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18,363 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of figures carrying a nude body in a shroud, with mourners and clouds, attributed to Rubens.

Entombment

Peter Paul Rubens, 1615

Pencil sketch of a crowned Virgin holding the Christ Child beside a veiled female saint holding a vessel, on tan paper.

Prague. Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalene (?) from Saint Vitus Cathedral

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Engraving of Christ comforted by a winged angel, both in flowing robes, within an arched frame.

Christ comforted by an angel

Adolphe Alexandre Joseph Caron, 1855

Engraving of Christ's body on a cross being worked on by men with hammers, watched by soldiers and women, with a city behind.

Christ being crucified

Pieter de Jode, 1585

Engraving of Christ's body being laid in a tomb, with mourners, a crown of thorns and nails in the foreground.

Entombment of Christ

Antonie Wierix, 1585

Engraving of Christ descending into hell, freeing kneeling figures while demons watch from flaming rocks above.

Christ in Limbo

Antonie Wierix, 1585

Biblical scenes, erased

James Ensor, 1877

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired man with a slight smile, labeled Moses Mendelssohn, beneath a laurel wreath.

Moses Mendelssohn

Johann Gotthard von Müller, 1762

Engraving of Saint Christopher wading a river carrying the Christ child, with a church on the bank and scroll border.

Saint Christopher

Telman von Wesel, 1520

Engraving of a standing female saint with a sword and wheel in a Gothic arch, with a crowned head at lower left.

Saint Catherine

Meester met het doorstoken hart, 1500

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child on a crescent moon, crowned by two angels within a rayed mandorla.

Madonna on the crescent moon

Meester met het doorstoken hart, 1500

Engraved print of a standing haloed saint in a long draped robe, holding a knife and a book.

Saint Bartholomew

Monogrammist IA, 1480

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin Mary kneeling by the haloed Christ Child, angels, an ox, and a crowd approaching fr

Birth of Christ

Meester E.S., 1440

Engraving of the crucified Christ flanked by a grieving Virgin in a veil and a saint holding an open book.

Christ on the cross

Meester E.S., 1440

Etching of a man leading a donkey carrying a woman and child past a statue on a pedestal in a wooded landscape.

The Holy Family Passing Near a Statue, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Moses Mendelssohn

Daniel Berger, 1759

Pencil sketch of an angel and a crowned Madonna holding a child, copied from cathedral sculptures on tan paper.

Angel and Madonna with Child. Copies after sculptures from Amiens Cathedral

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child beside an elderly man, with young John the Baptist at lower left.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Young John the Baptist

Orazio di Santis, 1568

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey on a rocky path, with a palm tree and a shepherd with goats at left.

The Holy Family on a Rocky Path, from the series Idee pittoresche sulla fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Pencil and wash drawing of a Holy Family: a seated woman, a standing bearded man and a nude child in a niche.

Holy Family

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Grey wash drawing of a crowd kneeling in a forest clearing around a stone altar beneath a large tree, with smoke rising.

Religious ceremonies of the Batavians

Engelbertus Matthias Engelberts, 1788

Open medieval coffer with iron fittings; the lid holds a colored print of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, and animals.

The Nativity, in Coffer

Workshop of the Master of the Very Small Hours of Anne of Brittany, c. 1490

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed man stepping forward among seated money counters in an arched interior.

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Giovanni Battista Lanzeni, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a bearded standing man in a long cloak on tan paper, with small studies and handwritten notes.

Figure of Christ (

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Etching of the Holy Family with an angel, a man leading a donkey, sheep, and a large windblown tree in a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with Joseph, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Engraved border with a coat of arms and a central panel showing a coastal siege with soldiers and a fleet of ships.

Siege of Saint Martin on the Île de Ré, July-November 1627 (border work, top-left part)

Jacques Callot, 1629

Watercolor of a red coral bead necklace with a silver crucifix pendant decorated with star motifs, on a pale background.

Coral Beads and Crucifix

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Etching of a saint praying on a terrace above plague victims, with angels in clouds overhead and a town below.

Saint Thecla Praying for the End of the Plague in the City of Este

Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo, c. 1760

Brown wash drawing of a winged nude figure struggling with two serpents against a pale background.

A flying angel in combat with the devil in the guise of a snake

Joannes Bemme, 1813

Pen drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, after Raphael, with a hilly landscape behind them.

Madonna ja lapsi, kopio Rafaelin mukaan

Albert Edelfelt

Line engraving portrait of an older bearded man in a skullcap and collar, captioned St Vincent de Paul.

Saint Vincent de Paul. Line engraving after F. Turonen

Charles Paul Landon

Etching of the Holy Family in a boat on a river with an angel, a boatman, swans and large trees on the bank.

The Holy Family Traveling by Boat, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750