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Etching of a kneeling young man embraced by an older cloaked man on stone steps, with onlookers at a doorway.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636

Etching of Peter and John at a temple gate, with a seated beggar at their feet and a crowd on the steps beyond.

Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1659

Engraving of a muscular bearded nude man raising one arm beside a tree, with draped cloth and faces in the rocks below.

John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness

Battista Franco Veneziano

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and mourning women, with a rocky landscape and tree behind

Christ Carrying the Cross

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552

Engraving of two winged angels flying diagonally, each holding a flaming torch against radiating light lines.

Two Angels or Winged Genii Carrying Torches

Battista Franco Veneziano

Engraving of the Annunciation: the Virgin kneels at left as an angel with a lily approaches, under God and clouds with angels

The Annunciation

Battista Franco Veneziano, before 1557

Engraving of an angel halting an elderly man's raised knife over a kneeling boy, with a ram and fire nearby.

The Angel Staying the Arm of Abraham

Battista Franco Veneziano

Etching of a bearded Saviour figure with arms raised, standing on clouds in a cloak, surrounded by radiating light lines.

The Saviour Covered in a Large Cloak

Battista Franco Veneziano

Engraving of a winged angel seated on hatched clouds, arm raised and gazing upward, in a draped robe.

Angel Seated on a Cloud

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1560

Engraving of the Entombment of Christ: two men carry a body while a haloed woman looks on, with a skull and crown of thorns n

The Entombment of Christ

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Grey wash drawing of Christ on a cross appearing above a kneeling monk, with angels, putti and watching saints on steps.

Christ Appearing to St. Bernard

Johann Georg Wolcker, 1700-1766

Engraving of Christ teaching bearded scholars in a colonnaded classical hall with a statue in a central niche.

Christ among the Doctors

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Engraving of St. Peter and St. John healing a lame man among tall columns, with onlookers and putti.

St. Peter and St. John healing the lame man at the gate of the temple

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1554-61

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi with a kneeling king, Virgin and Child, horses, a camel, and a bright star over a stab

The Adoration of the Magi

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Engraving of St. Jerome, nude and elderly, holding a skull beside a resting lion and a crucifix in a rocky landscape.

St. Jerome

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1550-60

Engraving of Abraham raising a sword over kneeling Isaac as an angel descends, with a ram and fire nearby.

The sacrifice of Abraham who needs before Isaac who raises his sword to strike him

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1540-60

Engraving of a Gothic church interior with a crucifix, ornate vaults, and figures, including a large beam in the foreground.

Interior of the Church of Saint Katherine’s with the Parable of the Mote and the Beam

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1530

Engraving of the Entombment of Christ, with men lowering the body in a shroud while mourners and bystanders gather around.

The Entombment

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-61

Engraving of Moses striking water from a rock while figures and animals gather below in a wooded landscape.

Moses Drawing Water from the Rock, at left with water flowing, various figures and animals waiting at right

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-61

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin, shepherds, ox and donkey, and angels on clouds above a sunburst.

The Adoration of the Shepherds with angels overhead

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Engraving of a nude man bound to a column, scourged by several bearded men with rods and whips, with a crown of thorns on the

The Flagellation

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-61

Pen and wash drawing of a robed churchman raising a host before clergy, with a kneeling crowd and a town gate behind.

Saint Bernard presenting the host to Guillaume X, duc de Guyenne

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape drawing of the Holy Family resting with an angel and a donkey beneath large trees and a palm.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (recto); The Arch of Titus, Camp Vaccino (verso)

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a seated bearded man speaking to a woman at a stone well beneath a large tree.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Nicholas Verkolje, early 18th century

Pen drawing of a crowned seated figure mocked by soldiers in feathered hats, one holding a staff above his head.

The Mocking of Christ

Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Last Supper, with apostles seated at a candlelit table in a columned interior.

The Last Supper

Claes Moeyaert, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of three cloaked travelers walking in a landscape, one pointing toward distant buildings on the right.

The Road to Emmaus

Claes Moeyaert, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in a cloak gesturing beside a reclining figure under a tree, with small figures in a dis

St. John the Baptist Pointing to Christ

Willem van Oordt, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Annunciation: the Virgin Mary at a lectern receives a lily from a winged angel amid clouds a

The Annunciation

Gabriel Hornstain, 1639

Engraving of Saint John the Baptist standing in a landscape with a tower and houses in the background.

Saint John the Baptist standing in landscape, figures and buildings in the background

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1505-10