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18,345 works

Gilded printed sheet with thirty-two panels of haloed saints in rows, each labeled with a name beneath.

Endpaper with Saints

after Johann Lechner

Brown wash drawing of Saint Cecilia with a cellist, angels, putti and organ pipes beneath a glowing cloud in an arched frame.

Saint Cecilia, the head of a girl

Gaspare Diziani

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone crypt with an arched opening and a carved altar beneath a barred window.

Crypt of Saint Gervaise, Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Graphite sketch of a woman in a draped veil and headscarf, head turned slightly, with a pensive expression, on tan paper.

Study for Mary, Return from the Crucifixion

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Brown wash drawing of a crowd worshipping a golden calf on a pedestal, with a figure descending from clouds at upper right.

Adoration of the golden calf

Nicolas Poussin

Brown wash drawing in an oval showing three angels before a bearded man seated beside trees.

Abraham receives the three angels

Gaspare Diziani

Engraving of baby Moses in a reed basket on the Nile, with a kneeling woman, a standing figure, a sphinx and pyramids.

The Hiding of Moses

William Blake, 1824

Woodcut of Saint Anthony tempted by demons in a fantastical landscape with ruined towers, flying monsters and robed figures.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Jan Wellens de Cock, 1522

Bearded figure in white robe with open arms before three kneeling men under a golden glow, in a watercolor print.

Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection

William Blake, c. 1795

Sepia drawing of a stone church with a tall tower and pointed roof beside a dirt road, with trees and a small figure.

Church of Yainville, near Saint Georges de Bocherville, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Watercolor of three Romanesque arches with carved columns and two standing figures, cloister of Saint Georges de Bocherville.

Arches in the West Side of the Cloister of Saint. Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Engraving of a bearded saint with a halo, holding a cross and a book, standing against a hatched background.

Saint Philip

Pencil sketch of a nude winged warrior angel holding a sword, arm outstretched, by William Blake.

A Warring Angel [recto]

William Blake, c. 1780

Pencil and brown wash drawing of a Gothic church east end with arches and pinnacles, with a pack animal and figures on a stre

East End of Saint Jacques at Dieppe, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1819

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man with a staff gesturing to a robed figure, with studies of heads and standing attendants

Saint Augustine Converting King Ethelbert of Kent

William Blake, probably c. 1793

Drawing of carved Romanesque capitals and two bas-relief panels showing knights, religious figures, and animals, by John Sell

Capitals and A & B Bas-Reliefs in the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Engraving of the Madonna holding the infant Christ with young Saint John the Baptist, in a circular frame.

Madonna and Child and John the Baptist

Charles Auguste Schuler, 1814

Grey wash drawing of a Romanesque church interior showing stacked arcades, columns with carved capitals, and ribbed vaults.

Perspective Elevation of Part of the Abbey Church of Saint Stephen at Caen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Grey wash drawing of Christ with an open book at a lectern, surrounded by scholars in a columned hall.

Christ Disputing with the Doctors

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Engraving of Christ seated under a colonnade blessing children while mothers and apostles gather around him.

Christ blessing the children (Suffer the little children to come unto me)

Pieter Balten, 1570

Engraved Annunciation: an angel descends toward a kneeling woman beside a table with flowers, with cherubs above and a cat at

[Annunciation]

Albert-Ludovic-Paul Duvivier, 1878

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and infant Saint John among trees, with a bearded man at left.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1499/1501

Engraving of the Holy Family with an angel, a boy, a shepherd carrying a lamb, and other figures in a rocky landscape.

The Holy Family in the company of others

Jeremias Falck, 1655

Etching of a classical landscape with a tall tower, stone arch, river, robed figures and large trees under clouds.

Jesus Telling the Parable of the Father who Sends his Workers to his Vineyard

Sébastien Bourdon

Etching of a gnarled pollard willow with a kneeling bearded man on the right and a lion's head at the lower left.

Saint Jerome beside a Pollard Willow

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Engraved print of a haloed figure reaching toward a girl on a canopied bed while mourners and a kneeling man look on.

[Resurrection of Jairus's daughter]

C. W Griessmann, 1785

Engraving of Christ facing a winged dragon-like demon before a rocky landscape and walled city.

The Temptation of Christ

Master LCz, c. 1500/1505

Engraved print of a classical arch framing a temple scene with worshippers, Moses with tablets, a menorah, and a priest.

Monument of the Mosaic religion

Friedrich Christoph Dietrich, 1833

Engraved landscape with a castle on a hill, trees, a stone well with two robed figures, and grazing sheep.

Jesus and the Samaritan

Sébastien Bourdon

Engraving of an allegorical scene with a bust portrait, armoured Mars, a harp player, cherubs and Time wreathed in flowers.

Allegorical representation with portrait bust of Charles de Saint Denis

Bernard Picart, 1724

Engraving of a nude male saint standing with arms bound behind him, with arrows behind and rocky ground below.

Saint Sebastian

Attributed to Francesco Francia, c. 1470/1480

Etching of an angel speaking to Saint Joseph beside the Virgin and infant in a stable with oxen and a donkey.

Saint Joseph's Dream

Sébastien Bourdon