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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,975 works

Engraving of the Virgin with a halo and flowing robe, standing by a column and rocky landscape under a cloudy sky.

The Blessed Virgin

Simon de La Vallée, 1726

Engraving of the Assumption: a robed woman rises on clouds above a stone tomb, with two kneeling figures and angels.

L'Assomption

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas

Woodcut of Saints Thomas and Bartholomew flanking an ornate column, with halos and radiating lines behind them.

Sts. Thomas and Bartholomew

Monogrammist G.Z., 1518

Brown ink and wash design of God the Father seated on clouds in a niche with a winged putto holding a globe.

Design for a sculptural group with God the Father in a niche

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man reading on a scroll-decorated architectural ledge, with a carved mask below.

Design for a sepulchral monument with a seated prophet or philosopher (recto); Sketches (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown ink design for a sepulchral monument with two kneeling figures and cherubs above a scrolled base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with Mary Magdalen and Saint Jerome (recto); Sketch (counterproof) and writing exerc…

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Engraving of Christ with two disciples at a supper table, with bread, wine, roast fowl and a candle.

Christ in Emmaus

Jan Sadeler, late 16th century

Woodcut of Christ with crown of thorns, eyes closed, surrounded by angels and cherubs, with banner reading Ecce Homo.

Ecce Homo

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Brown ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with a kneeling king offering a gift to the Christ child in an oval frame.

The Adoration of the Magi

Theodoor van Thulden, mid-17th century

Engraving of a hooded monk kneeling on clouds, gazing up at a radiant sun with arms outstretched.

St. Benedict in Ecstasy

Engraving of St. Francis of Assisi kneeling in prayer in a rocky landscape, hands clasped, rope belt and hooded robe.

St. Francis of Assisi

Engraving of a seated nude bearded man lifting a cloth overhead, with small figures behind him and the inscription PER SE RES

The Resurrection

Claude Mellan, 1683

Engraving of a kneeling hooded monk gazing upward in a rocky cave with skulls, a dog, and a cross nearby.

St. Bruno

Watercolor of Saint Elizabeth in a blue gown giving alms to a seated figure, in a Gothic arch, within a carved wooden shrine

Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia Giving Alms

Karl Ballenberger, 1833

Engraving of a veiled woman mourning over a dead body on a stone slab, with mourners and a rock tomb behind.

Lamentation

Claude Mellan, 1683

Engraved print of Christ's face wearing a crown of thorns, with long hair and beard, against a radiating halo.

Face of Christ on St. Veronica's Veil

Dudesert or Du Desert, 1735

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ and the apostles at a table, servants with a jug and bread in the foreground.

Last Supper, from "The Passion of Christ"

Jan Sadeler, 1582

Pen and ink study of two standing bishops in mitres and flowing robes, one holding a crozier and one a staff.

Two studies for Saint Ulrich of Augsburg

Hans Burgkmair, ca. 1505-8

Engraving of a hooded, bearded monk kneeling in prayer in a dark rocky cave, with a rope cord and cross.

St. Francis of Assisi

Claude Mellan, 1638

Engraving of the Virgin Mary in a veil, gazing upward with clasped hands, rendered in fine parallel lines.

Bust of the Virgin

Claude Mellan, 1650

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel on clouds offers a lily to the kneeling Virgin, with God and a dove above.

Annunciation

Claude Mellan, 1666

Etching of Saint Andrew bound to a diagonal cross, nearly nude, with two onlookers and a hatched cloudy sky.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Claude Vignon, 1623

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, a veiled woman, and figures gathered around them.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Ubaldo Gandolfi, mid-to late 18th century

Etching of St. Jerome, a bearded old man writing with a quill on a rock beside a lion, a hut and a tree.

St. Jerome

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1797

Red chalk and brown wash sketch of a winged angel flying upward, holding a lily, with billowing drapery.

An Angel holding a Lily

Cosmas Damian Asam, early 18th century

Etching of a kneeling man embraced by an older cloaked figure at a doorway, with onlookers and a distant landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Etching of a woman and a man walking with a child between them, a dog nearby, and a rocky hillside village behind.

Christ Between His Parents Returning from the Temple

Dominique Vivant Denon, n.d.

Engraving of Christ handing keys to a kneeling Peter as apostles watch, with sheep and a hilltop town behind.

The Delivery of the Keys to Peter

Master of the Die

Engraving of haloed Saint Roch with a dog and staff beside trees, an angel above, and a town in the background.

Saint Roch

Master of the Die

Engraving of Saint Sebastian with a halo, bound to a tree and pierced by arrows, in a landscape with towers and a bridge.

Saint Sebastian tied to a tree and pierced with arrows

Master of the Die, 1530-60