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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Engraving of a blind man led by armored soldiers as light falls from clouds, with a fallen rider and a hilltop city behind.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck

Engraving of a haloed man with a staff beside a city wall, as two men lower a seated figure in a basket from a tower.

Saint Paul Escapes from Damascus

Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck

Engraving of a bearded man standing before a seated paralytic in a kitchen interior, with a dog and a woman in a veil nearby.

The Healing of Eneas by Saint Peter

Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck

Engraving of an angel appearing to a seated man in an interior while soldiers wait in a colonnaded street scene.

The Angel Commands Cornelius to Fetch Saint Peter

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of Saint Peter's vision: a sleeping man, animals in a descending sheet, and workshop scenes in arched interiors.

The Vision of Saint Peter

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of a kneeling man bowing before a bearded saint with keys in a classical colonnaded hall, with soldiers and onlooke

Cornelius Worshipping Saint Peter

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of an executioner raising a sword over a kneeling man on a platform, watched by a crowd, mounted soldiers and child

Beheading of Saint James

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of an angel leading Saint Peter past sleeping guards in a prison, with an iron gate opening and a hanging lantern.

Saint Peter Delivered from Prison by an Angel

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of Saint Paul confronting a sorcerer before a columned building, with a crowd of robed men and a city square behind

Saint Paul Disputes the Sorcerer

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of Saint Paul healing a lame man at Lystra, with a crowd, classical columns and a city street behind.

Saint Paul Heals the Lame Man at Lystra

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of a preacher addressing seated hooded women by a river, with a walled city and palm tree behind.

Saint Paul Speaks to the Women of Philippi by a River

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of a jailer about to stab himself while Saint Paul and Silas kneel in an open prison cell nearby.

The Jailer about to Kill Himself, Converted by Saint Paul

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of a bearded saint in a crowd casting out spirits, with a sick patient in bed and a fire in the square.

Saint Paul Driving Out Evil Spirits

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of soldiers and a crowd seizing a fallen bearded man on temple steps, with columns and an obelisk behind.

The Arrest of Saint Paul

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of Saint Paul before the high priest in a columned hall, with soldiers, a seated council, and a street procession.

Saint Paul before the High Priest

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of Saint Paul standing before a seated ruler and woman on a dais, with armored soldiers and onlookers in a columned

Saint Paul before Festus and Agrippa

Philip Galle after Jan van der Straet

Engraving of a bearded man in a draped robe gripping a tall staff beside classical columns and stone ruins.

Saint Matthias (?)

Lambert Suavius, c. 1548

Engraving of a bearded saint holding a knife, standing in a stone niche beside a column, with wrapped legs and draped cloak.

Saint Bartholomew

Lambert Suavius, c. 1548

Etching of a woman with a jug at a stone well, speaking with a seated bearded man, with a walled town behind them.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Engraving of Saint Francis sleeping beside a skull as a winged angel plays violin above him in a wooded landscape.

Saint Francis Consoled by the Musical Angel

Agostino Carracci after Francesco Vanni, 1595

Engraving of a kneeling grieving woman supported by two winged angels, with a cross, crown of thorns, and nails below.

Mater Dolorosa Kneeling, Supported by Two Angels

Willem van der Leeuw after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a hood and draped cloak, eyes lowered, labeled S. Antonius, against a shadowed landscape

Saint Anthony

Engraving of a mounted commander in plumed helmet directing an army with spears and banners toward a burning city.

Moses makes the Hebrew army march against the Ethiopians

Antonio Tempesta, 1613

Engraving of an angel above a battlefield with dead soldiers, horses, tents and a walled city in the background.

The Exterminating Angel Vanquishing the Army of Sennacherib

Antonio Tempesta, 1613

Etching of a woman holding an infant on straw, with angels and a bearded God the Father in clouds above.

God the Father and Angels Adoring the Christ Child

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Engraving of a kneeling friar embracing the Christ Child held by a seated Virgin, with cherubs in clouds above.

Saint Francis Adoring the Christ Child

Claude Mellan, 1650-1688

Ink and wash drawing of many nude figures tumbling downward in a dense, swirling mass, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1712/1715

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing draped standing women and a group of robed men in conversation.

Scenes from the Life of Saint Peter

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crucifixion with onlookers below and two draped standing figures before classical ruins above.

Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Woodcut of the Holy Family under a large tree, with Mary holding the Christ Child beside Saint Anne and Saint Joachim.

The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under a Tree

Albrecht Dürer, 1511