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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

356 works

Pencil sketch of a kneeling haloed saint in a monk's robe gazing up at a cross in the clouds, with a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

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

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

Engraving of Saint John seated on an eagle among clouds, writing in a book within a radiating halo of light.

Saint John, writing, seated on an Eagle

Giulio Romano, 1510

Woodcut of crucified Christ surrounded by saints, angels, and rose garlands, with figures rising from flames below.

The Great Rosary

Erhard Schön, 1510

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

Engraved rococo arch and fountain design with a statue of Diana, cherubs, an eagle, and garden trees behind.

Rocaille Arch and Fountain with Diana

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1740

Engraving of a kneeling Christ reaching toward an angel with a cross while sleeping disciples lie in the foreground.

Agony in the Garden, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

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

Etched print of an ornate rocaille arch framing a statue of Venus, with cherubs, garlands and a fountain beside it.

Rocaille Arch and Fountain with Venus and Amor

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1740

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping Christ child, with two angels above and a caption with a coat of arms below

The Madonna With Sleeping Child

Jean-Baptiste Michel, 1780

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

Engraved rococo fountain design with a scrolled arch, three figures on a basin, cascading water, staircase and sculpted urn.

Rocaille Arch and Fountain with Three Graces

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1740

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds, crowned by two figures, with apostles below beside an open tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Etching of Christ crowned with thorns beside a large cross, surrounded by a crowd, with Italian caption below.

Via crucis - Station X, Jesus Despoiled

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraved print of the Madonna holding the infant Christ with young Saint John beside them in a circular frame.

The Madonna della Sedia

Raphael Morghen, 1800

Black-and-white print of the Nativity in a ruined stable, with the Virgin kneeling by the infant, angels above and a star.

The Nativity, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

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

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

Cupid

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

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

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

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 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

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

The Madonna and Child

Jean Morin, 1630

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

The Deposition

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

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

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

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