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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hand-colored print of Washington lifted to heaven by winged figures, with mourners kneeling at his tomb below.

Apotheosis of George Washington

Heinrich Weishaupt, 1830-50

Pencil sketch of a bearded prophet and a bishop above a cluster of angels in clouds, on aged paper.

A Bearded Prophet in Glory Attended by a Bishop, Two Other Male Saints, and Angels (Design for a Section of a Dome)

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1634-35

An Angel Holding a Carafe on a Plate

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

Engraving of two robed saints in a wooded landscape with a pig, a bird, a castle, and boats in the distance.

Saint John and Anthony in a Landscape

Master IQV, ca. 1544-45

Engraving of two saints in a landscape: a young man with a lamb beside a tree, and a bearded elder with a staff and pig.

Saint John and Saint Anthony

Master IQV, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of Saint Thomas with a halo, holding a carpenter's square and a book, in a draped robe.

Saint Thomas

Master FVB, ca. 1490-1500

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

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

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 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 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 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 (?)

Woodcut-style prints of crowded figures, including a nude central figure surrounded by bearded men and drapery.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1556-57 (?)

Woodcut of mourners grieving over a draped dead body on rocky ground, with a second scene of struggling soldiers above.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Andrea Schiavone, 1550s

Saint Cecilia with a halo, holding an ornate harp beside a tree, in a green gown and red mantle, with a river and crescent mo

Saint Cecilia

Gustave Moreau, ca. 1890-95

Etching of a dead nude body lowered by mourning figures, with a bearded man at right under a stormy sky.

Entombment Facing Left

Parmigianino, 1529-30

Print sheet showing a standing figure of St. Philip with a staff, surrounded by other engraved religious compositions.

St. Philip

Parmigianino, ca. 1524-30

Sheet of nine small religious prints by Parmigianino showing saints, Madonna and Child, and interior scenes with handwritten

St. Thais

Parmigianino, ca. 1524-30

Page of nine small prints, several showing Nativity and Holy Family scenes with Mary, the Christ Child and Joseph.

The Nativity

Parmigianino, ca. 1524-30

Woodcut of two bearded saints beside a large tree, one holding an open book, with a hilly landscape behind them.

Saint John the Baptist and Saint Onuphrius

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1503

Engraving of the Savior with a radiating halo, holding a globe, flanked by two angels in a Gothic arched frame.

The Savior

Master ES, mid-15th century

Engraving of the Annunciation: a winged angel flies at upper left toward a kneeling woman beside a draped curtain and carved

The Annunciation with Flying Angel

Enea Vico, 1548