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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,907 works

Engraving of a haloed bearded figure above cherubs and clouds, with a kneeling man holding a book in the lower right.

Frederick the Wise of Saxony Adoring St Bartholomew

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1508-9

Engraving of the Virgin Mary embracing the infant Christ beside a tree, with a hanging monogram tablet in the upper right.

The Virgin and Child Seated at the Foot of a Tree

Jan Gossaert, 1522

Woodcut of multiple scenes from Saint John the Baptist's life in a landscape with large trees, a cave, and a castle tower.

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, ca. 1522

Engraving of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child in an ornate architectural interior with an ox and a basket.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Dirck Vellert, 1526

Engraving of the Raising of Lazarus, with a figure emerging from a tomb surrounded by robed onlookers and a Latin inscription

The Raising of Lazarus

Lambert Suavius, 1544

Engraving of a veiled woman leaning on a column in an arched temple interior, with figures and scattered coins behind her.

The Virgin Searching For Her Son in the Temple

Albrecht Altdorfer

Engraved dagger sheath design with an armored standing man above a panel of dense acanthus scrollwork.

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Chalk drawing of a seated bearded man beside a jug, visited by a winged angel pointing away, with a sleeping figure below.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)

Jean-Baptiste Bénard, 18th century

Drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels, while a kneeling man gazes up beside a stone tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1822

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon with putti and clouds around them.

Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon with Putti

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Grey chalk drawing of Christ and a veiled woman with a crowd of onlookers and bearded elders in a columned interior.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

François Boucher

Pen and gray wash drawing of a dying clergyman supported by an angel, with standing clergy and a bed in an oval composition.

A Dying Ecclesiastic Supported by an Angel

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1760-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child, kneeling shepherd and angels abov

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jusepe de Ribera, 1645-50

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling nude saint resting his hand on a lion in a church interior with arches and a crucifix.

Saint Jerome and the Lion

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown chalk drawing of a winged angel descending over classical figures and soldiers in an arched composition.

The Continence of Scipio

François Boucher

Pen and ink drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ seated on clouds, with an angel and rays of light.

Madonna and Child Seated on Clouds (recto); Madonna and Child in Reverse (verso)

Vicente Salvador Gómez, 1637-1700

Ink and wash drawing of a nude figure with faces at left and a robed bearded figure holding a staff at right.

Christ in Limbo (recto); Saint with Rosary (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Drawing of the Nativity with the Virgin holding the infant Christ, kneeling shepherds, an ox, and cherubs in a glowing sky.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

François Boucher

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a young Saint John and two adoring angels.

Madonna and Child with Saint John, Saint Anne, and Two Angels in Adoration

Francesco Stringa, 1635-1709

Brown wash drawing of a bearded, haloed saint holding a tall staff with a scroll, draped in a flowing cloak.

Saint John the Baptist

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a standing winged angel with one arm raised and a draped cloth in the other hand.

Standing Figure of an Angel

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Holy Family, kneeling shepherds, and cherubs in clouds above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Nicolas Bertin, n.d.

Sepia drawing of Christ falling under the cross, attended by angels among clouds.

Christ Falling under the Cross

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing male figure in a flowing robe, gazing upward with one arm extended.

Standing Male Saint (an Apostle?)

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds among angels, with praying figures gazing upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Michel Corneille the Younger

Sepia drawing of a cross among clouds with angels and cherubs, and discarded armor and weapons below.

The Cross Triumphant over Worldly Powers

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Ink and wash drawing of the Flight into Egypt: Mary on a donkey holding the infant Christ, with Joseph walking ahead in an ar

The Flight into Egypt

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Drawing of a kneeling bearded saint embracing an X-shaped cross, with an angel descending above and onlookers around.

The Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Michel Corneille the Younger

Red chalk drawing of a robed figure reaching toward a seated man among clouds, with angels and putti above.

The Risen Christ Appearing to Souls in Purgatory

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Brown ink sketch of a winged angel descending in clouds toward a kneeling woman beside a stone block.

The Annunciation

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50