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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraving of Saint Lawrence standing beside a gridiron and holding a palm frond, in a fur-trimmed robe.

Saint Lawrence

Martin Schongauer, 1470-91

Pen and red chalk sheet with architectural moldings, scrollwork, and sketched figures of the Virgin, child, and angels.

Studies of Architectural Moldings, of the Virgin and Child with a Kneeling Saint, and of Two Angels Supporting Frames…

Baldassare Franceschini, 1611-89

Brown wash drawing of the Circumcision with an infant, priest, attendants and angels within an ornate architectural frame.

The Circumcision

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded saint in robes holding a panel of the Virgin and Child in an arched niche.

Saint Luke Holding a Painting of the Virgin and Child

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1648-1729

Red chalk drawing of an ornate catafalque with scrolled volutes, draped swags and a crowning finial under a sketched arch.

Design for a Catafalque (recto); Female Saint Kneeling on Clouds under an Arch, and a Design for the Pinnacle of the…

Baldassare Franceschini, ca. 1669

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Holy Family in an interior, with the Christ child holding a cross beside Mary and Joseph.

Holy Family in an Interior

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a curly-haired winged angel leaning forward with arms resting on a closed tablet or book.

Cartoon Fragment for Adolescent Angel Leaning on a Tablet or Closed Book

Marcantonio Franceschini, ca. 1690-95

Red chalk drawing of three arched niches with columns, draped canopies, and tomb-like catafalque designs under clouds and a f

Design for a Catafalgue Used on the Occasion of the Canonization of Saint Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi, Florence, 1669

Baldassare Franceschini, 1669

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, one a bishop with a crosier.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Girolamo da Treviso, 1498-1544

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint John Nepomuk kneeling in a niche with an angel above and a crucifix at left.

Saint John Nepomuk Praying

Georg Anton Urlaub, 1720-59

Brown wash drawing of the Annunciation in a lunette, with the dove of the Holy Spirit radiating light between columns and fig

The Annunciation

Martin Fréminet, ca. 1610-15

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Lawrence beside a grill, with a putto holding a palm frond and cherubs in a tree.

Saint Lawrence Standing and Holding the Grill, Instrument of His Martyrdom

Marcantonio Franceschini, ca. 1715

Pen and ink sketches of a kneeling draped woman, a standing bearded man, a seated figure in a niche, and a small child on pin

Sketches of Figures of the Virgin Kneeling, Saint Peter Standing, Seated Allegorical Figures of Faith and Charity, an…

Francesco di Simone Ferrucci, 1487-88

Pink-toned drawing of a winged angel and a putto holding a looping ribbon banderole, with white highlights on drapery.

Putto and Angel Holding a Banderole

Antonio Franchi, 1706

Pen and ink sketch of a standing Virgin holding the Christ Child, with drapery studies and two small heads at upper right.

Standing Virgin with Child, Two Heads at Upper Right (recto); Sketch of Steps (verso)

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded haloed saint standing barefoot with a palm frond and book beside a building.

A Martyr Saint Reading

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1734-1802

Reddish-brown wash drawing of a winged angel holding a long pale banderole among clouds.

Angel Holding a Banderole

Antonio Franchi, 1706

Pen and wash drawing of a veiled female saint in half figure, gazing upward beneath rays of light and a scrolled frame.

Half Figure of a Female Saint

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1728-81

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family: a seated Virgin with a book, the infant Christ, and Saint Joseph with a staff.

The Holy Family

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1734-1802

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a standing man holding a staff, with rough architecture behind.

Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Paul

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling saint beside an executioner with a sword, with angels in clouds above.

Decapitation of Saint James the Greater

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1728-81

Brown wash drawing of a saint raising a chalice beneath an angel, with kneeling and reclining figures below.

Saint Margaret of Cortona, Saint James of the March, and Saint Didacus

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1734-1802

Pen and brown wash drawing of Abraham raising a sword over Isaac on an altar as an angel intervenes, with a ram and tree at r

Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Pen and wash drawing of a young girl praying toward angels in clouds beside temple steps and columns.

The Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1728-81

Charcoal drawing of a seated prophet in draped robes, with angelic heads and a raised arm above among clouds.

Seated Prophet

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1779

The Baptism of Christ (recto); Kneeling Figure (?) in a Landscape (verso)

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Brown wash drawing of Christ in glory above four saints gazing upward, with angels in an arched composition.

Christ in Glory with Saint Lawrence, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and Saint Eligius

Ubaldo Gandolfi, ca. 1766

Brown ink and wash drawing of women finding a child on a riverbank beneath a tree, with a distant hilltop town.

The Finding of Moses

Luigi Garzi, 1638-1721

Ink and grey wash drawing of Christ offering the host to a kneeling veiled abbess, surrounded by angels and putti on clouds.

Christ Giving the Host to a Holy Abbess

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1690

Pen and wash drawing of two winged cherubs on clouds flanking a blank frame under an arch, with handwritten inscription below

Angels Supporting a Frame

Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1674-1755