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Two saints with halos stand in a hilly landscape, one holding a book and palm frond, the other in a red fur-trimmed cloak.

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian in a landscape. Oil painting attributed to A. Pérez de Pineda

Andrés Pérez de Pineda

Oil painting of ancient figures and cherubs sorting medicines in an arched laboratory with a furnace and mortar.

Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medi…

Johannes Zacharias Simon Prey

Coloured aquatint of a Hindu temple interior with stone columns, timber ceiling and small figures on the floor.

Interior of a Hindu temple, Deo, Bihar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of women in headscarves carrying an icon in a village procession past thatched cottages, watched by a ch

A religious cholera procession in rural Russia. Pen drawing by I.A. Wladimiroff

Ivan Alexéiévitch? Wladimiroff

Engraved grid of twenty labelled bust portraits of religious thinkers and theologians in period dress.

Churchmen: twenty portraits of religious thinkers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Etching of a robed preacher above a crowd on open ground before city buildings, with engraved verse captions below.

The Moorfields congregation with George Whitefield, representing religious mania. Etching by G. Bickham

Etching of a group rehearsing music indoors, with a violinist, a boy reading sheet music, and a bearded man conducting.

A musical rehearsal for a Jewish religious service (?). Etching by E. Moyse, 1865

Etching of a rocky wooded landscape with a kneeling saint, a lion, and a wooden cross beside a cliff.

Saint Jerome in a landscape. Etching by H. van Swanevelt

Herman van Swanevelt

Dark mezzotint of a crowd on a rocky shore below cliffs and clouds, with a distant castle over a lake.

Christ feeds the five thousand in a sublime landscape. Mezzotint with engraving by J. Martin, 1835

Engraving of Mary Magdalen resting beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape with distant hills.

Saint Mary Magdalen in a landscape. Engraving by J. Coelemans after J.B ("François") Forest

Jean Baptiste Forest

Etching of a sleeping man on rocks beneath a ladder of angels, with windblown trees and a rugged landscape.

Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape and dreams of a ladder of angels. Etching by J. Goupy after S. Rosa

Engraved winter landscape with bare trees, a village, and an angel above a sleeping figure and the Holy Family in a shelter.

The month January and the sign of Aquarius, represented by a winter landscape, the dream of Saint Joseph, and the Fli…

Etching of an allegorical woman on clouds with angels above a landscape with rainbow, shepherd, lambs and lovers.

An allegorical woman on clouds, surrounded by gamboling angels above a landscape with rainbow, lovers and a shepherd…

Christian Friedrich Fritzsch

Watercolour of a stepped stone staircase leading to a tiered temple with golden finial, with a tree and small figures.

Possibly the temple at Nu Tooth, Sri Lanka. Watercolour drawing by C.H.S.B.

Etching of a rocky wooded landscape with a waterfall, with a haloed woman reclining at lower right beneath trees.

Saint Mary Magdalen. Etching after G.F. Grimaldi

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?

Lithograph of a large banyan tree on a river island, with a sailing boat, a domed building and small figures on the shore.

A famous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.), named Cubbeer Burr, on a river island in India. Lithograph by W. Stoker…

Engraving of a dense forest with gnarled trees, reeds at a marshy pool, and a small seated figure near the center.

Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness. Engraving by J. van Londerseel after G. de Hondecoeter

Gillis Claesz. de Hondecoeter

Coloured lithograph of a hazy desert valley with tall cliffs, a large boulder, and robed figures resting in the foreground.

The Rock of Moses in Wady-El-Leja valley, west of Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts…

Engraving of a man climbing a coconut palm beside a banana plant, with water, a small building and hills behind.

A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting i…

Hand-coloured etching of conical thatched pagodas with spires among palm and broad trees, two figures on a path.

Buddhist pagodas at Deoghar, Bihar. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787

Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha enthroned with lions and Nandi the bull before snowy mountains.

Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha enthroned on Mount Kailas with Nandi the bull. Chromolithograph by R. Varma

Raja Ravi Varma

Engraving of a bearded man in a roundel on a pedestal, unveiled by winged Fame beside helmeted Minerva and a carving putto.

A portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, in a roundel, on a pedestal, being unveiled by Fame at the command of Minerva, as a…

Engraving of Apollo and allegorical figures with cherubs, a portrait roundel, a lion and a distant city view.

Allegorical figures, including Apollo: one supports a portrait roundel of Karl Theodor, Elector Palatine, with attrib…

Two-panel etching: an artist studies five women in a colonnade; below, figures gather before a painted veil and grapes.

(Above) Zeuxis painting the portrait of Juno from the features of five different women; (below) Parrhasius deceives o…

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak with a cross, with French text below.

Joseph Xavier Tissot, in religion Father Hilarion. Lithograph by A. Lalauze [?]

Adolphe Lalauze

Oval lithograph portrait of an elderly bald man in a white clerical collar and cassock, captioned S. Vincenzo de Paoli.

Saint Vincent de Paul. Lithograph by A. Guardassoni

Alessandro Guardassoni

Engraving of Saint Bruno kneeling and praying in a rocky wilderness, with a dog, skull and book nearby.

Saint Bruno praying in the wilderness. Engraving after C. Mellan

Sepia etching of a man in a cap pointing from an easel holding a Virgin Mary toward a procession outside a window.

Pier Leone Ghezzi standing before his easel on which is placed an image of the Virgin Mary, and pointing out of the w…

Pier Leone Ghezzi

Etching of a bearded man seated by a window reading a sheet, with a crucifixion triptych and skull on a table.

Abraham Francen, apothecary, seated by a window, gazing at a print or drawing. Etching by or after Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn

Lithograph of four robed men at a table with open books and an hourglass, translating the Bible.

Four Protestant reformers translating the Bible. Lithograph by L. Noel after P.A. Labouchère, 1847

Pierre-Antoine Labouchère

Aquatint of a stout young boy in a dark jacket holding a walking stick before rocky cliffs and water.

Hercules, a very large child. Aquatint by T. Cartwright, 1815, after E. Pugh

Antoine de Parcieux. Line engraving by A. de Saint Aubin, 1771, after C. N. Cochin

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Line engraving portrait of an older bearded man in a skullcap and collar, captioned St Vincent de Paul.

Saint Vincent de Paul. Line engraving after F. Turonen

Charles Paul Landon

Line engraving of an elderly man in a dark cassock and skullcap, titled St Vincent de Paul, signed by Pigeot.

Saint Vincent de Paul. Line engraving by F. Pigeot

François Pigeot

Saint Vincent de Paul. Line engraving by A. Collas after N.M. Gatteaux

Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux

Engraving of a cleric holding a baby while reaching for another infant abandoned in the snow on church steps.

Saint Vincent de Paul: he rescues a baby abandoned in the snow. Line engraving by P. Baquoy after N. A. Monsiaux

Nicolas-André Monsiau

Line engraving of a bust-length portrait of a man with curled hair, beard, bow tie and double-breasted coat.

Jean Giraudeau de Saint Gervais. Line engraving by J. M. Leroux after P. R. Vignéron

Pierre Roch Vigneron

Engraved scene of Copernicus gesturing at a celestial diagram, surrounded by astronomers and telescopes in a Gothic hall.

Nicolas Copernicus among other astronomers of the world. Process print after a wood engraving by J. Styfi and J. Hole…

Michał Elwiro Andriolli