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18,303 works

Woodcut of armed men seizing a bearded figure at night, with torches, swords, and a hilly landscape behind.

Christ Taken Prisoner

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein

Woodcut of a sorrowful veiled woman with a sword and a bearded man in robes beside her, under an arched frame.

Mater Dolorosa and Saint Joseph

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a nude bound man flanked by two figures, with head studies above.

Study for the Flagellation of Christ

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, c. 1602

Woodcut of Saint Jerome, bearded and nearly nude, holding a cross beside a lion in a rocky wooded landscape.

Saint Jerome

Giuseppe Scolari, 1592/1607

Pen and wash drawing of winged St. Michael with a spear standing over a writhing devil on a tinted paper.

St. Michael Archangel and the Devil

After Guido Reni, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of an angel above a man lifting a slab, with skulls and bones below in an oval composition.

Resurrection of the Dead

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1600/10

Black chalk and white highlight drawing on grey paper of a draped man striding left and pointing with his outstretched arm.

Moses Striding to the Left, Pointing with Left Hand

After Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a saint on a cloud, looking up, holding an open book and quill pen.

Saint Anthony of Padua

After Giambattista Tiepolo, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of figures raising a large cross in an arched interior, framed by ornate decorative architecture.

Saint Helena Kneeling before the True Cross

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1582

Brown wash drawing of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers and a torch in a dark interior.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

After Jacopo Bassano, n.d.

Woodcut by Wolf Traut showing the Nativity, Passion scenes linked by radiating lines, and kneeling crowds with Latin scrolls.

The Nativity and Passion of Christ

Wolf Traut, 1511

Drawing of a reclining male nude and a winged angel holding a torch on a stepped pedestal, in grey wash against ochre.

Monument with Dead Warrior and Angel

Joseph Nollekens, n.d.

Sepia etching of a mountain pass with a figure and laden animal entering a rock tunnel, snowy peaks beyond.

Mt. Saint Gothard

Joseph Mallord William Turner and Charles Turner, 1808

Indian miniature painting of Kama aiming a love arrow at meditating Shiva beside a lotus pond, with a royal court scene below

Kama Shoots a Love Arrow at Shiva, from a copy of the Song of Gauri (Gita-Gauri)

Unknown artist, c. 1675-1680

Sepia print of a ruined abbey on a hill with sheep, a country road, horses, cattle, figures at a gate and trees.

Saint Catherine's Hill Near Guilford

Joseph Mallord William Turner and J.C. Easling, 1811

Brown ink drawing of a winged devil gripping a monk's arm in an arched monastery interior with statues and columns.

Design for a Lunette: Devils and Saint in a Monastery

Attributed to Bernardino Poccetti, 1604/12

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and angels among classical arches and a landscape.

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Possibly Johannes Glauber, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated pope handing a document to a kneeling monk among attendants in a curtained hall.

Pope Granting Saint Anthony of Padua a Bull of Indulgence

Circle of Paolo Farinato, n.d.

Kneeling Female Saint in Profile

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Drawing of the Holy Family: Mary seated, nude infant with a staff, and bearded Joseph at right, in soft graphite tones.

Holy Family

After Bartolommeo Schedoni, after 1611

Grey wash drawing of an angel with wings pointing ahead while holding the hand of a boy, with a dog in the foreground.

Tobias and the Angel

After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, n.d.

Persian manuscript page with winged angels, gold clouds and a seated figure on blue ground, framed by calligraphic text panel

The Ascent of the Prophet to Heaven, Page from the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), c. 1600

Engraving of Christ speaking with the Woman of Samaria at a well, with a bucket, jug, and landscape behind them, dated 1523.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert, 1523

Engraving of Christ with a halo facing a winged horned devil in a rocky landscape with a tree and clouds.

The Temptation of Christ

Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert, 1523

Engraving of Christ with a halo gesturing to two fishermen hauling a net from a boat, with a river landscape behind.

Christ Summoning Peter

Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert, 1523

Woodcut of two haloed saints flanking an ornate column, one holding a saw and book, the other a book and staff.

Saint James the Less and Saint Simon

Hans Vischer, 1518

Pen and ink drawing of a standing bearded prophet holding a scroll and a book, drawn over a faint grid.

Standing Prophet with a Book and Scroll

Taddeo Zuccari, 1562/66

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Holy Family with Saint Francis and the infant John the Baptist on a tan paper.

Holy Family with Saint Francis of Assisi and the Infant John the Baptist

After Jacopo Cavedone, after 1612

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Adoration of the Shepherds, showing the Virgin, infant Christ, and gathered o

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Gerrit Battem, late 1650s

Circular drawing of Saint Benedict holding a crozier and book before a stone wall, with monastery buildings behind him.

Saint Benedict

Hans von Kulmbach, 1510/1515

Woodcut of Christ at a dining table with haloed apostles while Mary Magdalen kneels and washes his feet.

Mary Magdalen Washing Feet of Christ

Hans Wechtlin I

Woodcut of monks and a crowd gathered around a fox in a habit holding rosary beads, with a saint and keys in the clouds.

Allegory - Religious Frivolity

II Hans Weiditz