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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraving of the Madonna and Child with infant John the Baptist beneath a palm tree, with a landscape behind.

Madonna of the Palm Tree

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Engraving of Saint Anne holding the Christ Child with the Virgin Mary in an interior with a balustrade, tree, and birds.

St. Anne, the Virgin and the Christ Child

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil sketch of several overlapping winged angel figures with raised wings and loose drapery on cream paper.

Sketch of Four Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Etching of a winged dragon bearing the Virgin and Child on its back, with a banner above and flames from its mouth.

Parade Float with the Virgin and Child riding a Dragon, plate 8 from A. Isacchi, "Relatione di Alfonso Isachi intorno…

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, 1610

Engraving of the Nativity: kneeling Virgin beside infant Christ in a manger, shepherds with a lamb at left, angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Flemish Nicolaus van Aelst, 1600

Pencil sketch of a central figure with outstretched arms rising through radiating light above a crowd in an arched compositio

Sketch of the Ascension

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraved Crucifixion scene with Mary, John, and a kneeling woman at the cross, framed by Passion instruments and angels.

The Crucifixion

Flemish Anthonie Wierix, 1590

Etching of an angel appearing in light above shepherds with sheep and cattle in a dark wooded landscape.

Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Pencil sketch on toned paper of a winged angel in flight and a seated figure below, study for a chapel commission.

Sketches for the Angel Beside "Charity," Chapel of St. Bartholomew, New York

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap, with radiant light, a crown of thorns and a distant cros

Pieta

Netherlandish Hendrik Goltzius, 1590

Etching of a seated woman holding a child, a cat on a bench, and a man at a sunlit window in an interior.

The Virgin and Child with the Cat and Joseph at the Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Stained glass design with two arched panels showing the Adoration of the Magi under a star and a crescent moon.

Adoration of the Magi (Design for Stained Glass Window)

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Engraving of a bearded man pointing to his forehead beside a woman holding an ornate covered jar, with a distant landscape.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Etching of a beggar family receiving coins from a man at a house doorway, with a woman carrying a basket and child.

Beggars receiving alms at the door of a house

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Pencil sketch of a woman's bowed head wrapped in a draped veil, with hatched shading on the fabric folds.

Study for Bust of the Madonna

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraving of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child and a parrot, with a tree and castle in the background.

Virgin and Child with Parrot

Sebald Beham, 1540

Engraving of three winged angels standing as a bearded man kneels before them beside a ruined building and tree branches.

Abraham and the Three Angels

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Sketch of Trumpeting Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Woodcut of seated Christ with crown of thorns and radiant halo, head resting on hand, with Latin title and verse text.

The Small Passion (Title Page)

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Woodcut of mourners carrying a draped body beneath a pointed arch, with dense hatched lines in the background.

Entombment

Sebald Beham, 1540

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a winged angel resting on a ledge beside several small putti reaching outward.

Sketch of an Angel and Putti

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraving of mourners lowering Christ's body into a stone tomb, with a crown of thorns and a bare tree.

The Entombment

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Brown ink drawing of two interior scenes: a seated veiled woman on the left and a crowded birth chamber on the right.

Annunciation [left]; Birth of the Virgin [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Pencil sketch of a woman's head wrapped in a veil, knotted at the neck, on tan paper with a museum stamp.

Sketch of Head of the Madonna

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Loose pencil sketch on tan paper of winged figures in motion, rising across the page with a museum stamp in the upper left.

Sketch of Winged Figures for Ascension

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of winged angels around a central figure with raised arms, drawn loosely on cream paper.

Worshipping Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Watercolor study of the Madonna and Child with two draped attendant figures under an arched niche over a tiled floor.

Madonna and Child

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Loose pencil sketch on brown paper of a head, shoulders and hands in quick overlapping lines.

Sketch of a Man or Angel with a Book

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sketches for Two Angels and Faith

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pencil studies of winged angel figures on tan paper, with overlapping wings and sketched bodies in various poses.

Sketches of Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900