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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraving of nude Hercules raising a club over the fallen fire-breathing Cacus beside rocks, with a cow head peeking out.

Hercules and Cacus

Sebald Beham, 1540

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

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence

Felice Giani, 1810

Etching of a nude nymph touching a bearded man holding a sketchbook, with a small child beside him in a forest.

Artist and a nymph, from Twelve Etchings by Chifflart

François Chifflart, 1850

Engraving of Hercules strangling the giant Antaeus in a rocky landscape beside a tree, both figures nude.

Hercules and Antaeus

Sebald Beham, 1540

Pen and brown wash drawing of two oval medallions, one showing a standing figure and one showing seated Minerva with an owl a

Minerva, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Engraving of Apollo and the Muses on a hilltop under laurel trees, with cherubs above holding wreaths and robed figures aroun

Apollo on Parnassus

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Red-toned stipple engraving of a curly-haired child in an oval frame holding a bow, looking upward.

Cupid

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in glory with angels above, and a winged warrior driving a falling demon below.

Madonna and Child in Glory, Study after Mastelletta; Angel Gabriel Driving Lucifer from Heaven, Study after Marcanton…

Felice Giani, 1820

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 a draped woman clasping hands with a winged putto who holds an olive branch beside a tree.

The Reconciliation of Minerva and Cupid

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two bishops, with a young saint and putti pulling back curtains.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Bishops with St. John

Felice Giani, 1810

Sepia print of a robed woman raising an arm beside an incense burner and pedestal, with a temple on a hill behind her.

Religion

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1780

Engraving of Christ enthroned on clouds with Mary and John the Baptist, and St. Paul and St. Catherine below.

Jesus Christ, the Virgin and St. John the Baptist with Saints Paul and Catherine

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Brown ink drawing of the winged Archangel Michael in armor standing over a fallen demon, with clouds and a distant town.

Archangel Michael

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraving of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus on clouds with an eagle and doves, a nude figure below blowing a trumpet.

Venus Complains to Jupiter

Master of the Die, 1520

Engraving of the Deposition: men on ladders lower Christ from a cross while mourners kneel below before a distant town.

The Deposition

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Brown ink and wash drawing of four haloed bearded figures in paired scenes, including an angel and writing evangelists.

The Four Evangelists, Study after Giambologna

Felice Giani, 1820

Engraved print of the Coronation of the Virgin, Christ crowning Mary beneath God the Father, with saints, angels and a lion.

Coronation of the Virgin

Master of the Die, 1530

Engraving of haloed saints with a central woman holding an organ, angels playing violin and harp above, instruments at feet.

Saint Cecilia

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Brown ink and wash drawing of Moses displaying the tables of law to a crowd of Israelites.

Moses Shows the Tables of Law to the Israelites, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

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

The Madonna and Child

Jean Morin, 1630

Engraving of Saint Paul preaching to a crowd before classical Athenian colonnades and a round temple, with an armored soldier

Saint Paul Preaching at Athens

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Brown ink drawing of two oval Madonna and Child reliefs above a bearded herm and a winged chimera.

Two Drawings of the Madonna and Child in Ovals, Studies after Giambologna and Alfonzo da Ferrero; Herm and Chimera, a…

Felice Giani, 1820

Hand-colored print of Christ's head crowned with thorns, gazing upward with blood on his brow and neck.

Head of Christ

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1800

Engraving of the Betrayal of Christ with soldiers holding torches and swords seizing figures in a crowded scene.

Betrayal of Christ, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Pen and brown ink drawing of two octagonal panels showing classical gods Mars and Juno, and Mercury and Diana, in reclining p

Mars and Juno; Mercury and Diana set in Diagonal Composition

Felice Giani, 1810

Sepia woodcut of a muscular nude Hercules lifting his arms as a giant wrestles at his feet in a cave with cattle and bones.

Hercules Killing Cacus

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1580

Black and white print of an angel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in a vaulted interior, with a dove above and a lily vase.

The Annunciation, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Brown ink drawing of a robed woman among clouds with angels and cherubs, beside an oval Madonna and child medallion.

Female Figure Among Clouds; Resurrection, Study after Panetti

Felice Giani, 1820

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis, who holds a spear beside hunting dogs, with a cupid and a bow in a wooded landscape.

Venus and Adonis (after Titian)

Robert Strange, 1770

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child beside a seated bearded man, with a castle landscape and God among clou

The Holy Family with Butterfly

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of two bearded men in turbans with a boy holding a staff, a fallen figure at their feet, and bare trees behind.

Two Magi and a Boy, plate 13 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Etching of a Gothic stone gateway with a pointed arch, carved heads, and two pedestrians walking through toward a street.

Saint John's Gate, Clerkenwell

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Woodcut of Saint Christopher wading across water with the Christ child on his shoulders, a hermit with lantern at right.

Saint Christopher

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

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

Chiaroscuro print of Apollo playing a lyre beside a seated satyr, Marsyas, in an oval frame, in blue and green tones.

Apollo and Marsyas

Antonio Maria Zanetti, 1720

Etching of a satyr family beside a ruined wall and obelisk, with a seated woman, a child, and scattered objects on the ground

Satyr Family with an Obelisk, plate 11 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of the Holy Family in an arched niche: Mary holds the Christ Child while Joseph reads an open book beside them.

The Holy Family with a Sack

Ferdinando Gregori, 1770

Etching of Jesus on a balcony above a crowd and soldiers, with a man carrying a cross in the foreground.

Via crucis - Station I, Jesus Condemned to Death

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Etching of a seated woman with a reclining satyr child, goats, a tree and a distant village in a landscape.

Woman with an Infant Satyr, from the Vari Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of Hercules carrying two classical columns through a courtyard with arcades and a rotunda, a city behind.

Hercules with the Pillars of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a shell with sea nymphs, a bearded Triton with trident, and cherubs in clouds above.

Venus, Triton, and Sea Nymphs

Pieter Soutman, 1640

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 Hercules on a fiery pyre with a nude figure beside him, a distant walled town and a river on the right.

The Death of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1540

Pen etching of a satyr and bacchante in ivy wreaths seated on a lion skin, with a horned female faun and a tent behind them.

Copy of Bacchante, Satyr, and Female Faun, from the series Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of Hercules struck by a woman with a club, with nude figures, a satyr, a child and a castle in the landscape.

Hercules at the Crossroads (The Effects of Jealousy)

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a column, with a castle, tree, shield and bow in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of the entombment: men lay a shrouded body in a stone tomb while mourners and a kneeling figure watch under tree bran

Via crucis - Station XIV, The Entombment

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of a horned satyr playing a flute beside a nude woman nursing an infant among gnarled trees.

The Satyr Family

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a sleeping nude Venus beneath a tree with a winged Cupid resting against her, with a landscape behind.

Sleeping Venus and Cupid

Theodoor Galle, 1590

Engraving of Hercules and Dejanira embracing nude under an oak tree, with a centaur and archer in the distant landscape.

Hercules and Dejanira, from a series of the Loves of the Gods

Netherlandish Jacob Matham, 1590

Woodcut of a sleeping cupid with curly hair and a raised wing, resting on draped cloth against a pale green background.

A Sleeping Cupid

Bartolomeo Coriolano, 1640

Etching of Station XI of the Via Crucis showing Christ laid on the ground beside a ladder, with a crowd and robed figure arou

Via crucis - Station XI, Jesus Nailed to the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Etching of a busy street with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, a street lamp, and a classical colonnade of St Martin's.

Saint Martin's

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Engraving of helmeted Minerva seated among cannons, armor and tools, with a battle and city behind her.

Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series

the Elder Jan Sadeler, 1590

Etching of the Deposition: Christ's body lies in Mary's lap with mourners, a ladder and cross behind, and a standing man at r

Via crucis - Station XIII, The Deposition

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Christ Child, a kneeling king, attendants, and a procession in the

Adoration of Magi, plate 7 from series "Life of the Virgin"

Israhel van Meckenem

Engraving of Achilles among women in a classical columned hall, with a shield, jewelry box and sword on the floor.

Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes

Nicolas Ryckermans, 1650

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

Engraving of Hercules and Iolaus clubbing a many-headed hydra beneath trees, with an inscription above.

Hercules Slaying the Hydra

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of the Holy Family in a Gothic hall with an ornate fountain, angels and putti around the basin.

The Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520

Woodcut of Christ gesturing to kneeling and standing women under a wooden shelter, with a walled town and bare tree behind.

Christ Taking Leave of his Mother, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Etching of seated Hercules with a club and lion skin, with small putti at his feet on a stone pedestal.

Hercules, plate one from Twelve Etchings by Chifflart

François Chifflart, 1860