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Yale University Art Gallery

246 works

Satirical lithograph of a man with giant scissors rising from an open coffin among stones and startled onlookers, 1832.

Résurrection de la Censure (The Resurrection of Censorship), from La Caricature, no. 62, pl. 125

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, 1832

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Lamentation: the dead Christ held by grieving women, with three crosses on a hill behind.

Lamentation

Giulio Romano, 1528

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns presented before a crowd, with a robed official, soldiers and a dog.

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo)

Martin Schongauer, 1475

Etching of a man leading a donkey carrying a woman and child past a statue on a pedestal in a wooded landscape.

The Holy Family Passing Near a Statue, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Charcoal and red chalk study of a standing female figure with arms outstretched on blue-grey paper.

Study for "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of the dead Christ lowered from the cross, held by mourners, with a ladder, crown of thorns, and distant town.

The Lamentation, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1501

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey on a rocky path, with a palm tree and a shepherd with goats at left.

The Holy Family on a Rocky Path, from the series Idee pittoresche sulla fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Drawing of the Holy Family: a seated woman with a child on her lap, another child beside her, and a standing figure near a co

The Holy Family

Laurent de La Hyre, 1630

Woodcut of the Virgin and Christ child in a landscape with angels, a bearded saint, and God above with doves.

The Holy Family with Five Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1503

Etching of the Holy Family with an angel, a man leading a donkey, sheep, and a large windblown tree in a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with Joseph, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Watercolor of a river town with church spires, a paddle steamer, and a log raft under a pale sky.

Saint Paul M.T. (Montana Territory)

John Mix Stanley, 1855

Woodcut of three bishops in mitres and vestments standing in an arched interior beside a stone column.

Saints Nicholas, Ulrich and Erasmus

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Etching of the Holy Family in a boat on a river with an angel, a boatman, swans and large trees on the bank.

The Holy Family Traveling by Boat, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Pen and ink drawing of a haloed bearded man extending his hand toward a kneeling, veiled figure in flowing robes.

Christ and Mary Magdalene

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of mourners lowering Christ's body into a stone tomb, with a crown of thorns and a distant cross.

The Entombment

Martin Schongauer, 1490

Etching of the Holy Family at a riverbank, with an angel poling a boat and light rays breaking through clouds.

The Holy Family Arrives at the Edge of a River, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Madonna (A Mother)

Anders Zorn, 1900

Engraving of mourners carrying a nude body on a cloth toward a rock tomb, with a crown of thorns on the ground.

The Entombment

Battista Franco Veneziano

Etching of the Holy Family disembarking from a boat beside a palm tree, with an angel and a donkey.

The Holy Family Disembarking, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Lithograph of a bearded man seated at an easel as a woman in a bonnet looks over his shoulder at the canvas.

C'te saint Ursule-la?...c'est une vieille etude...

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Pencil sketch of a standing winged angel in a flowing robe with a star halo, with smaller head studies and stars at right.

Study of an angel (for stained glass? for a ceiling?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of Joseph carrying the infant Jesus with an angel, Mary and a donkey on a rocky path beneath trees.

Joseph Carrying Jesus in his Arms, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Chiaroscuro woodcut in an oval of a draped reclining woman among flowers and foliage, with a second figure at right.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Antonio da Trento, 1527

Engraving of mourners lowering a body into a stone tomb beside a crown of thorns, with a rocky hillside behind.

The Entombment, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Etching of the Holy Family boarding a rowboat on a river beneath trees, with an angel and light rays above.

The Holy Family Enters a Boat, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Woodcut of St Christopher seated by a tree with the Christ Child on his shoulder, with a river and distant town behind.

St Christopher seated with the Christ Child stepping onto his shoulders

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1515

Lithograph of a stern schoolmaster at a desk ignoring a pupil with raised hand, other students behind, from Daumier's Profess

M'sieu . . . . M'sieu . . . . . M'siiieu . . . . . christi que c'est tannant d'avoir la colique quand le Pion pionse!…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Etching of the nave of Saint Peter's Basilica with colonnades, coffered vaults, distant altar and small figures on the floor.

Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano (Interior View of the Basilica of Saint Peter's in the Vatican…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Engraving of the dead Christ surrounded by mourners, with angels and cherubs carrying a cross in the clouds above.

Triumph of Christ

Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger

Hand-colored lithograph of a rocky canyon with tall pines, rock walls and distant hazy mountains, with a mule train at lower

Can(y)on Jesus Maria

Charles Gildemeister, 1851

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded prophet figure holding a long unfurled scroll, with billowing drapery.

Prophet

called Salviati Francesco Rossi, 1550

Engraving of the Virgin seated with the Christ child by a stone wall, with a castle and hills behind them.

The Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Charcoal and white chalk study of a standing draped figure with flowing robes on brown-grey paper.

Study of an angel

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and brown ink drawing of a striding man with a tall staff in a sketched landscape with trees.

Saint Christopher (or Saint Roch?) in a Landscape

Ludovico Carracci, 1600

Engraving of a nude man tied to a column, pierced by arrows, with a rocky landscape behind him.

Saint Sebastian Tied to a Column

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Pen and ink study of a robed angel with clasped hands and spread wings, surrounded by radiating hatched lines.

Study of an Angel, for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, comple…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ beside a resting donkey, with a man in a tree at left and a distant town.

The Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt

Jacob Matham, 1589

Woodcut of a haloed crowned king with a scepter beside gold coin chests, a horse, a tree with arms, and a distant castle.

Saint Guntramus

Leonhard Beck, 1510

Etching of a seated man talking with a woman at a well beside crumbling ruins, with onlookers and a distant city.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of the Holy Family under a palm tree, with the Virgin on a donkey, angels above, and figures resting in the foregroun

The Holy Family under a Palm Tree, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of Christ pointing toward two fishermen hauling a net from a boat on a lake, with a village and castle behind.

Calling of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew

Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert, 1523

Pencil sketch of a draped female figure with arms raised overhead and flowing hair on tan paper.

An angel

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of St. Peter's Basilica and square with obelisk, colonnades, carriages and figures in the foreground.

Veduta della Basilica, e Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano (View of the Basilica, and Piazza of Saint Peter’s in the Va…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey with angels overhead and a hilltop village in the background.

Joseph Contemplates the Infant Jesus, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753

Charcoal sketch of a draped winged angel figure on cream paper, with a small sketched figure at lower right.

Study of an angel, probably for a stained glass window. Another study on reverse

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of Christ's arrest: soldiers with swords, spears and torches surround a bearded figure as a man strikes with a swor

The Betrayal of Christ, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey beside a shepherd and sheep, with angels on a cloud above.

The Holy Family, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Chalk study on grey paper of a standing female figure with one arm raised and flowing drapery.

Study for central figure in "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships" mural at the state capitol building in…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Etching of a vaulted church interior with columns, coffered ceiling, marble floor, and small figures by Piranesi.

Veduta interna della Chiesa della Madonna degli Angoli detta della Certosa che anticam.e era la principal Sala delle…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776

Etching of the Holy Family with an angel leaving a river bank toward a boat, with reeds and birds in the background.

The Holy Family Leaving the Bank of the River, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of two draped women with an infant reaching for one's hair, beneath a dove and rays of light in clouds.

The Virgin with the Infant Christ and Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Woodcut of Christ praying on the Mount of Olives as an angel offers a chalice, with sleeping disciples and approaching soldie

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Hans Weiditz the Younger, 1522

Print of a woman with a pipe holding a child on her shoulder, against a dark swirling background with green patches.

Gypsy Madonna

Otto Mueller, 1927

Brown-toned print of the Virgin and Child with cherubs, a nude saint with an arrow, and a kneeling bishop in a mitre.

Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian Adored by a Bishop

possibly Niccolò Vicentino, 1605