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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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 Holy Family with a lamb beneath a tree, with haloed figures and a dedication inscription below.

Holy Family with St. John

Etching of the crucifixion of Christ with grieving women kneeling below and soldiers to the left under a cloudy sky.

Via crucis - Station XII, The Crucifixion

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

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

Woodcut of Saint Christopher wading a river with the Christ child on his shoulders, a tree and hermit beside him.

Saint Christopher

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome, a lion, Mary Magdalene, an angel and a putto under a draped curtain.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalene

Agostino Carracci, 1580

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna rising on clouds under a radiant dove, with kneeling saints gazing upward.

Madonna and Saints

Sebastiano Conca, 1720

Brown ink drawing of Madonna holding the Christ child, with St. Joseph standing behind them at left.

Madonna and Child with St. Joseph

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of the Holy Family with a young John the Baptist beside a seated Virgin and infant Christ.

The Holy Family with John the Baptist

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Red chalk study on blue paper of a seated draped man with a turned head and several sketched arms and hands.

Study for an Evangelist

Giuseppe Passeri, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels playing a tambourine, lute and flute among clouds.

Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Study of Seated Woman for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of robed religious figures around a central standing figure beneath a small glory motif, within an archite

Glory with Trinity and Saints (recto), architectural plan for the church of Santa Maria d'Itria in Rome

Francesco Manno, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing: left, a palazzo facade with windows and doorways; right, an Annunciation scene with an angel and

Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Adoration of the Shepherds with a kneeling woman, an infant, crowded figures and a standing d

Adoration of the Shepherds; Arcangle St. Michael after Raphael; St. Margarite after Raphael; Aloof de Wignancourt by…

Felice Giani, 1800

Red chalk sketch of a robed standing figure holding a long staff, set within a thin gold and black ruled border.

Christ standing

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of two scenes: Salome dancing at Herod's banquet above, and Salome presenting John the Baptist's h

Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering Saint John's Head to her Parents [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of bearded Saint Matthew with a book and a winged angel beside a tablet, in classical architecture

Saint Matthew and an Angel

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing of an angel reaching upward through radiating light rays, with swirling drapery and a cloud below.

Angel in the Church of the Gesù

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing five studies of women in shawls and long skirts, plus a small child.

Religious Figure

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Four brown ink and wash studies on one sheet showing haloed figures, cherubs among clouds, embracing putti and two women.

Lunette with St. Peter and St.Paul with St. Matthew and the Prophet Isaiah, Study after Sebastiano del Piombo

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink sketch of a haloed rider on a donkey with a second donkey at left, set against loose wash clouds.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Grey wash drawing of a haloed Christ rising above a crowd, with a cross-bearing figure and floating angel on clouds.

Christ in Limbo

il giovane Jacopo Palma, 1620

Red chalk drawing of a seated draped man holding a nude child across his lap, set within a gold and ink border.

Josiah with Jechoniah in his arms, ancestors of Christ from the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and brown ink sketch of a rustic courtyard with a shed, a leaning tree, and a kneeling figure beside a glowing opening.

Set for a Christmas Crèche (Nativity)

Leonardo Scaglia, 1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of two Holy Family scenes with the Virgin, Christ child and Saint Joseph under a tree.

Holy Family

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1610

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel seated beside scrolled ornament and a large shell-shaped niche.

A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture"

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Family under trees, with a reclining figure and a reaching child studies below.

The Holy Family

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1630