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Wash drawing of a columned classical mausoleum with arched niches, flanked by urns and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Mausoleum for Czar Paul I (1754-1801) in the Park of Pavlovsk, near Saint Petersburg, Russia: Side Elevation

Thomas de Thomon, 1810

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

Pen and brown ink sketches of a mother and child with a finished wash scene in the lower right corner.

Sketches, The Virgin and Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil study of a bearded man and a young woman seated together, with books and a window landscape behind them.

Study for "Sacred Lesson"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Ink and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint gazing up at a Christ child on clouds, with a mitre and open book below.

Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child

Corrado Giaquinto, 1710

Ink and wash drawing of mourning figures gathered around a reclining body beside an inscribed pedestal and bust.

Mourning Over the Dead Christ

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Red chalk sketch of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a central figure, flying angels, and a distant city.

Martyrdom of a Saint

Andrea Sacchi, 1700

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crowd of figures and horses gathered around a seated central figure beneath a canopy.

Adoration of the Magi

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed men standing together in an interior beside a bench.

Apostles after Raphael's "Death of Ananias"

Felice Giani, 1810

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of two religious interior scenes with crowds of figures beneath arches and beside a column.

The Mocking of Christ [left]; Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman surrounded by angels and musicians on clouds under a radiant arch.

Virgin Ascending with Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor and ink elevation of an altar design with painted marble panels, a central oval medallion, and classical pilasters

Project for an altar: intended to be executed in colored marbles

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1750

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds with saints, a banner, and cherubs above and below.

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints

Antonio de' Dominici, 1740

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

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

Pencil sketch of a lake valley with jagged mountains and a small standing figure on rocks in the foreground.

Saint Aegidius by the Wolfgangsee, St. Gilgen, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of two deathbed scenes, a sick man attended by figures and a penitent man visited by a priest and angels.

The Penitent Man on his Deathbed [left]; The Penitent Man Visited by a Priest and Angels [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

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

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

Pen and ink drawing of a group of robed men with raised arms and kneeling figures, arranged in a dynamic religious scene.

Group of Apostles

Alphonse Alexandre Leroy, 1840

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 a winged angel carrying two sleeping children over a pastoral landscape with sheep, cattle and a farmhouse.

Angel with Two Children in Her Arms

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1760

Hand-colored view of Notre Dame cathedral from a Paris quay, with laundry hanging on a white building and washerwomen at the

Notre Dame, Paris from the Quai Saint Bernard

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830

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 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 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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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 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 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

Red chalk drawing of the Entombment of Christ, with mourners lifting a lifeless body onto a draped slab.

Entombment of Christ

Aniello Falcone, 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by winged angels and cherubs under a pale halo.

The Annunciation of the Virgin, After Guido Reni

Felice Giani, 1810

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

Graphite and white chalk study of an outstretched arm and hand on tan paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1830.

Study of Hand for Angel Appearing to St. Peter in "Early Christian Martyrs"

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Brown ink drawing of an angel kneeling before an elderly man beside a well, with standing robed figures in an arched architec

Copy after Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah

Andrea del Sarto, 1600

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Ascension of the Virgin, with a crowd below and angels and clouds in the sky above.

Ascension of the Virgin

Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, 1590

Pencil study on blue paper of a youthful head tilted downward with wavy hair and lowered eyes.

Study of Angel's Head for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of horsemen, a standing figure on a horse, and a crowd with a boat in a loose study.

Feast of the Ascension celebration, Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink sketch with compartments showing Elijah under a tree, a banquet, the Annunciation, and Christ among angels.

Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil sketch on grey paper of figures around a table, a veiled woman at left and a kneeling figure at lower right.

Mary Washing the Feet of Christ

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds surrounded by angels and putti within an oval.

Design for a Ceiling with the Ascension of the Virgin

Francesco Trevisani, 1700

Pen and ink sketch of three panels showing robed figures in arched interiors, studies for Passion scenes.

Three Stages of the Passion: The Mockery, Christ before Pilate, Flagellation

Francesco Coghetti, 1830

Pen and brown wash drawing of a saint ascending among clouds, surrounded by angels and putti.

Apotheosis of a Saint

Corrado Giaquinto, 1740

Brown ink and wash sketch of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stable, with a dog in the foreground.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding a lute, with studies of hands and a second instrument on grey paper.

Sketches of a Woman with a Lute, Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man reclining beside a seated woman and a child with a column.

The Holy Family

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary and apostles kneeling beneath a dove and rays of light, with angels a

Scene from Acts of the Apostles, after Stradanus

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1700

Red and white chalk study of two outstretched arms and hands on blue paper.

Study of Angel's Hand for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash sketch of a robed standing man beside a group of draped women in classical dress.

Saint Paul and Figures, after Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of several loosely drawn winged angel figures with flowing drapery on a pale sheet of paper.

Sketch of Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Brown ink and wash sketch of four figures with hooded heads and a raised arm, drawn in loose overlapping studies.

Study of Four Figures, for the Burial of St. Petronilla Altarpiece at St. Peter's

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1610

Brown ink and wash drawing of draped figures seated and standing on steps, an audience gathered around a preaching scene.

Saint Paul Preaching, after Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Sketch for an Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Engraving of a haloed woman walking through woods with drummers, a piper, and onlookers beside a rocky hill.

The Dance of St. Mary Magdalene

Netherlandish Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Pen and brown ink drawing in three panels showing mythological figures, clouds, draped groups and a sculptural relief.

Mythological or Biblical Scene; Juno and Jove Enthroned with Three Fates; Three Graces with Apollo and Minerva; Sculp…

Pencil sketch of draped figures among clouds, including a central figure and several faces, study for an ascension scene.

Sketch of Figural Group for Ascension

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Etching of the Virgin and Child seated with angels, putti and God the Father in clouds above, beside a stone sarcophagus.

Virgin and Child with God the Father and Angels

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Etching of Christ driving money-changers from a columned temple, with cattle, overturned tables and a crowd in the foreground

Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Pencil sketch of a winged angel with a laurel crown holding flowers, drawn on tan paper with loose arched outlines.

Sketch of Angel with Flowers

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Woodcut of two haloed women greeting in a doorway, with a donkey, robed figures, and towers in the background.

The Visitation

Leonardo Parasole, 1590

Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a well, with a water jar and a town with figures in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Pencil sketch on cream paper of a reclining winged angel in flowing drapery, with a small study in the lower right.

Sketch of an Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraving of a burning city with fleeing figures, cattle, and a robed elder blowing a trumpet, with Latin text below.

The king has his servants invite guests to the wedding party, from the series 'Parable of the Wedding Feast'

Flemish Marten de Vos, 1600

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

Graphite sketch of a central winged angel with raised arms flanked by other robed angelic figures in loose strokes.

Group of Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Charcoal sketch of an angel with outstretched arm and draped fabric on tan paper.

Study of an Angel with Drapery

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Watercolor study of robed standing figures, some with haloes, against a diamond-patterned background in red, blue and green.

Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of loose winged figures with raised arms and bowed heads on cream paper.

Sketch of Worshipping Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sketch of Three Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Charcoal sketch of an angel with large wings holding an open book labeled 'In the Beginning' on rough paper.

Study of Angel with a Book

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of two figures with flowing drapery and raised arms, loosely drawn on cream paper.

Sketch of Figures for Ascension

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Watercolor study of a row of haloed saints in draped robes against a patterned background, with a central Christ figure.

Study of "Altarpiece of Saint-Germer-de-fly," Paris, France

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1860

Grey and white wash study on brown paper of a winged angel playing a trumpet amid clouds.

Trumpeting Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

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

Sketch of Trumpeting Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

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

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

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