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18,370 works

Graphite drawing of two standing draped male figures, one bearded, with a partial third figure at the right edge.

Group of Apostles

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1854-61

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with saints, a lion, angels and classical temples in a landscape.

Madonna and the Infant, St. Jerome, Mary Magdalene and Angels, after Correggio

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite and white chalk study of a standing soldier in a draped cloak on blue paper, with a squared grid and red chalk accen

Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1851-52

Pencil sketch of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with a distant landscape and buildings at the left.

The Virgin and Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Woodcut title page with religious scenes in borders and Latin text in the center panel.

Titelblad met o.a. de doop van Christus en een visioen van Johannes de Evangelist

Hans Springinklee, 1500

Pen and brown wash drawing of two religious interior scenes with crowds of figures beneath arches and beside a column.

The Mocking of Christ [left]; Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Pencil drawing of a bearded seated figure in flowing robes, leaning on one arm, with an arched inscription above.

John the Apostle, for the church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in an arched classical niche, with kneeling and standing worshippers below.

The Virgin and Child with Worshippers in Classical Interior

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Watercolor and ink elevation of an altar design with painted marble panels, a central oval medallion, and classical pilasters

Project for an altar: intended to be executed in colored marbles

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1750

Woodcut of Saint Jerome writing at a desk in an arcaded interior, with a lion, two doves, and a landscape beyond.

Saint Jerome Writing

Hans Springinklee, 1522

Pencil study of a standing robed man with hands at his chest, gazing upward, drawn in soft graphite on pale paper.

Study of an Apostle, for the painting of the Ascension in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris (1839-1863)

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1822-64

Etching of a bearded old man reading in a rocky wood, with a lion in the foreground and a skull at lower right.

St. Jerome Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Brown wash drawing of winged Saint Michael chaining a dragon beneath the Holy Trinity and cherubs in clouds.

The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon

Pietro da Cortona, 1666

Etching of the Virgin embracing a child beside a cat and cradle, with Joseph at a sunlit window behind them.

Virgin and Child with the Cat: and Joseph at the Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Pen drawing of a layered papal tomb design with columns, niches, a Madonna and Child, angels and sculpted figures.

Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere

Michelangelo, 1505-6

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the infant Christ, shepherds, animals, and angels holding a Latin b

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1790

Engraving of the crucified Christ with the Virgin Mary and Saint John below, angels holding scrolls above, and a skull at the

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

Hans Brosamer, 1542

Engraving of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated with a crown of thorns, head resting on his hand beside a column.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, ca. 1522-25

Parchment leaf with dark gothic blackletter script in ink and a blue initial letter at the bottom.

The Trinity

Workshop of Master of the Gerona Martyrology, 1414

Engraving of Saint Christopher wading a river carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder, with a church and mountains behind.

Saint Christopher

Master MZ, 1500

Red chalk drawing of nude men and cherubs in a baptism scene, with a winged angel and rocky landscape behind.

The Baptism of Christ

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1641/67

Medieval manuscript page with gold illuminated initial showing Moses with crowned men, beside two columns of black Latin text

Moses Counting the Children of Israel

Unknown artist, c. 1270

Illuminated page of an enthroned bearded patriarch holding a child, surrounded by robed figures, palms, and corner medallions

Paradise with Christ in the Lap of Abraham

Unknown artist, c. 1239

Medieval illuminated page of the Nativity with angels above and six Dominican monks kneeling in arches below, on gold and blu

The Nativity with Six Dominican Monks

Master of Imola, 1265/1274

Soft pencil sketch on tan paper of a young woman with a draped head covering and lowered eyes.

Madonna

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Manuscript page with red staff lines, black square notation, gothic text, and a red and blue decorated initial letter.

Death of Saint Benedict

Fra Gregorio Mutii da Montalcino, 1390/1395

Manuscript leaf with red staff lines, brown square musical notes and large gothic script lettering, with a purple Bologna sta

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Cosimo Tura, 1470s

Sketch for the painting Christ in Gethsemane

Ilya Repin, 1893

Pen and brown wash drawing of Christ raising a kneeling figure from Limbo, with crowds of souls and angels in an arched frame

The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

Domenico Beccafumi, ca. 1536

Pen and ink sheet of studies showing winged angels, cowering figures and sketched poses on pale paper.

Sheet of Studies with Angels and Cowering Figures (Illustration for Macklin's Bible?)

Thomas Stothard, 1791

Pencil drawing of a bearded draped man reclining, one hand raised upward, on tan paper with an arched top edge.

St. Thomas the Apostle, for the Church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Drawing of a kneeling bearded old man in a robe, hands clasped in prayer, in ink and white highlights on blue paper.

Saint Jerome (recto); Soldier with a Spear (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1480-1525