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Watercolor of a waterfall in a rocky gorge with two figures in the foreground and a stone bridge in the distance.

A Bridge on the Aar, at the Foot of the Grimsel, in the Canton of Berne

Caspar Wolf, ca. 1775

Brown wash drawing of a hilly landscape with large gnarled trees, a road with travelers, and a distant river valley.

Hilly Landscape with Trees and a Road on the Right

Georg Heinrich Busse, 1833

Watercolor and pen drawing of a Gothic church interior with an ornate carved altarpiece, tall columns, and wooden pews.

Interior of Saint Severin Church in Erfurt

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1855

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church interior with a woman carrying a child, kneeling women, children, and monks.

Saint Elizabeth Carrying Her First-born Son to the Church

Ludwig Emil Grimm, ca. 1850

Night drawing of a moonlit river with sailing boats, dark trees on the right bank, and moon reflected on the water.

The River Elbe Downstream of Hamburg by Moonlight

Christian Ernst Morgenstern, ca. 1828

Watercolor drawing of a weathered timber watermill with a waterwheel, two small figures on a path, and a cloudy sky.

Watermill

Ernst Erwin Oehme, ca. 1870

Pencil drawing of a father embracing his barefoot son in a stone courtyard, with onlookers on a balcony and in doorways.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1830-35

The Artist's Children: Friedrich, Emil, and Ernst

Friedrich Preller the Elder, ca. 1848

Watercolor of a sunlit Gothic cloister with ribbed vaults, a kneeling nun, a crucifix and potted plants.

Cloisters in a Nunnery

Simon Quaglio, ca. 1835

Watercolor of large trees over a pastoral field with a rustic building, a shepherd with sheep, and a distant village.

Italian Landscape with Trees (recto)

Friedrich Salathé, 1815-21

Watercolor drawing of a Christ crucifixion altarpiece with six framing scenes from the life of Christ, including the Nativity

Christ on the Cross with Six Scenes from the Life of Christ

Eduard von Steinle, ca. 1850

Sepia ink and wash drawing of hunters on a rocky ledge under trees, overlooking a distant blue mountain valley.

Hunters in an Outlook on a Mountain

August Leopold Venus, ca. 1870

Page of nine small religious etchings including Holy Family scenes, with a green-tinted central print of the Virgin and Child

The Holy Family

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1538-42 (?)

Two versions of an etching of figures in robes reaching up toward quails flying overhead, a biblical scene.

Moses Showing the Quails to the Israelites

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1545

Etching of Moses with sheep beside a burning bush and a town on a hill, above a scene of men pushing a boat.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1544-48

Etching on a page with a shepherd and sheep by a fire above, and men hauling a net from a boat below.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-52 (?)

Album page with five prints; lower right shows a father embracing a kneeling son in a doorway scene with robed onlookers.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1536-40

Etching of the Annunciation with an angel and seated Virgin above, and a nativity-style group with an ox below.

The Annunciation

Andrea Schiavone, after ca. 1552 (?)

Two etched scenes on one sheet: an angel above a balustrade and a woman, and kneeling figures with an ox beside columns.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1560 (?)

Etching with two scenes: a crowd in a temple above, and a nativity with a mother, infant and adoring figures below.

The Presentation in the Temple

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-45 (?)

Etching of the Nativity: Virgin with infant Christ in a manger, surrounded by adoring figures in a stone-walled stable.

The Nativity

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1558-60

Etching of the Presentation in the Temple with a priest, infant, and crowd of figures before a classical doorway.

The Presentation in the Temple

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1543-46

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi with kneeling figures before the Virgin and Child beneath a classical portico.

The Adoration of the Magi

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1542-46 (?)

Three small prints on a page: the Adoration of the Magi above, and two scenes of figures on a staircase below.

The Adoration of the Magi

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1545-50 (?)

Etching of Christ with women on a staircase, plus a Nativity scene above, on an album page.

Christ and the Women on the Staircase

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1541-44 (?)

Etching of two men in clogs digging a trench with shovels in an open field under a cloudy sky.

The Diggers

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1855

Etching of a woman in a headscarf working a wooden churn with a long plunger against a dark background.

The Churner

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1886

Engraving of a kneeling monk gazing up at a framed vision of a Virgin and Child within rays of light, with a landscape behind

Imaginaria Visio (La vision de l'imagination)

II Antonius Wierix, n.d.

Pen drawing over a grid of an alleyway between old houses with scaffolding, a crate, and cobblestones.

An Alleyway between Houses

Théodore Rousseau, 1858

Etching of Christ healing lepers, with a central robed figure among a crowd and a group of reaching figures in the foreground

Christ Healing the Lepers

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1545 (?)