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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Chalk drawing of Christ on the cross with arms raised, head bowed, and a draped cloth at the hips, on tan paper.

Christ on the Cross; verso: St. Jerome Reading by Candlelight, and Sketch of Male Torso (?)

Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a seated woman holding a child with a halo, a standing bearded man, and a tree.

The Youthful Baptist with his Parents

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Brown ink and wash drawing of the prophet Daniel standing in a cloak, holding a book, with winged creatures and clouds around

The Prophet Daniel in a Landscape

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a curly-haired standing male figure, partly draped, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

Study of the Christ Child and the Hand of the Madonna. Verso; Profile of a Man

Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds gathered in a dim arched stable interior with horses in the background.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Samuel van Hoogstraten, early 1640s

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, attendants, an ox, and angels under a star.

Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1753 (?)

Pen and ink sketch with wash of robed bearded men and a figure with raised arm, possibly Christ confronting Pharisees.

Christ and the Pharisees (recto); Christ and a Pharisee (verso)

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin with outstretched arms surrounded by angels, musicians and kneeling figures.

The Virgin Surrounded by Angels and Representatives of Secular and Ecclesiastical Authorities

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century

Grey wash drawing of Christ falling under the cross, with soldiers, mourning women and a stone arch.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1732-61

Etching of the Virgin Mary standing on clouds with a dove, cherubs, and a serpent beneath her feet.

The Immaculate Conception

Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo, ca. 1770

Sepia chiaroscuro print of the Virgin and Child with young Saint John beside a classical temple and columns.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1722

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd with oxen and a kneeling priest before a classical colonnaded building.

Saint Paul at Lystra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Grisaille study of a ceiling decoration with clouds, a draped woman, winged putti and reclining figures in flanking spandrels

Study for the Decoration of a Vault

Carlo Alberto Baratta, 1754-1815

Engraved print of Saint John seated in a desert landscape beneath a tree, with a halo and two cherubs beside him.

Saint John in the Desert

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1725

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with an angel presenting a nude soul below, cherubs and faces above.

Saint Michael the Archangel and Another Figure Recommending a Soul to the Virgin and Child in Heaven

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1629-57

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young girl climbing temple steps toward a robed priest, with onlookers and vaulted architectu

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Valerio Castello, 1624-59

Etching of the Raising of Lazarus: a figure points at a tomb as light breaks through, with kneeling women and a crowd nearby.

Raising of Lazarus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-50

Etching of the Nativity with the infant Christ, a woman, an old shepherd, an ox, and two angels among clouds.

The Nativity with Angels

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1650-57

Etching of the Resurrection of Lazarus with a robed figure at right, Lazarus rising from a tomb, and a crowd of onlookers at

Resurrection of Lazarus

Salvatore Castiglione, 1645

Etching of a wooded scene where men gather around a glowing light beside two reclining figures on the ground.

Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-51

Brown wash drawing of the Crucifixion with soldiers, a mounted rider, a fortified wall and mourners in the foreground.

Crucifixion

Thomas de Keyser, 1665

Blue-grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with haloed female saints, a crowned figure, a dog, and draped curtains.

Design for a Ceiling showing the Virgin, Catherine, and Agnes

Matthais Wolcker, early to mid-18th century

Pen and wash design with winged figures, a kneeling woman in prayer, cherubs, and a domed building within rococo scrollwork.

Design for Book Illustration

Franz Sigrist, late 18th century

Watercolor elevation of a neoclassical riding school side entrance with columns, pediment, arched windows and two mounted rid

Project for the Riding-School of the Horse Guards in Saint Petersburg: Elevation of the Side Entrance

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1744-1817

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo altar design with twisted columns and a relief of Saint Michael and the dragon.

Design for an Alter with Saint Michael and the Dragon

Johann Baptist Modler, 1715-74

Drawing of a ceiling design with the Presentation in the Temple, angels in clouds, and ornate rococo scrollwork around an arc

Ceiling Design with the Presentation in the Temple

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Pen and grey wash drawing of a goddess of music among clouds with a winged harpist, putti, and crowds below in a rococo frame

The Goddess of Music Distributing Her Gifts to the Nations

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, with Joseph at a workbench and the child on the floor.

The Childhood of Christ, in the carpenter's shop

Hans Bol, 1534-93

Pen and ink sketch of a martyrdom scene with muscular nude figures, a central prone body, and onlookers at the edges.

Martydom of St. Lawrence

Raymond de La Fage

Pen and ink drawing of a veiled woman reading in an ornate Baroque cartouche with rays of light and tablets below.

Study for a Decorated Initial A with the Annunciation

Gilles-Marie Oppenord