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Pen and brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a kneeling saint, with pencil grid lines.

The Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Louis of France

Mariano Salvador Maella, about 1780s

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a seated Madonna and child with winged figures above, in a gold mat.

Two Studies for a Holy Family

Parmigianino, 1526

Brown ink and wash drawing of a monk in a hooded habit with a rosary, looking up at rays of light before an open book.

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Gerrit Pietersz, 1608

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing woman in flowing robes holding a child, with a sketched landscape behind her.

Saint Agnes (recto); Figure Studies (verso)

Adam Elsheimer, about 1605

Brown ink and wash drawing of three crucifixions on a hill, with mourners, soldiers, and a distant town.

The Crucifixion

Samuel van Hoogstraten, about 1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ preaching to seated listeners in a columned temple interior beneath a draped canopy.

Christ Preaching in the Temple

Guercino, about 1625-1627

Black chalk drawing of a man's head with curly hair and downcast eyes, with draped cloth over the shoulder, on blue paper.

Study for the Figure of Christ Carrying the Cross

Sebastiano del Piombo, about 1513-1514

Pen and ink sheet with many studies of folded drapery and cloth creases, c. 1490.

Studies of Christ's Loincloth (recto); Studies of Bookbindings and of Christ's Loincloth (verso)

Master of the Coburg Roundels, about 1490

Brown wash drawing of the Mocking of Christ, showing a seated figure with a crown of thorns surrounded by soldiers.

Mocking of Christ

Caspar Freisinger, about 1595

Black chalk drawing of a kneeling hooded monk with clasped hands and upturned face, with a staff beside him.

Saint Francis (recto); Dead Christ (verso)

Pontormo, about 1517-1518

Red chalk drawing of Christ with a halo addressing a kneeling man, with a group of figures and clouds above.

Christ's Command to St. Peter, "Feed My Sheep!" ("Pasce Oves Mea")

Andrea Sacchi, about 1628

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Andrew with a halo, holding a book and an X-shaped cross, with a town in the distance.

Saint Andrew

Master H.B, about 1530

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman giving alms to a crowd of poor figures before classical columns and buildings.

Saint Cecilia Giving Alms to the Poor

Pietro da Cortona, about 1635-1640

Red chalk drawing of a bearded figure in glory on clouds with flowing drapery, framed in an octagonal gilt mount.

Christ in Glory

Antonio da Correggio, 1520-1523

Pen and brown wash drawing of two winged putti holding staffs and shields flanking an empty central circle.

Two Child Angels, Symbolizing Patience and Industry

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Brown ink drawing of mourners lowering a body onto a stone tomb inside a rocky cave, with kneeling women and winged figures.

The Entombment

Luca Penni, about 1550

Drawing of a standing saint with curly hair, holding a staff and a heavy draped robe, in brown chalk with white highlights.

Standing Saint (recto); Studies of Christ at the Column, a Nude from Behind, and Various Figures (verso)

Filippino Lippi, about 1482

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with cherubs while apostles gaze upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Peter Paul Rubens, about 1613-1614

Pen and wash drawing of a robed figure raising a reclining man from a bier before a crowd of onlookers and an arch.

Raising of the Son of the Widow of Naim (recto); Madonna and Child with Saints (verso)

Giovanni Battista Naldini, about 1570-1580

Brown wash drawing of mourners carrying Christ's body from a tomb, with angels overhead and a crown of thorns in front.

The Entombment

Niccolò Ricciolini, about 1760

Black chalk drawing of a woman with upturned face and faint halo, wrapped in drapery, on grey toned paper.

Saint Cecilia

Domenichino, about 1612-1615

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded monk praying with clasped hands before a rocky cliff, with light rays above.

Saint Francis in Prayer

Jacob Pynas, about 1630

Red and black chalk drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist, plus faint figure studies on aged paper.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (recto); Amorous Putti at Play; Head of a Bird (verso)

Michelangelo, about 1530

Pen and wash drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ at center, mourning women below, and a mounted soldier at right.

The Crucifixion

Hans von Aachen, about 1587

Pen and ink drawing of the Holy Family with the Virgin, infant Christ, and an elderly man beside them.

The Holy Family

Baldassare Peruzzi, about 1515

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rearing horse, a fallen man, attendants and a striding nude figure on a grey ground.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Taddeo Zuccaro, 1558/1559-1566

Pen and ink drawing of Christ turning from a kneeling hooded woman, with a mother and onlookers before a tower and town.

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1510

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a seated woman in draped robes cradling an infant.

Nativity (recto); Turbaned Woman (verso)

Guido Reni, about 1640-1642

Pen and brown wash sketch of multiple figures, horsemen and clouded angels, with Latin inscriptions at upper left.

Sheet of Studies for "The Martyrdom of Saint George" (recto); Studies of a House, Tree, Heads, Artist's Tools, Decora…

Paolo Veronese, 1566

Pen and ink drawing of the Resurrection: a risen Christ rises above sleeping soldiers beside a tomb, with angels in clouds.

The Resurrection

Santi di Tito, about 1568

Grey wash drawing of Saint Sebastian with an arrow in his side, tended by hooded figures, one holding a candle, over a grid.

Figures Tending to the Wounded Saint Sebastian

Andrea Lilio, about 1596

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with an angel and sketched head studies, by Guido Reni.

Holy Family with an Angel

Guido Reni, mid-late 1590s

Bust of an Angel

Hendrick Goltzius, 1609

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man with curly hair and drapery, with a smaller curly-haired figure at left.

Saint Matthew

Antonio da Correggio, about 1523

Study of a Franciscan Monk (Possibly Saint Francis)

Cerano, about 1600

Watercolor view of Venice's Saint Mark's Basin with domed church, Doge's Palace, campanile and boats on turquoise water.

The Saint Mark's Basin, Venice

James Holland, about 1860

Brown wash drawing of the Descent from the Cross with ladders, mourning women, and kneeling friars in a cloudy landscape.

The Descent from the Cross with Saint Francis and another Friar

Jan de Bisschop, about 1669

Red chalk drawing of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mourners, mounted soldiers and a crowd on rocky ground.

The Crucifixion

Antoine Coypel, 1692

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a large tree, three robed figures on a path, a classical doorway, and sheep near a wel

Landscape with Abraham and the Three Angels in the Valley of Mambre

Joseph Anton Koch, 1797

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Gothic church interior with tall columns, arches, an organ and small figures on the floor.

The Choir and North Ambulatory of the Church of Saint Bavo, Haarlem

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, November 1634

Brown ink drawing of a bearded saint in draped robes with a winged angel behind him, on tan paper.

Saint John the Evangelist and an Angel

El Greco, about 1600

Brown wash drawing of haloed Christ with a soldier gripping his arm and veiled women watching behind him.

Christ Carrying the Cross (recto); The Resurrection (verso)

Sodoma, about 1535

Red chalk drawing of Saint Peter's dome above Roman palazzo facades, with steps and small figures in the foreground.

View of Saint Peter's (recto); Study of a Young Man (verso)

Federico Zuccaro, 1603

Red chalk drawing of a haloed saint in armor riding a rearing horse, holding a banner, with a town in the distance.

A Saint on Horseback

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, about 1510

Pen and brown wash sketch of the Holy Family with angels beneath an arch, the infant Christ asleep on Mary's lap.

The Holy Family with Angels before an Arch

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, second half of 1750s

Brown ink and wash drawing of two winged angels leading a boy away from a couple on a city street, c. 1595.

Taddeo Leaving Home Escorted by Two Guardian Angels

Federico Zuccaro, about 1595

Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Agostino da Lodi, about 1500

Drawing of a kneeling female saint looking up at angels and putti in clouds, with a city and ruins below.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria at the Wheel

Nicolò dell'Abate, 1547-1550

Circular ink and wash drawing of Christ carrying the cross, with soldiers and onlookers and a town on a hill.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Albrecht Altdorfer, about 1513

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds with a monk and a kneeling female saint in prayer below.

St. Francis (?) Interceding with the Virgin on behalf of a Female Saint

Juan Martín Cabezalero, about 1665-1670

Black chalk drawing with white highlights of a standing female saint holding a palm frond, wearing a draped robe.

Saint Lucy

Fra Paolino, about 1525-1530

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman holding a nude infant, with loose hatched drapery around them.

Studies of the Madonna and Child (recto); Studies of the Madonna and Child and of an Architectural Detail (verso)

Parmigianino, about 1535

Study for the Figure of the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Fra Bartolommeo, about 1509

Sketch of a robed man led by a winged angel past sleeping guards in a prison interior.

The Liberation of Saint Peter

Laurent de La Hyre, about 1647

Red chalk drawing of a muscular man with raised arm beside a lion and sketched heads, on a pale sheet.

Studies of Saints John the Baptist and Jerome, a Crucifix, and Various Heads (recto); Studies of the Christ Child, a…

Parmigianino, about 1525-1527

Brown wash drawing of a banquet hall with columns, a woman kneeling at a seated man's feet, guards with spears, and a dog.

Christ at Supper with Simon the Pharisee, with the Anointment of Christ's Feet by Mary Magdalen

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, about 1785

Drawing of God the Father with a long beard, blessing with one hand and holding a globe topped by a cross, among clouds.

God the Father (recto); Standing Christ (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, about 1495-1500

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint Anne, flanked by angels and cherubs above.

Holy Family with Saint Anne (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

Pietro Testa, about 1645-1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining river gods and figures pursuing near a tree, by Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592.

River Gods Watching Apollo Pursuing Daphne (recto); Virgin and Child and Two Partial Studies of Hands and Drapery (ve…

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592

Drawing of an angel in flowing robes with outstretched arm, beside a separate study of folded drapery, in brown wash.

Study of an Angel and of Drapery

Innocenzo da Imola, about 1520

Red chalk drawing of a swooning Virgin held by three women, with standing draped men and a nude study at right.

The Swooning Virgin Supported by Three Holy Women and Three Studies of Men (recto); Saint George and the Dragon (verso)

Cesare da Sesto, about 1510

Pen and ink drawing of four robed saints standing on steps, one wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a book.

Study of Four Saints (Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist, and Zeno)

Andrea Mantegna, 1456-1459

Brown wash drawing of Christ and the Canaanite woman with disciples before a large tree and distant landscape in an arched fr

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Bagnacavallo, about 1530

Red chalk drawing of a bearded haloed saint standing on a pedestal, holding a book under draped robes.

Standing Saint

Francesco Morone, about 1510