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Brown ink drawing of a crowned woman debating robed philosophers beside a barred cage, with a crowd and columns behind.

Saint Catherine Disputing with the Philosophers

Livio Agresti, 1562/63

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man with an axe in a curved spandrel, with winged putti holding a wreath and palm.

Design for a Spandrel: A Roman Martyr and Two Putti-Saint Jude the Apostle

Livio Agresti, 1573/75

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded procession in a city square with a central figure, horsemen and classical architectur

Saint Charles Borromeo Entering the Town of Pavia: Design for a Wall Decoration

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Brown ink and wash drawing of clergymen watching a workman lever open a floor slab in a church interior.

Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling cleric venerating relics at an altar, with a crowd of figures in a church interior.

Saint Charles Borromeo Venerating the Relics

Workshop of Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Engraving of a martyrdom scene with a kneeling figure, a raised-arm executioner, a seated judge and a crowd before classical

The martyrdom of Saint Paul and the condemnation of Saint Peter

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1525

Drawing of Saint Catherine in prison converting an empress, flanked by two standing saints with putti in architectural niches

Saint Catherine in Prison Converting the Empress Faustina to Christianity, Flanked by Saints Saturnius and Simon

Federico Zuccaro, 1570/71

Etching of mourners laying a body in a stone tomb beneath a rocky arch, with an Italian caption below.

Via crucis - Station XIV. Jesus is Laid in the Tomb

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1748

Circular print of the interior nave of Saint Peter's in Rome, with a coffered vault, side aisles, and a distant altar canopy.

Interior View of the Nave, Saint Peter's, Rome, Looking Toward the Altar

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1740

Black and white print of a winged angel descending in darkness, holding a long chain in one hand.

And I Saw an Angel Coming Down from Heaven, Having the Key of the Bottomless Pit and a Great Chain in His Hand

Odilon Redon, 1899

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ, pierced by swords, framed by grapevines and leaves.

[Pieta (w winogradzie)]

Władysław Skoczylas, 1928

Wash drawing of a columned classical mausoleum with arched niches, flanked by urns and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Mausoleum for Czar Paul I (1754-1801) in the Park of Pavlovsk, near Saint Petersburg, Russia: Side Elevation

Thomas de Thomon, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a standing draped figure with turned head and flowing robes, study for an Annunciation angel.

Drapery Study for the Angel of the Annunciation

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1550

Woodcut of Saint Jerome seated nearby a lion in a wooded landscape, with a crucifix against a tree and a castle beyond.

Saint Jerome in the Desert

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Engraving of Saint Veronica holding a veil with the crowned face of Christ, flanked by two cherubs, with Latin text below.

Saint Veronica with the Sudarium

Engraving of Saint Peter with halo, holding a key, in heavy drapery, with a plant and tablet at his feet.

Saint Peter

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c. 1507

Etching of a mounted saint raising a banner, with a cherub above and a kneeling figure and sword below.

Saint James of Compostela

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1757

Engraving of a bearded saint with halo holding a book and knife, standing in a heavy draped robe on a tiled floor.

Saint Bartholomew

Master FVB, c. 1490/1500

Engraving of a bearded saint in long draped robes holding an open book and an upright sword.

Saint Paul

Master FVB, c. 1490/1500

Engraving of a haloed saint holding a chalice, with a blessing gesture and flowing robes, c. 1480/1490.

Saint John the Evangelist

Master i.e., c. 1480/1490

Engraving of a standing saint in a fringed robe holding a palm frond, with a gridiron at his side.

Saint Lawrence

Martin Schongauer, c. 1490/1491

Engraving of the Nativity: Mary kneels beside the infant Christ in straw, with an ox, a donkey, angels and shepherds.

The Nativity

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480/1490

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling bearded man comforted by an angel, with a winged angel holding a cross above and sleeping

Christ in the Garden of Olives

Gerard van Honthorst, 1615/35

Watercolor of a Gothic church tower with a spire and adjoining rooftops under a cloudy sky.

Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Pen drawing of four nude female figures seen from behind, with an angel, a standing robed figure and a swimming woman above.

Four Studies of a Female Nude, an Annunciation and Two Studies of a Woman Swimming

Pisanello, 1425

Woodcut of Saint Amelberga with halo and rosary standing in an arched interior with columns and coats of arms.

Saint Amelberga

Leonhard Beck, 1516

Etching of archers shooting arrows at a figure tied to a post, with ruined classical buildings and a crowd of soldiers.

The Ordeal by Arrows (Saint Sebastian)

Jacques Callot, c. 1632/1633

Woodcut of bearded saint with halo, hooded robe and staff in a forest, with a distant town and heraldic shield.

Saint Bilhelmus

Leonhard Beck, 1516

Woodcut of haloed Saint Brigitta holding a crucifix as a kneeling man in armor looks up, with a town and coat of arms behind.

Saint Brigitta

Leonhard Beck, 1516

Watercolor of a standing winged angel in a pink robe holding a sprig of leaves, with a muted brown background.

Angel

Louise Cox, 1910

Woodcut of Saint Colomannus with halo and mitre, holding a staff, beside a tree and a heraldic shield in a landscape.

Saint Colomannus

Leonhard Beck, 1516

Woodcut of a haloed child on a canopied bed in an arched room, with a dove above and a heraldic shield at right.

Saint Dentalinus

Leonhard Beck, 1516