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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,975 works

Etching of a boy walking between a woman and a bearded man with a staff, a dog below, and a rocky landscape behind.

Christ between his Parents, Returning from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of a kneeling bearded saint praying before a crucifix beneath a large tree, with a domed church on the hill.

Saint Francis beneath a Tree, Praying

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1657

Etching of a crowded execution scene on a plain, with archers, horsemen, banners and ruined classical buildings.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Jacques Callot, ca. 1632-33

Etching of the Supper at Emmaus showing a bearded figure at a table with radiant light, companions, and an elderly woman at l

The Supper at Emmaus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Pen and ink design for an ornate cartouche showing a religious scene of figures beside a draped curtain.

Design for a Cartouche with a Religious Subject in the Central Compartment

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of the dead Christ reclining with a haloed head while a woman with long hair holds his foot.

The Dead Christ Mourned by the Magdalen Who Venerates the Wounds on His Feet

Fortunato Duranti, 1787-1863

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily faces the kneeling Virgin Mary beside a draped curtain.

Annunciation

Filippo Bellini, 1560-1600

Pen and ink study of a bearded prophet-like man in draped robes raising one arm, on a grey-toned sheet.

Study for the Prophet Jeremiah (recto); Studies of a Horse Seen from Below and of a Man Seated on a Chair, Probably a…

Henry Fuseli, 1764-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Entombment, with Christ's body held by mourners in an arched architectural setting.

Entombment

Maso da San Friano, 16th century

Pen and wash architectural design of an arched altarpiece niche beneath a garlanded dome with rococo cartouches.

Architectural Design with an Altarpiece Framed in a Niche and Surmounted by a Dome

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1755-1817

Pen and wash drawing of a trompe l'oeil ceiling with Corinthian columns, ornate vault moldings, eagles and figures opening to

Design for a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, ca. 1750-60

Brown ink drawing of Saint Lawrence with a halo, holding a book and palm, standing beside a gridiron on a grid-ruled sheet.

Saint Lawrence

Bartolomeo Cesi, 1619

Brown ink drawing of a tiered architectural altar with a central niche, flanking seated figures, and a winged figure at top.

Design for an Altar Erected for the Holy Week

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750-66

Pen and grey wash drawing of an oval ornamental design with Passion scenes, a crucifixion, and winged putti around a blank ca

Design for a Silver Vessel with Scenes from the Passion of Christ

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, ca. 1600

Grey wash drawing of a dying saint in bed with a kneeling woman and standing figures near a stepped doorway.

The Death of Saint Hilary (recto); Sketch of an Arm (verso)

Jan van Scorel, early-mid 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Deposition, with figures on a ladder lowering a body and mourners below beside a crucifixion

The Deposition from the Cross

Domenico Campagnola, 1537-1550

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling woman with a child before an armored figure on a pedestal, within a classical colonnaded h

Amya Petitioning Faustus for the Custody of Saint Mamas

Jean Cousin the Elder, ca. 1543

Watercolor design of an ornate altar flanked by a crowned saint and a nun, with a heavenly vision above the altar.

Altar Flanked by St. Louis and St. Theresa

Émile Charles Wattier, mid-19th century

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin and Child with an older man gesturing beside them, with heavy drapery.

The Holy Family

Jan Gossaert, ca. 1510-20

Circular pen and ink drawing of Christ being crowned with thorns by soldiers, with architecture and putti in background.

The Crowning with Thorns

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1520-30

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Thomas standing barefoot in a long cloak beside a carpenter's square and tools.

Saint Thomas

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527

Brown wash drawing of an old bearded man kneeling in a rocky landscape beside a lion, with a town on a hill.

Saint Jerome Praying in a Landscape

Niccolò dell' Abate, 1550-60

Brown ink and wash drawing of seated King David playing a harp with angels on clouds, over a red chalk grid.

King David with Angels

Morazzone, ca. 1625-26

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a flowing robe and draped cloak, standing barefoot on a ground line.

An Apostle Holding a Book

the Elder Francisco de Herrera, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a lamentation scene with Christ's body on the ground and many mourning figures in period dress.

The Lamentation

Jan de Beer, ca. 1500-20

Drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ child, shepherds, oxen and a ruined stone structure.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Aertgen van Leyden, early 16th-mid 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Catherine, crowned and haloed, leaning on a sword with draped robes.

Saint Catherine Leaning on a Sword

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1503-4

Pencil and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Virgin and infant Christ lit at center and kneeling figur

Adoration of the Shepherds

Claude Vignon, ca. 1620-30

Pen and ink sketch sheet with nativity group, horseback figures before a village, and studies of contorted figures.

Sketches for Biblical Scenes

Rodolphe Bresdin

Colored design with Virgin and Child in clouds above a landscape scene, framed by an ornate blue patterned border.

Design for a Stained Glass Window

Rodolphe Bresdin