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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,975 works

Engraving of haloed St. Barbara holding a sword beside a tower, with rays behind her and drapery falling to the ground.

St. Barbara

Nicolaas Hogenberg, 1525

Engraving of Christ's face wearing a crown of thorns, rendered in fine curving lines with long hair and beard.

Face of Christ on St. Veronica's Cloth

Claude Mellan, 1649

Engraving of Saint Catherine kneeling by a spiked wheel as an angel with a palm and sword hovers above in clouds.

Martyrdom of St. Catherine

Claude Mellan, 1625

Engraving of a bearded saint reclining with a cross on his chest beside stone steps, with onlookers and a distant procession.

St. Alexis

Claude Mellan, 1649

Engraving of the bust of adult Christ with long hair and beard, gazing upward, one finger raised, with radiating halo lines.

Bust of the Adult Christ

Claude Mellan, 1652

Engraving of a burial procession on rocky ground, with resurrected figures emerging from tombs and crosses on a hill under a

Burial Procession of Christ

Claude Mellan, 1678

Engraving of a kneeling bearded monk in a cloak, gazing upward with an arm raised, beside a tree and stone pedestal.

St. Ignatius in Ecstasy

Engraving of a veiled Virgin holding a child with a scepter, as a crowned boy and a woman kneel before her beneath a dove.

Anne of Austria with the Young Louis XIV and Monsieur before the Virgin and Child (Anne d'Autriche déposant le régenc…

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns, wrists bound, looking up as soldiers and angels surround him in clouds.

Christ Taken by Soldiers (La Montée au Calvaire)

Claude Mellan, 1659

Engraving of Saint Paul kneeling and reading a book beside a sword, with rocks, foliage and clouds behind him.

Saint Paul

Michel Aubert, 1726

Engraving of Jesus Christ with a halo, arm outstretched, beside a tree and clouds, inside an arched frame.

Jesus Christ

Simon de La Vallée, 1726

Engraving of Saint Bartholomew with a halo, holding a book, beside a stone pillar and foliage under a cloudy sky.

Saint Barthelemy

Etienne Brion, 1726

Engraving of Saint Jude kneeling under a shaft of light from the clouds, with a book, cross and club beside him.

Saint Jude

Etienne Brion, 1726

Engraving of Saint Simon kneeling in prayer in a rocky cave, with a saw on the ground and a landscape beyond.

Saint Simon

Etienne Brion, 1726

Engraving of Saint Philippe kneeling in a landscape beside a fallen cross, with a halo, classical columns and clouds behind h

Saint Philippe

Michel Aubert, 1726

Engraving of Saint Peter with a halo and keys, seated by a stone wall with a rooster perched above, in an arched frame.

Saint Pierre

Jean-Baptiste Haussard, 1726

Engraving of Saint James the Greater with a halo, holding a staff and book, beside a tree and rocky shore.

Saint Jacques Le Majeur

Etienne Brion, 1726

Engraving of a bearded man in robes seated under a tree, reading a book and holding a staff, in an arched frame.

Saint Jacques Le Mineur

Edmé Jeaurat, 1726

Engraving of Saint Andrew kneeling beside a large X-shaped cross in a rocky landscape, with a halo and French caption below.

Saint André

Louis Jacob, 1726

Engraving of Saint Matthew seated by a column, head resting on hand, with an open scroll and landscape behind him.

Saint Mathew

Louis Jacob, 1726

Engraving of Saint Thomas seated by a stone wall, holding a spear and book, gazing up at a stormy sky.

Saint Thomas

Louis Jacob, 1726

Engraving of Saint Mathias, bearded and haloed, gesturing beside a stone wall with an axe at his feet under a cloudy sky.

Saint Mathias

Simon de La Vallée, 1726

Engraving of Saint John holding a chalice, haloed and barefoot, in a rocky landscape under a cloudy sky.

Saint Jean

Edmé Jeaurat, 1726

Engraving of a nativity scene with the Holy Family, angels in clouds, an ox, and a rooster beneath a radiant sky.

The Light Of The World

Etienne Fessard, 1761

Engraved oval scene of a robed woman beside a printing press, scattering pages to a crowd of readers and onlookers.

Certificate of Bible Society

Asher Brown Durand, 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded martyrdom scene with a central standing figure and sketched clouds above.

Martyrdom of Saint Gereon

Cornelis Schut, early 17th-mid 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of God pointing to Noah's family entering the ark, with angels and birds above a landscape.

God Summons Noah and His Family into the Ark

Joseph von Führich, 1827 (?)

Graphite and white chalk study of a reclining nude man with a sketched kneeling woman above him, on tan paper.

A Nude Woman Kneeling at the side of a Reclining Man (Study for Mary Magdalen Lamenting Christ)

Julius Hübner, 1857

Drawing of a haloed saint giving alms to beggars and a child near a Gothic church, with a city bridge behind.

Saint Johannes Nepomuk Distributing Alms

Leopold Kupelwieser, 1828

Drawing of the Entombment in a lunette shape, showing Christ on a shroud with mourners and a kneeling figure at the feet.

The Entombment

Philipp Veit, 1830