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Etching of a seated mother holding an infant with two standing children beside her, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Madonna and Children

Jean-Louis Forain, 1909

Grey wash drawing of a nativity scene with a seated woman, a newborn infant, kneeling men and a standing onlooker.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Follower of Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Giovane, n.d.

Etching of the Madonna, Christ child and angels boarding a boat, with a bearded man poling it across water beneath trees.

The Madonna, Child, and Angels Entering the Boat

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Engraving of the Virgin and Child surrounded by kneeling figures, angels above, horses and an ox, with a hilly landscape behi

Adoration of the Magi

Cristofano Robetta, c. 1510-15

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of many nude figures falling in a swirl beneath a winged figure above.

Fall of the Damned (recto); Sketches of Seated Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Circle of Ludovico Cardi, called Il Cigoli, n.d.

Etching of the Holy Family in a rowboat on a river, with an angel at the stern, swans in the water, and trees on the bank.

The Holy Family Being Ferried Across the River

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Etching of Christ bound to a column while two men scourge him, with onlookers in an interior with columns.

The Passion: The Scourging of Christ

Lambert Hopfer, c. 1525-50

Pen and brown ink sketch of a saint descending over kneeling figures, a crowned ruler, and a flying putto.

Saint Appearing to Ruler (recto); Flying Putto (verso)

Possibly Pietro Novelli, n.d.

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

The Holy Family Disembarking

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns, seated while soldiers and onlookers mock him in a dense hatched setting.

The Passion: Christ Crowned with Thorns

Lambert Hopfer, c. 1525-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of two standing draped female saints with flowing robes and study-like hatching.

Saint Lucy and a Saint (recto); Alexander the Great in Profile (verso)

Attributed to Agnolo and/or Donnino di Domenico, called del Mazziere, 1500/12

Etching of the Holy Family resting under a tree with a donkey, basket and distant coastline in the background.

The Rest on the Flight, with Holy Family under a Tree

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns shown by a soldier to a robed figure, with a cross and spears behind.

The Passion: Christ Shown to the People

Lambert Hopfer, c. 1525-50

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin seated with the nude Christ Child on her lap, with red chalk accents and loose cloud sketch

Virgin and Child (recto); Sketch of Three Saints and Caricature Sketch (verso)

After Parmigianino

Etching of the Flight into Egypt: Joseph leads a donkey past a windswept tree while Mary and an angel stand at left.

The Flight, Joseph at Right and Mary and Angel at Left

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Engraving of the risen Christ standing on a tomb with a banner, while armored soldiers rest below in a landscape.

The Passion: The Resurrection of Christ

Lambert Hopfer, c. 1525-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels in clusters on clouds, study for a ceiling design, attributed to Giuseppe Nicola

Ceiling Design: Angels (recto); Sketches of Angels (verso)

Attributed to Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, n.d.

Etching of a haloed saint leading a donkey with a basket past an angel and figures under umbrella pines.

The Madonna and Child at Left, with a File of Angels

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Oval print of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ on her lap, with a radiating halo and hatched drapery lines.

Madonna and Child

Bartolommeo Coriolano, c. 1630

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated Virgin holding the Christ child, with loose draped robes and rapid contour lines.

Seated Virgin and Child (recto); Seated Virgin and Child (verso)

Bernardino India, 1570/90

Etching of a haloed man riding a donkey with a staff, accompanied by a haloed woman and winged angels on a rocky path by the

The Flight, with Madonna at Right Supported by Angels

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Etching of the Virgin and Child on clouds with a bishop and angels above reclining plague victims in the foreground.

Three Lucchese Saints interceding with the Virgin for the Victims of the plague

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630-31

Pencil sketch of a winged angel with raised arm and billowing drapery on blue-grey paper, with faint studies nearby.

Angel Annunciate (recto); Samson and the Lion (verso)

School of Guido Reni, n.d.

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey entering a vaulted city gate, with a crowd of figures and a hanging lantern.

The Holy Family Arriving at a City Gate

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, published 1753

Engraving of Christ as Man of Sorrows with crown of thorns between the Virgin and St. John, with angels above in an arch.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows between the Virgin and St. John

Martin Schongauer, 1470-75

Pen and wash drawing of Moses raising a brazen serpent on a pole as people writhe and kneel below, with a distant city.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent (recto); Ornamental Base (verso)

Recto attributed to Tommaso Vincidor, 1530 (recto); 1600/99 (verso)

Brown ink drawing of a seated figure and standing figures in robes and headdresses beside a column, on a tan sheet.

Christ before Pilate

Imitator of Rembrandt van Rijn

Etching of robed saints and figures in an arched interior with a checkered floor, with Latin inscription below.

The Saints of the Crotta Family

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1750

Medieval illuminated page with two scenes on gold: the flagellation of Christ above and the Crucifixion with mourners below.

The Flagellation and The Crucifixion, from a Psalter

Unknown artist, about 1239

Brown ink sketch of a bearded robed figure with flowing garments and winged angels, drawn in loose, quick strokes.

God the Father Supported by Angels

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655/1660

Engraving of an enthroned figure with a lamb and crowned elders above, a kneeling figure and walled city below.

The Apocalypse: Saint John Summoned to Heaven

Jean Duvet, 1555

Sepia ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child and haloed figures.

Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Three Sketches: Buildings by Canal with Boats, Landscape with Buldings on Hillsid…

Francesco Guardi, c. 1770