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18,383 works

Sketch of a standing male figure supported by an angel, with putti in clouds above, drawn on aged paper.

Angels Ministering to St. Sebastian

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash showing putti holding a cross above two figures, with an annotation in the lower left corn

Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a veiled woman holding a nude infant in an oval frame.

Madonna and Child [?]

Alonso Cano, n.d.

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing sketched female figures in draped robes and studies of heads.

Studies for the Assumption of the Virgin

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 1657-60

Engraving of Christ and the Virgin above clouds with kneeling friar and nun in habits, coats of arms, and Latin inscription.

Christ showing his wounds to the devout

Guillaume du Tielt, 1629

Brown ink drawing of a bearded elderly man holding a sword within an oval frame, numbered 2 at top.

Half-length Figure of St Paul in an Oval

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame leaning on a diagonal cross, the number 4 above.

Half-length Figure of St. Andrew in an Oval

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen drawing of a seated bishop saint with a mitre, halo, crozier and book, with dense hatched robes.

Saint Nicholas

Pen and ink drawing of a seated bearded man holding a tall staff, looking upward beside a leafy branch.

Figure of St. James the Great Seated in a Landscape

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated under a tree in a landscape, holding a long staff across his lap.

Figure of St. Andrew seated in a Landscape

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a seated woman holding a child with a halo, a standing bearded man, and a tree.

The Youthful Baptist with his Parents

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the infant John the Baptist, figures with halos against a hatched backg

Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the Baptist

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c. 1500

Woodblock print of men in red and blue robes hauling a horse on ropes past a large torii gate at a shrine.

Miya: Religious Festival at Atsuta Shrine (Miya, Atsuta shinji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Pen and ink nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, infant Jesus, shepherds, an ox and angels above, on toned paper.

Nativity

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, before 1761

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross and figures on a ladder and below.

Crucifixion

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, early to mid-18th century

Pencil sketch of a sculpted Madonna holding a child, seated on clouds, with faint architectural lines around her.

Studie van een gebeeldhouwde Madonna met kind op wolken

Johannes Bosboom, 1827

Loose watercolor sketch of an elderly bearded man in a hat holding a red Bible, inscribed by George Luks, 1919.

The Man with the Red Bible

George Luks, 1919

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a bearded older man with eyes turned upward, white highlights on the face.

Head of an Apostle

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Chalk drawing of Christ on the cross with arms raised, head bowed, and a draped cloth at the hips, on tan paper.

Christ on the Cross; verso: St. Jerome Reading by Candlelight, and Sketch of Male Torso (?)

Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a curly-haired standing male figure, partly draped, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

Study of the Christ Child and the Hand of the Madonna. Verso; Profile of a Man

Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch with wash of robed bearded men and a figure with raised arm, possibly Christ confronting Pharisees.

Christ and the Pharisees (recto); Christ and a Pharisee (verso)

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Black and white print of Christ on the cross with the Virgin Mary and Saint John standing beside him in a landscape.

Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John

Gabriel Zehender, 1517

Engraving of a cleric holding a baby while reaching for another infant abandoned in the snow on church steps.

Saint Vincent de Paul: he rescues a baby abandoned in the snow. Line engraving by P. Baquoy after N. A. Monsiaux

Nicolas-André Monsiau

Etching of a bearded old man holding a book beside a hooded robed figure, with two small figures seen from behind below.

Saint Jerome and a Pope with Two Putti (Saint Jerome and Pope Damasus)

called Palma Giovane Jacopo Negretti, c. 1611

Engraving of armed riders and bearded men among rocks, with a beam of light from the clouds and hounds in the foreground.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Print of an ornate altarpiece with the Virgin and Child in the center, saints in side niches, and God the Father above.

Altarpiece with the Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg and Saints Christopher, Mary Magdalene, Florian, and Catherine Sta…

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520

Hand-colored print of the seated Man of Sorrows, surrounded by six roundels showing scenes of the Passion under an ornate arc

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Unknown artist, 16th century

Illuminated manuscript page with a haloed saint writing at a desk in an arched frame, surrounded by colorful floral borders.

Saint John

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Luke writing at a desk beside an ox, framed by blue and red floral borders.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Mark writing beside a lion, framed by colorful flowers, leaves and birds.

Saint Mark

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Miniature of Saint Matthew writing at a desk with an angel beside him, framed by ornate red, blue and gold foliage.

Saint Matthew

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Saint in green patterned robe holding a gridiron, painted on gold leaf within a red and blue decorated initial border.

Saint Lawrence

Master of the Murano Gradual, 1440/1450