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Etching of Christ's body being taken down from the cross, held by his mother as mourners attend, with a cloaked man at right.

Via crucis - Station XIII. Jesus is Taken down from the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1748

Woodblock print of two kneeling women in kimono, one playing a shamisen, beside a red chest and hanging bell.

Vesper Bell of the Temple of Great Buddha

Kitao Shigemasa, ca. 1778

Engraving of The Entombment: a nude body lies on a stone tomb with mourners and a bearded elder around it, under clouds.

The Entombment

Parmigianino, c. 1525-35

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking past a temple lantern and stone lantern beneath a pine branch.

Fair Visitors in the Compound of a Buddhist Temple

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1789

Engraving of Saint John the Evangelist leaning on a pedestal beside an eagle, with a Latin inscription in the upper left corn

Evangelist Johannes

Hans Collaert, 1530

Engraving of Saint Mark in robes holding a book beside a lion, with arched buildings behind him and a Latin inscription.

Evangelist Marcus

Hans Collaert, 1530

Engraving of Saint Luke the evangelist with a book and scroll, standing beside a seated ox in an architectural setting.

Evangelist Lukas

Hans Collaert, 1530

Engraving of the evangelist Matthew with a scroll and book, beside a seated angel and a building, with Latin inscription.

Evangelist Matteüs

Hans Collaert, 1530

Etching of a penitent saint with a halo gazing upward beside a crucifix, skull, book and covered vessel in a dark cave.

Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena in de grot voor een crucifix

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1610

Engraving of the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence with nude figures at a fire, seated judges and a crowd in arched architecture.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520/25

Engraving of the Holy Family with an elderly woman, a young boy with a lamb, and a seated Virgin holding the infant Christ.

The Holy Family with Saint John and Saint Elizabeth

Lucas Vorsterman, 1620

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who holds a rosary, with a Latin inscription below.

Virgin and Child

Jean Valdor, n.d.

Engraving of an armored knight on horseback lancing a dragon while a woman watches beside a tree.

Saint George and the Dragon

Enea Vico, 1542

Engraving of the Virgin and Child crowned by two angels, with a dove of the Holy Spirit above and a Latin inscription below.

Virgin and Child

Hieronymus Wierix, before 1619

Engraved portrait of Saint John the Evangelist with halo, holding a chalice with a serpent, labeled S. IOANNES.

Johannes de Evangelist

Raffaello Schiaminossi, 1606

Sepia etching of a river valley with a distant aqueduct, a domed palace terrace on the right, and figures in the foreground.

View from Palace Terrace at Saint Germain on Laye, from Twenty Views in Paris and its Environs

Thomas Girtin, published 1802

Etching of mourners lowering a body into a stone tomb beneath a rocky cliff with bare trees above.

The Entombment

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etching of Joseph on a donkey with a basket, Mary and an angel, and a shepherd with sheep under a tree.

Joseph Carrying the Basket, and Mary Helped by an Angel as they Pass a Flock of Sheep (The Flight into Egypt XXIV)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753

Etching of the Holy Family led by a winged angel across rocky ground, with a donkey and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Holy Family Escorted by an Angel (The Flight into Egypt XII)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1753

Sepia oval print of the Virgin praying beside the sleeping infant Christ on a draped cloth, after Guido Reni.

Christ and the Virgin, by Guido Reni

Caldesi & Montecchi, 1858

Engraving of two haloed figures on clouds, one holding an open book inscribed with Latin text, with a winged ox beside them.

Lucas de evangelist en een heilige in de wolken

Antoine Garnier, 1621

Etching of Christ carrying a cross meeting his veiled mother, with onlookers and a kneeling figure at right, captioned Stazio

Via crucis - Station IV. Jesus Meets His Mother

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1748

Brown cloth book cover with gold lettering Old St. Augustine and a large shell motif surrounded by embossed shell fragments.

Coquina uit Saint Augustine

Edward Bierstadt, 1883

Woodcut print of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves, mounted soldiers and a crowd of mourners below.

The Crucifixion

Lucas Cranach vanhempi / den äldre / the Elder

Charcoal and red chalk study of a standing female figure with arms outstretched on blue-grey paper.

Study for "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of the dead Christ lowered from the cross, held by mourners, with a ladder, crown of thorns, and distant town.

The Lamentation, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1501

Pen drawing of an enthroned Madonna and Child with Saint Christopher, two angels, and two kneeling donors.

Thronende Madonna mit dem Heiligen Christophorus, zwei Engeln und zwei Stiftern

Hans Burgkmair, 1503

Engraving of an old bearded man holding a candle, a younger man, a child, and a young woman with braided hair.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Hendrick Goltzius, 1598/1600

Woodcut of the Virgin and Christ child in a landscape with angels, a bearded saint, and God above with doves.

The Holy Family with Five Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1503

Elaborate Neapolitan nativity crèche with angels, shepherds, livestock, and townspeople among ruined arches.

Crèche

Unknown artist, 1725-75, with later additions

Etching of Jesus falling beneath the cross as soldiers and crowd look on before a classical colonnade, with Italian caption b

Via crucis - Station III. Jesus Falls for the First Time

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1748

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel above a seated woman and child beside trees, by Sebastiano Ricci.

The Angel Appearing to Hagar and Ishmael

Sebastiano Ricci, 1726