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Drawing of a flying angel with arms raised, draped robes, and white chalk highlights on blue-grey paper.

Flying Angel with Arms Upraised

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1575-1640

Wash drawing of a haloed Carthusian saint among ill and kneeling figures beneath a curtained classical arch.

A Carthusian Saint Visiting the Plague Stricken

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Virgin and Christ Child with Saint Joseph and angels among clouds.

Holy Family

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Grey wash drawing of Christ ascending into cloudy sky while kneeling apostles gaze upward from a hilltop.

The Ascension of Christ

Ventura Salimbeni, 1568-1613

Pen and wash drawing of apostles at the Virgin's tomb beneath a radiant sun, with two seated figures in the upper corners.

The Apostles at the Tomb of the Virgin, and Studies for Two Pendentives

Francesco Maria Salvetti, 1691-1758

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and a young John the Baptist in a tight group.

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist

Francesco Salviati, ca. 1550

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Andrew with a transverse cross, book, and fish, standing in flowing robes with a halo.

Saint Andrew, Apostle, with Transverse Cross, Book, and Fish, (recto); Architectural sketch (verso)

Fabrizio Santafede, 1576-1623

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with two angels above and two saints below, on a brownish sheet.

Virgin and Child with two angels appearing to two saints

Fabrizio Santafede, 1575-1623

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crucified Christ above kneeling robed figures beside classical arches.

St. Thomas Aquinas Presenting His Work to the Crucified Christ

Santi di Tito, ca. 1593

Graphite drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist beside a tree, on grey-blue paper with grid lines.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of two flying putti above studies of draped cloth, with faint grid lines.

Studies of Two Flying Putti and of Drapery (recto); Seated Virgin and Child, and Kneeling Child (verso)

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

The Virgin in profile facing right reading to the infant Christ

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Oil painting of the Last Supper: Christ at a central table with apostles in colorful robes around a platter of fish.

The Last Supper

Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1578-1615

Engraving of Saint Paul raising a fallen Patroclus as onlookers gather, with a dog at lower left and classical buildings behi

Saint Paul raising Patroclus who is on the ground, surrounded by a group of onlookers, a dog in the foreground at left

Agostino Carracci, 1583

Engraving of the crucifixion with Christ center, the swooning Virgin supported by two women at left, and a bearded saint at r

Christ on the cross, Saint John to the right looking toward him, to the left is the fainting Virgin Mary supported by…

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Engraving of the dead Christ supported by the Virgin and a winged angel, with a crown of thorns on the ground.

Pietà: Christ supported by the Virgin and an angel at the right

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Engraving of the mystic marriage of Saint Catherine with the Christ child, angels with instruments, and a landscape beyond.

The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine who sits at center with the Christ child, angels with instruments at the left

Agostino Carracci, 1585

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns, seated beside the grieving Virgin Mary, with soldiers and a bearded man behind.

Ecce Homo

Agostino Carracci, 1587

Engraving of a haloed figure among clouds with angels and trumpets, and a skeleton with a scythe on a hill below.

The Triumph of Eternity on Death, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Engraving of a winged angel beside a young man, a bearded elderly man, and a veiled woman in a room with a curtain.

Tobias and the Archangel Raphael, from "The Story of Tobias"

Georg Pencz, 1543

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, grieving women at the base, a standing man on the right, and a distant

The Crucifixion

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude child leaning on a sphere while an older child looks on.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Brown wash drawing of a haloed saint watching as a man smashes a statue on a pedestal while angels descend above.

Saint Benedict Orders the Destruction of Idols at Montecassino

Gaspare Serenario, 1694-1759

Engraving of three winged angels seated at a table with Abraham bending toward them while a woman watches from a doorway.

The Three Angels Visiting Abraham, from "The Story of Abraham"

Pen and ink drawing of a seated youth raising his hand before robed men on a platform beneath curtains.

Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple (Luke 2:46-47)

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd gathers, with a figure spreading a cloak on the road.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Holy Family with the infant Baptist, with draped curtains and an angel above.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, 1521-75

Etching of Saint Jerome kneeling in a wilderness with a halo, a lion, an open book and a cross beside him.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Annibale Carracci, ca. 1591

Etching of the Holy Family resting under trees, with an angel bending from a palm tree and the infant Christ on the Virgin's

The Holy Family resting on their flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Etching of the Holy Family resting, with Mary holding the Christ child, Joseph offering fruit, and two putti above.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ while St. Joseph hands him a fruit

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639