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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,975 works

Grey wash drawing of Christ ascending among clouds, with angels, cherubs and kneeling apostles looking upward.

The Ascension of Christ

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Watercolor drawing of an ornate gothic interior elevation with a seated king statue in a central niche, candelabra, and heral

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis I

Charles Percier, 1815

Colored elevation drawing of a Gothic cathedral wall with a blue draped royal box, gilded ornament, and seated kings in niche

Elevation of Reims Cathedral with the Royal Box for the Coronation of Louis XVIII

Charles Percier, 1815

Pen and wash drawing of ceiling and wall ornament details labeled Villa Madama, St. Peter's and Madonna del Popolo.

Details of Ceilings, Villa Madama, St. Peter's and Madonna del Popolo

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Hand-colored print of the Crucifixion with three crosses, angels, a crowd of soldiers and mourners, and a gilded border.

Calvary, from Life of the Virgin and Christ

Francesco Rosselli, 1490-1500

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate crucifix with Christ, flanked by three figures at its base.

Design for a Crucifix with the Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ at a long table surrounded by apostles, a dog and ornate ewers in the foreground.

The Last Supper

Giorgio Ghisi, 1551

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns, struck by soldiers in an arched interior with onlookers and dogs on a tiled floor.

Christ Crowned with Thorns from The Passion

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing over red chalk showing studies of a crucifixion with a reclining body and figures handling a cloth.

Studies for a Crucifixion

Alessandro Casolani, 16th century

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ as the Man of Sorrows seated on a cross beam with Passion instruments below him.

Album with Twelve Engravings of The Passion, a Woodcut of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, and a Metalcut of St. Jerome…

Israhel van Meckenem, late 15th century

Decorated manuscript-style border with flowers, birds, a dog and Latin text, framing a faint pencil nativity sketch.

Decorated Border with Nativity Scene

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Painted illuminated initial with interlaced ornament and a haloed saint holding an inscribed banner beside a dragon.

Illuminated Initial and Saint

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Watercolor drawing with red gothic word Faith, a blue decorated initial, an angel with a cross, and a praying woman in clouds

Faith

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Decorative chromolithograph reading Faith, with an angel holding a cross, a draped woman, and ornate gold Gothic borders.

Faith

Freeman Gage Delamotte, January 1, 1864

Etching of two domed churches beside Trajan's Column in Rome, with carriages and pedestrians on a busy street.

Two churches near Trajan's column, S. Maria di Loreto and Santissimo Nome di Maria (Veduta delle due chiesa, l'una de…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1762

Etching of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe, standing barefoot and leaning on a long halberd.

Saint Jude (or Saint Matthias)

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616

Etching of Saint Andrew standing barefoot on a diagonal cross, wearing a fringed cloak, with a halo above his head.

Saint Andrew

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616

Colored design for a Gothic stained glass window with five panels of Old Testament scenes and angels above.

Design for Old Testament Window

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ca. 1870

Engraving of Christ standing before a seated high priest at night, with torch-bearing figures, soldiers, and a city tower beh

Christ before Caiphas, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of Christ standing before a seated ruler under a canopy, with soldiers and onlookers and a city view through an arc

Christ before Pilate, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Engraving of Sistine Chapel ceiling figures: Libyan Sibyl, Prophet Daniel, and Jesse, David and Solomon in arched spandrels.

Portion of the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with the Libyan Sibyl, Prophet Daniel, Jesse, David, and Solomon, from S…

Cherubino Alberti, 1577 (republished in 1628)

Engraving of muscular angels carrying a column, sponge and ladder across clouds in an arched composition.

Group from the Last Judgment, Angels Carrying the Column of the Flagellation and the Sponge and Ladder of the Crucifi…

Domenico del Barbiere, 16th century

Engraving of muscular nude and draped figures and apostles in a dense Last Judgment-style group, after Michelangelo.

Group from Last Judgment, St. Bartholomew, St. Peter, and other Apostles

Domenico del Barbiere, n.d.

Engraving of the Conversion of Saul: a rearing horse, falling soldiers on a hill, and God and angels in clouds above.

Conversion of Saul, from Michelangelo's fresco in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican

Nicolas Béatrizet, ca. 1545-60

Engraving of nude trumpeting angels on clouds, some holding open books, after Michelangelo's Last Judgment.

Trumpeting Angels from The Last Judgment, after Michelangelo

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1530-66

Pencil drawing of three cloaked figures talking in front of a stone arch and tower within an arched frame.

Christ and the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Ferdinand Olivier, ca. 1827

Pen and blue wash drawing of mounted riders and a fallen figure in the foreground, with a walled city on a hill behind.

The Conversion of St. Paul

Melchior Bocksberger, 16th century

Engraving of Saint Peter's crucifixion upside down on a cross, with soldiers on horseback and a crowd watching on a hillside.

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, after Michelangelo's frescoes in the Pauline Chapel, Vatican Palace

Michele Lucchese, 1550-60

Engraving of the Marriage of the Virgin: a priest joins a couple under a glowing dove in a columned temple, with onlookers on

Marriage of the Virgin

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1525-26

Etching of mourners gathered around a body beside a stone tomb under a dark, hatched sky, with a figure on a ladder at left.

The Entombment

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1654