Online Collection] of [[w:Brooklyn Museum|Brooklyn Museum]]; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, [http://cdn2.brooklynmuseum.org/images/opencollection/objects/size4/CUR.22.1502_side_PS5.jpg CUR.22.1502_side_PS5.jpg]

credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/22361">Online Collection</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a>; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cdn2.brooklynmuseum.org/images/opencollection/objects/size4/CUR.22.1502_side_PS5.jpg">CUR.22.1502_side_PS5.jpg</a>

description: <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">executioner</u>'s Sword

title: Executioner's Sword

artist: <div class="fn value"> Unknown author<span style="display: none;">Unknown author</span> </div>

date: 19^th century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>

dimensions: 3 7/16 x 25 9/16 in. (8.7 x 65 cm)

current location: Institution:Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Museum location|collection=africa

source: [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/142304 Online Collection] of [[w:Brooklyn Museum|Brooklyn Museum]]; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, [http://cdn2.brooklynmuseum.org/images/opencollection/objects/size4/CUR.22.439_side_PS5.jpg CUR.22.439_side_PS5.jpg]

credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/142304">Online Collection</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a>; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cdn2.brooklynmuseum.org/images/opencollection/objects/size4/CUR.22.439_side_PS5.jpg">CUR.22.439_side_PS5.jpg</a>

description: <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">executioner</u>'s Sword

title: <div class="fn"> Executioner's mask, steel, said to be Portugese, 1501-1800.</div>

artist: unknown

source: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/b5/e7/9ed715a24db7e2e661609ec8176d.jpg * Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0057126.html * Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-29): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/twu2gka2 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY-4.0]

credit: <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/b5/e7/9ed715a24db7e2e661609ec8176d.jpg">https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/b5/e7/9ed715a24db7e2e661609ec8176d.jpg</a> </p> <ul> <li>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0057126.html">https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0057126.html</a> </li> <li>Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-29): <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/twu2gka2">https://wellcomecollection.org/works/twu2gka2</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC-BY-4.0</a> </li> </ul>

description: <div class="description"> <p><u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">executioner</u>'s mask, steel, said to be Portugese, 1501-1800. </p> <p>Wellcome Images</p> </div>

title: <div class="fn"> Executioner's mask, steel, said to be Portugese, 1501-1800.</div>

artist: unknown

source: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/9e/5d/06ce26060aca70e042b173b32af0.jpg * Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0057127.html * Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-29): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/cwtkvy9g [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY-4.0]

credit: <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/9e/5d/06ce26060aca70e042b173b32af0.jpg">https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/9e/5d/06ce26060aca70e042b173b32af0.jpg</a> </p> <ul> <li>Gallery: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0057127.html">https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0057127.html</a> </li> <li>Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-29): <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/cwtkvy9g">https://wellcomecollection.org/works/cwtkvy9g</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC-BY-4.0</a> </li> </ul>

description: <div class="description"> <p><u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">executioner</u>'s mask, steel, said to be Portugese, 1501-1800. </p> <p>Wellcome Images</p> </div>

title: Midvinterblot

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carl_Larsson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Carl Larsson"><span title="Swedish painter">Carl Larsson</span></a> </bdi>

date: Unknown date<div style="display: none;">Unknown date</div>

medium: oil on canvas

dimensions: Size unit=cm width=1360 height=640 depth=

current location: Institution:Nationalmuseum Stockholm

source: Nationalmuseum Stockholm link|32534|Nationalmuseum

credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&amp;module=collection&amp;objectId=32534&amp;viewType=detailView"> Nationalmuseum</a>

description: The painting shows a naked man with his head held high standing on a gilded sleigh drawn by four strong men, two pulling and two pushing. A one-eyed priest is shown in the centre of the picture with the hammer of the pagan God Thor raised above his head. In front of the priest, with his back to us, is the <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">executioner</u> wearing a red cloak. His head is bowed. The knife he is holding is hidden from the victim on the sleigh but we realize that, at any moment, he will drive it into the exposed chest of the naked man. The venue that Carl Larsson has created for the sacrifice is the pagan temple in Gamla Uppsala. The royal victim is the mystical King Domald and the story is taken from the famous Old Norse Prose Edda written in Iceland by Snorre Sturlasson early in the 13th century. Snorre claims that Domald was sacrificed in order to appease the gods and to bring to an end several years of failed harvests. There is no other evidence that Domald ever existed. <p>When Carl Larsson had completed his painting showing Gustav Vasa's entry into Stockholm there was just one wall panel left empty at the museum. It is not surprising that Carl Larsson also wanted to fill it. And without the museum commissioning a painting or organizing a competition, Carl Larsson submitted a design of his own in 1911. As a contrast to midsummer which was portrayed in the Gustav Vasa panel he chose as his subject a Midwinter Sacrifice from Viking times. And as a complement to the royal triumph of Gustav Vasa he proposed a picture of a king being sacrificed for the good of his people. </p> <p>The sketch gave rise to vociferous criticism when it was exhibited at the Nationalmuseum in 1911. Experts accused Carl Larsson of mixing together items from different periods of history. His vision was historically incorrect. Added to which, historical painting, such as the proposed Midwinter Sacrifice, had become less fashionable. </p> <p>As opposition to his proposed painting grew, so did Carl Larsson's determination to carry out the project. As the most celebrated painter in Sweden he invested all his artistic prestige and he completed the vast painting at his own expense. The 80m2 canvas was temporarily hung in the museum in 1915. But after much debate all the way up to cabinet level, the painting was refused. It was taken down and, following the death of Carl Larsson in 1919, was shown at the Museum of Sketches in Lund for almost 40 years. </p> <p>In 1983 the Midwinter Sacrifice was shown in Stockholm for the first time since 1915. It was borrowed for an exhibition on myths at the Museum of National Antiquities. Following this exhibition the painting was sold by the heirs of Carl Larsson to a Swedish art dealer. The Nationalmuseum refused an opportunity of buying the painting. The Museum of National Antiquities was interested in acquiring it but could not afford the price. A national collection to purchase the Midwinter Sacrifice was discussed but came to nothing. At the same time there was lively discussion in the press as to whether the painting ought to hang in the Nationalmuseum or not. Some people claimed that it did not have the artistic quality that one could demand of a work hung in the Nationalmuseum. Nor was the Old Norse subject matter relevant to the Nationalmuseum in that the historical collections had been removed in the 1930s to form the Museum of National Antiquities. In 1987 the Midwinter Sacrifice was sold at auction in London. It was acquired by a Japanese collector who greatly admired the painting. It was generally assumed that Sweden had now lost the painting. </p> But when the Nationalmuseum celebrated its bicentenary in 1992 with a major Carl Larsson exhibition, the Midwinter Sacrifice was borrowed from its Japanese owner. It was displayed in the entrance hall for the first time since 1915. Three-hundred thousand visitors saw the exhibition and a majority of them were positive towards the Midwinter Sacrifice. In 1997, after lengthy negotiations and thanks to generous financial help from private donors and foundations the Nationalmuseum was able to purchase Carl Larsson's Midwinter Sacrifice.

title: <div class="fn"> Executioner's Sword</div>

artist: unknown

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Brass

dimensions: L. 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm); L. of blade 18 in. (45.7 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10 oz. (737.1 g)

current location: Institution:Metropolitan Museum of Art

source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31211 Template:TheMet

credit: This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Met" title="Commons:Met">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>. See the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/image-resources">Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy</a>

description: <div class="description"> Indonesian, Sulawesi; <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">executioner</u>'s sword; Swords</div>

title: <div class="fn"> Folio 078v from the Book of Hours of Simon de Varie - KB 74 G37</div>

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Master_of_Jean_Rolin_II_(Rolin_Master)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Master of Jean Rolin II (Rolin Master)"><span title="French manuscript illuminator">Master of Jean Rolin II</span></a> </bdi>

date: 1455<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1455-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>

medium: Manuscript with illuminations on parchment

dimensions: The folio size is Size mm 116 85 , the block size is Size mm 57 36 with 1 column and 15 lines

current location: Institution:Koninklijke Bibliotheek

source: Koninklijke Bibliotheek

credit: This media file is from the collections of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kb.nl/">Koninklijke Bibliotheek</a>, part of which is available on Wikimedia Commons.

title: <div class="fn"> De geschiedenis van Jan Klaassen</div>

artist: <div class="fn value"> Publisher: D. Noothoven van Goor</div>

date: between 1860 and 1880 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>

medium: 8 litho&#39;s ( Lithography )

dimensions: Size cm 42 31

current location: Koninklijke Bibliotheek

source: Source page at the [http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:KONB14:SMC-K0045 Memory of the Netherlands website] Koninklijke Bibliotheek

credit: This media file is from the collections of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kb.nl/">Koninklijke Bibliotheek</a>, part of which is available on Wikimedia Commons.

title: <i>Midvinterblot</i>

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carl_Larsson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Carl Larsson"><span title="Swedish painter">Carl Larsson</span></a> </bdi>

date: Unknown date<div style="display: none;">Unknown date</div>

medium: Oil on canvas

dimensions: Size unit=cm width=1360 height=640 depth=

current location: Institution:Nationalmuseum Stockholm

source: Nationalmuseum Stockholm link|32534|Nationalmuseum

credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&amp;module=collection&amp;objectId=32534&amp;viewType=detailView"> Nationalmuseum</a>