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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Pen and brown ink study sheet with several sketches of the Virgin and Child and saints arranged on clouds.

Studies of the Virgin and Child with Saints

Palma il Giovane, 1611

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing mourners lowering the body of Christ, with a haloed figure at right.

Christ Carried to the Tomb

Palma il Giovane, 1607

Pen and ink study of a flayed figure on a table with attendants, above sketched tangled bodies on pale paper.

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew; The Conversion of Saint Paul

Palma il Giovane, 1590

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash showing several figure studies, including a kneeling robed man and a nude torso.

Studies of Christ Healing the Blind Man, Saint Philip Benizzi, and Saint Sebastian

Palma il Giovane, 1611

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Mark writing in a book, seated on clouds beside a lion, with a radiant halo.

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Peter Candid, 1600

Etching of a kneeling woman gazing up at a vision of God the Father and a haloed Virgin among clouds.

The Vision of Saint Anne

Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Etching of four haloed saints in robes under an arched frame, with winged putti and a staff at right.

Four Saints of the Benedictine Order

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Brown ink drawing of two saints healing a kneeling lame man in a colonnaded hall, with onlookers and a putto.

The Miracle of the Lame Man Healed by Saint Peter and Saint John

Peter Paul Rubens over Anonymous Italian after Parmigianino after Raphael, c. 1606/1608

Pen, brown wash and red chalk sketch of seated draped figures and two standing nude studies on pale paper.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Grey-toned drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, head bowed, with a crown of thorns at lower left.

The Dead Body of Christ

Martial Desbois, 1690

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Trinity with a cross, a globe, and many angels and cherubs among clouds.

The Trinity Surrounded by Angels

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Family: a bearded man, a veiled woman with halo, and a nude infant, with a small head study.

The Holy Family

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 1770

Engraving of an angel leading a boy across river stones past a dog, with trees and distant herders in the landscape.

Tobias and the Angel (The Little Tobias)

Hendrick Goudt, 1608

Engraving of a winged angel and young Tobias walking through a wooded landscape with a river and distant hills.

Tobias and the Angel (The Large Tobias)

Hendrick Goudt, 1613

Oval etching of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist, with a severed head, a sword, and several onlookers.

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Oil study of a young man's head turned downward, with curly hair, red drapery and yellow garment on warm ground.

The Head of Saint John the Evangelist

Federico Barocci, 1580

Pen and brown wash sketch of a martyrdom scene with a rearing white horse, nude figures and a billowing drape.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1620/1621

Engraving of Saint John the Evangelist with halo, holding a chalice with a serpent and accompanied by an eagle.

Si mortiferum quid biberint ... (Saint John the Evangelist)

Hieronymus Wierix

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with shepherds and villagers in a rustic interior, one man offering a bowl.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Ignatius Cornelis Marinus after Jacob Jordaens, c.1638

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned, with a kneeling saint, a bishop, and cherubs on clouds.

The Madonna and Child Enthroned, Adored by Two Saints

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, 1709

Etching of the Adoration of the Shepherds showing the Virgin with the infant Christ and shepherds in an interior.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Parmigianino, c. 1527

Woodcut of Saint Jerome kneeling in prayer before a crucifix in a cave, with a lion beside him and rocky cliffs above.

Saint Jerome in a Cave

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1515

Brown chiaroscuro print of the Entombment of Christ with mourning figures, a haloed body, and a rocky tomb setting.

The Entombment

Andrea Andreani after Raffaello Motta, 1585

Etching of a seated, long-haired man reaching toward leaves beside a tree, with a lamb at his feet.

Saint John the Baptist

Palma il Giovane

Engraving of Saint Andrew, a bearded elderly man in flowing drapery, raised arm, set against radiating light lines.

Saint Andrew

Bartolomeo Passarotti

Knight on horseback spearing a dragon in a rocky landscape with a castle on a hill, in a fine-lined black and white print.

Saint George Slaying the Dragon

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1511

Pen and ink drawing of a monstrance held by two angels, with radiating rays, cherub heads and an ornate scrolled base.

A Monstrance with Two Angels Supporting a Chalice

Giovanni Battista Foggini

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate reliquary with a radiant saint in an arched niche and kneeling figures below.

A Reliquary of Saint Sigismondo

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1719

Brown and green wash drawing of the risen Christ beside a cross, surrounded by kneeling saints and an angel above.

The Risen Christ Surrounded by Saints

Jan Boeckhorst, 1660

Engraving of an armored archangel casting down writhing demons and serpents through clouds and flames.

The Fall of the Rebellious Angels

Philippe Thomassin, 1618