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Print of nymphs and cupids gathered around a fountain beneath trees, with putti tumbling on clouds in the foreground.

La Fontaine d'Amour

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1785

Etching of Christ crowned with thorns presented to a crowd by a Roman soldier, with raised arms and a seated figure on a barr

Ecce Homo

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Christ crucified on a tall cross with INRI sign, mourning women kneeling below and a child at the cross base.

Crucifixion

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etched frontispiece with a cartouche reading LA VIE DE N.S. JESUS.C, a cross above, angels and kneeling figures below.

Frontispiece to the series The Life of Christ

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of men hoisting a crucified Christ on a cross with ropes and a ladder against a hatched sky.

Elevation of the Cross

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Christ collapsing under the cross with soldiers, a crowd, and mourners on a rocky hillside.

Carrying the Cross

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of the Annunciation: an angel kneels on a cloud pointing up at a dove, while Mary kneels at a prie-dieu beside a chai

Annunciation

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of the risen Christ rising above a tomb as soldiers sleep and an angel gestures in the foreground.

Resurrection

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of figures lowering the body of Christ toward a stone tomb beneath rocky hills and trees.

Entombment of Christ

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of the Descent from the Cross with figures on ladders lowering Christ's body beside a standing mourning woman.

Descent from the Cross

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene at a tomb, with a haloed Christ standing and two angels in a cave above.

Christ appearing to Mary Magdelen

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of a haloed figure above a table where two seated men share bread in a tiled interior room.

Division of the Bread

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of a robed figure rising into the sky with a halo while figures below reach upward in a wooded landscape.

Ascension

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of the Nativity with the Virgin and infant Christ, a kneeling man, shepherds, and angels in clouds above.

Nativity

Claude Gillot, n.d.

The Celestial Art

Odilon Redon, 1894

Engraving of The Death of Saint Joseph: an old bearded man on a bed, attended by a younger man and cherubs above.

The Death of St. Joseph

Alonso Cano, 1766

Etching of Christ raising Lazarus from a tomb, with startled onlookers and dramatic light in an arched frame.

The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1632

Etching of kneeling Christ comforted by an angel in a beam of light, with sleeping disciples in shadow beneath a tree.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Dominique Vivant Denon, late 18th-early 19th century

Engraving of the Virgin Mary crowned by Christ and God the Father, with a dove above and musician angels on clouds below.

Coronation of the Virgin

Annibale Carracci, 1741

Engraving of two seated women on clouds, a cherub at a pedestal between them, and a flying angel holding a scroll above.

Two female figures seated in the clouds flanking an angel and another flying above carrying a banderole

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, ca. 1510-25

Etching of the Virgin holding the Christ child in a glowing halo, walking past a rocky cave with animals below.

The angel awakening Joseph to the presence of the Virgin and Child

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-49

Etching of a nude saint bound to a tree while an executioner works with a knife, with soldiers and rocks around him.

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Jusepe de Ribera, 1624

Etching of Saint Jerome receiving last communion among kneeling mourners, with angels above and a skull in the foreground.

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome

François Perrier, 1584-1650

Engraving of haloed Christ among kneeling winged angels in a wooded landscape with rabbits, deer, birds and a wolf.

Christ in the Wilderness Served by Angels

Master i.e., ca. 1480-90

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ before a seated figure on a platform, surrounded by soldiers and onlookers unde

Christ Before Pilate

Thomas Blanchet, ca. 1670-80

Etching of Christ overturning tables among fleeing merchants in a columned temple interior, with a bull and scattered coins.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Etching of an angel in white robes appearing in light above startled shepherds, sheep and cattle on a dark wooded hillside.

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of a woman riding a donkey with a child beside her along a wooded hill, with a distant town across the valley.

Flight into Egypt: Altered from Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Segers

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Brown ink wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with a kneeling elder, a mother and child, oxen, and a crowd.

The Adoration of the Magi

Nicolaes Maes, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Hans Rottenhammer, ca. 1595-1606