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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,975 works

Gray wash drawing of the Good Shepherd standing on a globe with a lamb, cherubs, a dragon and a radiant IHS monogram.

The Good Shepherd

Gottfried Eichler the Younger, 1715-70

Grey wash drawing of Christ holding a cross above clouds, with angels, skeletons and falling figures in the lower corners.

Christ as Judge

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1708-74

Drawing of a robed priest giving last rites to plague victims beneath hovering angels and cherubs, with columns behind.

Saint Carl Borromäus Giving Extreme Unction to the Plague-Stricken

Johann Daniel Herz the Elder, 1700-1754

Engraving of the prophet Daniel seated on an ornate throne, holding an open book, with Italian verse below.

The Prophet Daniel, from "Prophets and Sibyls"

Francesco Rosselli, 1480-90

Engraving of the Madonna nursing the Christ Child seated against a large tree, with a landscape behind them.

The Madonna nursing the Christ Child at the foot of a tree

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1502-3

Engraving of mourners carrying Christ's body to a rocky tomb, with three crosses on a hill and an inscription on a stone bloc

The Entombment of Christ

Andrea Mantegna, before 1475

Pen drawing of a draped standing figure raising a chalice, with horizontal hatching in the background.

Saint John the Evangelist

Andrea Schiavone

Circular engraving of Mary Magdalen carried upward on clouds by winged angels, with radiating light rays.

Mary Magdalen carried to Heaven

Jean Mignon, ca. 1535-55

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross with men on ladders lowering a body and mourning women gathered below.

Descent from the Cross

Master IQV, 1543

Engraving of a draped woman holding an infant in an arched niche, with French inscription text below.

Virgin and Child in a Niche

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, mid 16th century

Engraving of the Nativity with the infant Christ on the ground, surrounded by kneeling figures, an elderly seated man, and an

The Nativity

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1544-48

Engraving of a standing female saint with halo and palm frond, draped robes, in an octagonal niche.

A female Saint

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 16th century

Engraved Nativity scene with the infant Christ, attending figures, and angels in dense crosshatched lines on a dark ground.

The Nativity

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 1530-73

Engraving of the Virgin Mary rising above clouds with a halo and radiating light, an angel below her.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1535-73

Engraving of the crowned Virgin holding the Christ child in an arched niche, with a palm branch and French inscription below.

The Virgin and Child in a Niche

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 1543

Engraving of Saint Stephen kneeling amid a stoning crowd, with God and Christ and angels in clouds above a city.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Domenico del Barbiere

Engraving of the Madonna and Child with saints, an angel, and a dragon beneath a draped canopy bed and lattice window.

Madonna of Saint Margaret

Master IQV, ca. 1543

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling saint with arms raised among lions in an amphitheatre, with spectators above.

San Ponziano in an Amphitheatre Being Exposed to Lions

Christoph Unterberger, 1732-98

Engraving of the Virgin Mary rising among clouds, surrounded by angels and cherubs, with a dove and light rays above.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Master IQV, 1540-50

Grey-toned print of an elderly bearded man in draped robes holding keys beside a book, identified as Saint Peter.

Saint Peter

Domenico Beccafumi, ca. 1547

Black and white woodcut of Saint Philip standing beside a tall cross, holding a book, with hatched background.

Saint Philip standing holding a book and a cross

Giuseppe Scolari, ca. 1590-1600

Engraving of a baptism scene with Christ in a river, a dove above, a font in front, and framing biblical vignettes.

Baptism, from "The Seven Sacraments"

Philips Galle, 1576

Etching of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap, her haloed face turned upward beside him.

Pietà

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of the Madonna holding a curly-haired Christ child on her shoulder, against a crosshatched background with a halo.

Madonna and Child

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child with an older man, a woman in curled hair, and a torch-bearing angel.

The Holy Family with Saint Catherine, Saint John the Evangelist and an Angel

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of a haloed woman seated by a window with a winged angel, and a haloed infant asleep in a bed nearby.

Virgin and Child with an Angel

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Etching of the Madonna seated with the Christ child, who holds a rose, both with halos, before draped curtains.

Madonna with a Rose

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616

Etching of a standing figure seen from behind, wearing a plumed hat and a long draped cloak with fur collar.

Melchior, from "Three Magi"

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616

Etching of a bearded man in a plumed turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a covered vessel, standing on ornate shoes.

Caspar, from "Three Magi"

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616

Etching of Christ raising Lazarus from a tomb, surrounded by a crowd of mourners and onlookers in flowing robes.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jacques Bellange, 1595-1616