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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and brown ink sketch of a group of angels with wings gathered on a cloud bank, heads turned in various directions.

Group of Angels on a Cloud Bank

Angelo Michele Colonna, 1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ and the Virgin above clouds and putti, with saints and a bishop gazing up below.

Christ and the Virgin with Patron Saints of Pistoia

Giacinto Gimignani, 1630

Red chalk study of a muscular nude man with raised arm, beside graphite sketches of figures in an architectural setting.

Studies for the Flagellation of Christ

Guiseppe Cesari, 1640

Project: A pulpit shown in profile

Carlo Fontana, 1700

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling veiled woman in draped robes, with a study of folded cloth below on toned paper.

Studies of the Virgin Mary and a Standing Man

Gugliemo Cortese, 1640

Black chalk and white heightened study of a seated bearded man in draped robes gesturing with outstretched hands on blue pape

Studies: Two sitting men

Carlo Maratti, 1650

Pencil sketch of a winged angel lifting a radiant monstrance upward, with soft shading on pale paper.

Angel Carrying a Monstrance

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Brown wash drawing of robed monks and nuns with halos meeting before a vaulted arcade, with a glowing light in the background

Meeting of Saints Francis and Clara

Belisario Corenzio, 1640

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints, angels and putti gathered around a draped altar niche.

Virgin and Child with Saints

Charles Mellin, 1640

Red chalk sketch of angels with a diagonal cross and draped shroud, showing overlapping figure studies on a pale sheet.

Angels Carrying the Holy Cross and Shroud

Mattia Preti, 1660

Brown-ground drawing of Christ in glory surrounded by angels, clouds and nude figures, heightened with white and blue.

Christ in Glory with Angels

Belisario Corenzio, 1640

Blue-grey wash drawing of a female saint rising through clouds among angels and putti, with a crowned figure above.

Apotheosis of a Female Saint

Giacomo Farelli, 1700

Red chalk sketch of a flying angel with a raised arm, draped figure, cherubs and studies of limbs on paper.

Flying Angel and Other Figures

Mattia Preti, 1660

Pen and wash sketch of a robed officer raising a crucifix on an altar beside columns, with a crowd and kneeling figure.

Sketches for paintings. Obverse: A Roman officer holds a crucifix upon a heathen altar. Reverse: Christ rising

Pasqualino Marini, 1700

Etching of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ, angels, and an IHS monogram inside an ornate scrolled frame.

Nativity

Johann Evangelist Holzer, 1700

Engraving of an elderly saint carried by two winged angels through an arched hall, with monks watching and Latin text below.

St. Peter Nolasque Carried to Offices by Angels

Claude Mellan, 1620

Engraving of Saint John the Baptist holding a cross staff and a book with a lamb, standing in a wooded landscape with a halo.

Saint John the Baptist

Francesco Villamena, 1620

Etching of a haloed preacher on a stone platform addressing a crowd, with a seated beggar and kneeling women in the foregroun

Christ Preaching ("La Petite Tomb")

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of the Holy Family with putti and a garland of flowers before classical ruins and a distant town.

The Holy Family with Putti

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 1660

Engraving of the Holy Family with a seated Virgin, infant Christ, reading Joseph, palm tree and classical building in a lands

Holy Family

Guillaume Château, 1650

Engraving of the Annunciation: the Virgin kneels at left, an angel with a lily kneels on a cloud at right, cherubs and a dove

The Annunciation

Bernard Picart, 1700

Engraving of the Madonna seated holding a flower sprig while the haloed infant Christ reaches toward it.

The Madonna and Child

Jean Morin, 1630

Etching of Christ seated by a well speaking with a woman, with ruins and a small crowd in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of seated Christ in a crown of thorns, flanked by two angels holding a cloth, with whips and thorns at his feet.

Christ With the Instruments of the Flagillation Attended by Two Angels

Flemish Joannes Galle, 1650

Etching of a banquet scene with robed figures seated at a long table, a kneeling woman in the foreground, and curtained windo

Christ at the House of the Pharisee

Carlo Saraceni, 1610

Etching of a haloed figure preaching with raised hands to a crowd in an arched interior, with figures seated and kneeling bel

Christ Preaching ('La Petit Tombe')

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of an ornate triumphal float drawn by oxen, with a domed shrine, unicorn rider, and eagle, under a banner.

A parade float in Reggio, Italy: "Carro trionfale della Confraternità del S.to Sacrame.to di S. Stefano" (The Triumph…

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1610

Engraving of the risen Christ with a staff above startled soldiers, with radiant light and cherubs in the sky.

The Resurrection

Gaspar Huberti, 1690

Engraving of a turbaned rider on a rearing horse recoiling from an angel above a battlefield of fallen soldiers.

The Angel Appearing to Sennacherib's Army In Battle

Pieter Soutman, 1630

Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a stone well, with a town and travelers in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650