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Two etched versions of the Entombment showing mourners lowering the body of Christ onto a tomb.

Entombment

Guido Reni, ca. 1595-1600

Engraving of two haloed apostles standing beneath an ornate Gothic canopy, one holding a staff and one holding a book.

St. Philip and St. James the Less, from the series The Apostles

Master ES, 15th century

Engraving of St. George on horseback spearing a dragon, with a kneeling woman, a castle on a cliff and a distant city.

St. George, from the series The Apostles

Master ES, 15th century

Circular engraving of a haloed seated figure with a lamb in rocky landscape, framed by winged symbols and scrollwork.

St. John the Baptist in the Desert

Master ES, 15th century

Engraving of a bearded wild man holding a club beside a tall stem of curling foliate ornament on a pale sheet.

Ornament with a Wild Man

Master ES, 15th century

Engraving of women on a riverbank under a tree, one kneeling to lift an infant, with a nude figure standing at left.

Moses Rescued from the Nile

Battista d'Agnolo, 16th century

Sheet of nine small religious engravings showing seated Holy Family groups and figures in interiors and landscapes.

The Holy Family

Georges Reverdy

Engraving of a bearded saint in a robe surrounded by grotesque winged and scaled demons tormenting him.

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons

Master FVB, late 15th century

Album page with three engravings: an oval male bust portrait and two scenes of religious and allegorical figures.

Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

Vespasiano Strada

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man with a mustache and lace collar, with the name Franciscus Snyders below.

Frans Snyders, from "The Iconography"

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Pen and ink frieze design with a reclining nude man, a female figure, scrolls and a small unicorn head.

Design for a Frieze: A Nude Man, Sea Creature, a Garland and Volutes, Small Head of Unicorn

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1600-30

Etching of a windblown beech tree with exposed roots, a forest behind it, cottages at right, and a shepherd with animals.

The Great Beech

Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650-82

Pencil sketches of seven sculptures on pedestals, including reclining nudes, draped figures and an embracing pair.

Sketches of seven sculptures: The Four Seasons, Venus and Adonis, a Beggar, and Salmacis

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketches of sculptural figures on tracing paper: a seated woman with a dog, two seated figures, and a woman with a chi

Sketches of seven statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketch of a classical statue of Venus holding drapery, standing on a rocky pedestal, with an Italian caption below.

Sketch of a statue: Venus Entering the Bath

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketches of five classical statues including a standing youth labeled Amore, a bearded draped figure, and reclining putti

Sketches of five statues: Love, Aristides, Putto with a Cat, Psyche, and Putto with a Dog

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketch of a statue of a winged guardian angel with a child leaning against her, standing on a plinth.

Sketch of a statue: Guardian Angel

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen drawing of a sarcophagus design with a winged figure, a mourning figure, and an hourglass with wings above.

Design for a sarcophagus with two mourning figures

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen and ink sketch of two draped classical female statues on pedestals, one wearing a floral wreath, numbered 22 and 23.

Sketch of two statues: Ballerinas by Canova

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketches of six sculptures on pedestals, including a kneeling Magdalen, a winged angel, a boxer, and a Madonna with child

Sketches of six statues: Magdalen by Canova, Divine Love by Bienaimé, Praying Angel, Boxer by Canova, Trust in God by…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketches of three classical statues on numbered plinths: Diana, a nymph, and Cupid and Psyche, with handwritten notes.

Sketches of three statues: Diana, Nymph Bathing and Cupid and Pysche

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Sketch of a statue: Bacchante by Bartolini

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketch of a seated nude statue with a lyre, beside a pedestal elevation and scale bars.

Sketch of a statue: Nymph (or Nymph of the Rhine) by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler

Franz Xaver Schwanthaler, ca. 1850

Sketch of Three Vases

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Etching of St. Jerome seated with a glowing halo, holding a cross, with a lion, skull, and tree in a dark cave setting.

St. Jerome

Jan Lievens, 17th century

Etching of a skeleton Death behind two card players, one raising a knife and the other gripping his arm.

Death and Card Players

Jan Lievens, 1620-74

Man in a Turban

Jan Lievens, 17th century

Etched portrait of a curly-haired man in a draped cloak holding a lute, with a Latin inscription below and a landscape behind

Jacques Gaultier

Jan Lievens, 17th century

Etched bust portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald crown and high collar, signed Jan Lievens.

Portrait of Robert South

Jan Lievens, mid-17th century

Pencil drawing of a classical ceiling panel with acanthus scrolls, a central rosette, and corner flower roundels.

Classical Ceiling Moldings with Floral Ornament

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79