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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

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

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 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

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…

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…

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

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