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18,168 works

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

Engraving of a seated Madonna nursing an infant beside a wooden fence, with a bird perched on the rail and a draped cloth.

Madonna on a grassy bench

Albrecht Dürer, 1503

Grey ink landscape drawing with framing trees, a river and bridge, a hilltop castle, cattle and boats, and distant rocky hill

Landscape with the Healing of the Blind

David Vinckboons, 1601

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 the Holy Family by a ruined arch with an ox, two women by a stream, and a hilltop town beyond.

Landscape with the holy family and two midwives

Lucas van Uden, 1595-1673

Pen and grey wash drawing of an angel appearing in the sky above shepherds, sheep, and a dog in a landscape.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

David Vinckboons, 1604

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 rustic village with timber buildings, a large tree at right, and small figures walking along a path.

Landscape with the holy family and the three holy kings

Hans Jørgen Kirksteen, 1746

Pen and ink sketch of figures lowering a draped body beneath an arch, with a smaller standing figure at left.

The entombment after a sketch of an executioner

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640 - c. 1641

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 fortified city gate above a waterfall and river, with robed figures on a path and distant hills.

Landscape with Jesus and two apostles in front of a city gate

Hans Jørgen Kirksteen, 1746

Brush and watercolor drawing of the crucified Christ with Mary and John below and God the Father with cherubs above.

Christ on the Cross

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1650 - c. 1659

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

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of the Madonna nursing the Christ Child, seated with drapery and red chalk accents.

Madonna Nursing the Christ Child

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1670-72

Grey ink drawing of a ruined Doric temple colonnade with grazing oxen and figures in the foreground.

View of the temple of 'Juno' near Paestum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1775

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

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a winged angel with billowing drapery and an extended bare leg on grey paper.

A Flying Angel (recto)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1723-27

Red chalk drawing of figures gathered on a riverbank beside a tree and distant buildings, a scene of The finding of Moses.

The finding of Moses

Gesina ter Borch, c. 1655 - c. 1656

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

Pen drawing of a reading saint beside a tree and a lion, with a hilltop town and winding road in the distance.

Saint Jerome in a Landscape

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1530

Watercolor of the round temple of Vesta in Rome with fountain, oxen, cart and figures in an open square.

The temple of Vesta in Rome

Joseph August Knip, c. 1809 - c. 1812

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

Red and black chalk drawing of a robed man gazing upward with one arm raised, drapery swirling around his legs.

St. John the Evangelist

Charles de La Fosse, c. 1700-1702

Grey watercolor of a crowd and veiled figures in a procession below ruined Roman arches and walls on a hillside.

A Procession at the Foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome

Joseph August Knip, c. 1809 - c. 1812

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…

Black chalk drawing of a reclining winged angel in draped cloth, with studies of hands on the reverse sheet.

A Flying Angel (recto); Studies of Hands Playing Instruments (verso)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1723-27

Woodcut of an archer drawing his bow at a nude man bound to a tree, with arrows on the ground and a distant town.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Hans Baldung Grien, 1505/07

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

Brown ink and wash sketches on grey paper showing several studies of the Madonna and Child and other figures.

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto); Architectural Studies (verso) [partially visible on recto]

Paolo Veronese, c. 1570

Engraving of Saint Jerome seated by a lion and skull on a rocky ledge, with a river, bridge and town in the distance.

Saint Jerome in the Desert

Cherubino Alberti, c. 1575

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.

Brown ink sketches on blue paper of the Madonna and Child in several poses, with seated figures and a small animal.

Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto)

Paolo Veronese, c. 1580