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18,181 works

Red chalk drawing of three angel figures with outstretched arms and wings, over faint grid lines, on an irregular sheet.

Three Studies of Angels for a Pendentive (recto)

Cristoforo Roncalli, 1599/1604

Engraving of an angel in a beam of light over shepherds tending sheep, goats and cattle in a wooded landscape.

The Calling of Abraham (or The Annunciation to the Shepherds), from Cainet Reynst

Cornelis Visscher, c. 1655-58

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns standing before a seated Pilate washing his hands, with soldiers and dogs.

Christ before Pilate

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family embarking, with a donkey, a woman in a gown, and a tree.

Flight into Egypt: The Embarkment of the Holy Family

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1735

Medieval-style painting of shepherds with staff and basket walking toward a castle and village on a hill.

Shepherds on Their Way to the Nativity from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1495

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross past soldiers, with a kneeling woman holding a cloth bearing a face.

The Bearing of the Cross with Saint Veronica

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Pen and ink sketch of a seated Madonna in a veil holding the Christ Child on her lap, on reddish paper.

Madonna and Child

Stefano da Zevio, c. 1440/50

Illuminated antiphonal page with an angel playing an instrument in a decorated R initial, floral border, and musical notation

Angel Playing an Instrument in a Decorated Initial "R" with Flora, Fauna and Grotesque, from an Antiphonal

Unknown artist, n.d.

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourning figures at his feet, a skull, and a distant town.

The Crucifixion

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel descending toward a kneeling figure in a draped robe beside a column.

The Annunciation

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1568

Engraving of Saint Luke kneeling with a book beside a winged ox, facing the Virgin and Child on a throne with angels.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Anton Wierix II, c. 1580-90

Engraving of the Entombment of Christ with mourners lowering his body into a stone tomb, a crown of thorns at lower right.

The Entombment

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Drawing of a seated Madonna in a red shawl holding a child, with sketched drapery and a hand at upper right.

Madonna and Child

Jacopo Chimenti, c. 1600

Pen and brown ink sketch of the dead Christ supported by figures, with studies of heads and drapery on blue paper.

Dead Christ Supported by Holy Women and Angels

Circle of Lelio Orsi, n.d.

Engraving of Christ with a cross-topped staff reaching toward a kneeling Mary Magdalene beside a jar in a landscape.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Ink and wash drawing of an angel appearing to a kneeling bearded man beside a bed and a lit candle in a dim room.

Angel Appearing to Zacharias

Barent Fabritius, 1650-75

Pencil sketch of shepherds, cattle, and a floating angel among clouds, drawn on pale paper.

Adoration of the Shepherds

After Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Engraving of Saint John the Evangelist holding a chalice with a serpent rising from it, standing on a grassy mound.

Saint John the Evangelist

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed hermit with a staff facing nude demons with a club beside tree trunks.

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Luca Cambiaso, late 1570s

Pencil drawing of mourners carrying a nude body in a shroud, with kneeling women and a sketched tree line behind.

Entombment

Michael Köck, 1792

Engraving of the angel Saint Michael in robes with spread wings, spearing a dragon with a long staff below him.

Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a veiled woman in flowing drapes holding a small child on brown paper.

The Virgin and Child

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, second half 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head turned right, with long wavy hair and curled beard on tan paper.

Head of Christ

Giovanni Andrea Sirani, c. 1655

Engraving of crowned Christ blessing the praying Virgin Mary, with three angels in an arch above them.

Christ Blessing the Virgin

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Brown ink drawing of Christ in glory seated on clouds between two saints, with angels and putti and a small city below.

Christ in Glory with Two Saints

Marcantonio Bassetti, first third 17th century

Sepia woodcut of Moses seated beside the tables of the law, leaning on a staff before a gnarled tree.

Moses with the Tables of the Law

Ludwig Büsinck, n.d.

Engraving of the grieving Virgin Mary beside the dead Christ on a stone ledge, with a rocky cliff and distant city behind.

The Lamentation of the Virgin

Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael, 1510

Sepia drawing of a nude woman lifted by robed figures, a kneeling man and onlookers behind, a religious healing scene.

A Miracle of Saint Philip Benizzi: The Healing of a Demoniac Woman

Taddeo Zuccari, c. 1557

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling in a rocky cave with a crucifix, a lion behind him, and a skull at lower right.

Saint Jerome in Penitence

Agostino Carracci, n.d.

Engraving of a seated woman gazing at a framed vision of a winged angel holding a cross above a city.

The Vision of Saint Helena

Marcantonio Raimondi possibly after Raphael, 1515-1520

Two pen and ink sketches of the Deposition of Christ, with mourners below the cross and angels in the clouds above.

The Deposition (recto) and (verso)

Christian Wink, second half 18th century

Haloed monk in black habit seated in a gilded initial O, presenting books to monks on either side, with blue and green foliag

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 1394/95