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Red chalk sketch of a flying angel with a raised arm, draped figure, cherubs and studies of limbs on paper.

Flying Angel and Other Figures

Mattia Preti, 1660

Brown ink and wash drawing of Moses displaying the tables of law to a crowd of Israelites.

Moses Shows the Tables of Law to the Israelites, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Engraving of Emperor Maximilian II in armor among allegorical figures and angels beneath clouds, framed by ornate scrollwork.

The Apotheosis of Emperor Maximilian II

Jost Amman, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of figures in a wilderness, one gesturing with an outstretched arm, others draped in cloa

Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of two mitred bishops with crosiers standing among robed saints under a scrolled border.

Augustine, Ambrose, and Other Saints

Belisario Corenzio, 1590

Black-and-white print of a winged angel seated by a rocky tomb with rays of light, inscribed He is not here, for he is risen.

Angel of the Resurrection

Benjamin West, 1801

Pen and wash sketch of a robed officer raising a crucifix on an altar beside columns, with a crowd and kneeling figure.

Sketches for paintings. Obverse: A Roman officer holds a crucifix upon a heathen altar. Reverse: Christ rising

Pasqualino Marini, 1700

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of the Virgin ascending through clouds while two foreground figures gesture upward.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ca. 1816-19

Brown ink drawing of two oval Madonna and Child reliefs above a bearded herm and a winged chimera.

Two Drawings of the Madonna and Child in Ovals, Studies after Giambologna and Alfonzo da Ferrero; Herm and Chimera, a…

Felice Giani, 1820

Ink and wash drawing on blue paper of a bearded man among a woman and soldiers before a portico, with gamblers at right.

St. Peter Recognized by a Servant Girl

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Drawing of a circumcision scene under arched colonnades, with a seated man holding an infant and figures in red and blue robe

The Circumcision

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Engraving of Saint Matthew writing with a quill, an angel behind him, books on the desk, and a halo above his head.

Evangelist Mattheüs

Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Engraving of Saint Mark with a halo, seated at a table with a book and quill, a lion beside him.

Evangelist Marcus met leeuw

Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Japanese print of the infant Buddha on a lotus, attended by robed women, dragons in clouds, and kneeling figures.

Birth of the Buddha

Hanegawa Chincho, c. 1710

Hand-colored engraving of a busy city street with a tall church spire, carriages, and pedestrians beneath a blue sky.

Gezicht op de kerk Saint Mary-le-Bow aan de straat Cheapside te Londen

Jean-François Daumont, 1745

Pencil sketch of a lake valley with jagged mountains and a small standing figure on rocks in the foreground.

Saint Aegidius by the Wolfgangsee, St. Gilgen, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Circular two-tone woodcut of Saint Cecilia with a lute, a winged angel, and a putto against hatched shading.

Saint Cecilia

Attributed to Antonio da Trento after Parmigianino, first half 16th century

Engraved print of a nun in a dark veil gazing up, holding a flaming heart as a cherub descends beside her.

Anne of Jesus [or] Anne de Lobera

Petrus Johannes Arendzen

Engraving of Saint George in armor standing on a defeated dragon, with a castle and trees in the background.

Saint George Standing

Master H.L., 1533

Brown ink drawing of a robed woman among clouds with angels and cherubs, beside an oval Madonna and child medallion.

Female Figure Among Clouds; Resurrection, Study after Panetti

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink drawing of two deathbed scenes, a sick man attended by figures and a penitent man visited by a priest and angels.

The Penitent Man on his Deathbed [left]; The Penitent Man Visited by a Priest and Angels [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and ink drawing of a temple interior with a priest, a lamb on an altar, and a crowd of robed men.

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock, early 16th century

Red chalk studies of a reclining nude figure, a leg and a foot on tan paper with faint grid lines.

Studies for an Angel in Glory

Tanzio da Varallo, 1595-1633

Etching of two cloaked men beside a stone doorway, one looking upward and the other bowing his head.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the Door of M. Richard (St. Pierre et St. Paul a la porte de M. Richard

Alphonse Legros

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man dictating to a scribe at a draped table in a room with a classical temple beyond.

St. Paul Dictating at Ephesus

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Engraved print of Saint Lawrence with palm frond, angels, clouds and rococo cartouches with Dutch inscription below.

Saint Lawrence of Rome

Franciscus Heylbrouck, 1746

Chalk drawing of a bearded head of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, with white highlights on tan paper.

Head of Christ

Johann Ulrich Mayr, 1670

Engraving of the gilded Bucintoro barge sailing through a crowded Venetian lagoon with gondolas, ships and onlookers on the q

Plate 5: The Doge in the Bucintoro Departing for the Porto di Lido on Ascension Day, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festi…

Giovanni Battista Brustolon, ca. 1766

Circular engraving of the Holy Trinity with a radiant dove at center, surrounded by concentric rings of angels, saints and cl

The Holy Trinity, Ceiling of the Church of Val-de-Grâce

Gérard Audran, 1693

Etching of an imagined city view with a domed church, a tall column with statue, figures, carts and a large tree.

Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at cen…

Canaletto, 1735-46

Etching of the dead Christ supported by two winged angels, with a white drape and dark hatched background.

The Dead Christ with Angels

Édouard Manet, 1866-67

Etching of angels lifting souls toward the Virgin and Child in clouds, with a kneeling saint and open book below.

Pope Saint Gregory I Frees the Souls from Purgatory with His Prayers

Francesco Fontebasso, 1731