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Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with an angel presenting a nude soul below, cherubs and faces above.

Saint Michael the Archangel and Another Figure Recommending a Soul to the Virgin and Child in Heaven

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1629-57

Etching of the Nativity with the infant Christ, a woman, an old shepherd, an ox, and two angels among clouds.

The Nativity with Angels

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1650-57

Line engraving of a bust-length portrait of a man with curled hair, beard, bow tie and double-breasted coat.

Jean Giraudeau de Saint Gervais. Line engraving by J. M. Leroux after P. R. Vignéron

Pierre Roch Vigneron

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young girl climbing temple steps toward a robed priest, with onlookers and vaulted architectu

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Valerio Castello, 1624-59

Bearded priest kneels at an altar gazing up at a blue-winged angel pointing from a gothic interior with gold border.

The Annunciation to Zacharias

Unknown artist, c. 1400

Medieval painting of a haloed female saint in red mantle and green gown holding a palm, within a blue arch and gold border.

Saint Susanna

Matteo di ser Cambio di Bettolo, c. 1385

Medieval manuscript page with a column of Latin names in gothic script, each with red and blue decorated initials.

Saint James

Matteo di ser Cambio di Bettolo, c. 1385

Etching of the Raising of Lazarus: a figure points at a tomb as light breaks through, with kneeling women and a crowd nearby.

Raising of Lazarus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-50

Etching of a wooded scene where men gather around a glowing light beside two reclining figures on the ground.

Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-51

Etching of the Resurrection of Lazarus with a robed figure at right, Lazarus rising from a tomb, and a crowd of onlookers at

Resurrection of Lazarus

Salvatore Castiglione, 1645

Woodcut of Saint Sebastian tied to a tree, pierced by arrows, with angels and cherubs in clouds above.

The Large Saint Sebastian

Hans Baldung Grien, 1514

Engraving of the Madonna bending over a sleeping Christ child within a dark arched niche.

Madonna met slapend Christuskind

Jacques de Gheyn, 1590

Brown wash drawing of the Crucifixion with soldiers, a mounted rider, a fortified wall and mourners in the foreground.

Crucifixion

Thomas de Keyser, 1665

Blue-grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with haloed female saints, a crowned figure, a dog, and draped curtains.

Design for a Ceiling showing the Virgin, Catherine, and Agnes

Matthais Wolcker, early to mid-18th century

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap with lowered eyes and a faint smile, dense hatched lines.

Head of an Apostle

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ while Joseph and a cherub head appear above in cross-hatched lines.

The Holy Family

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1613/15

Etching of Saint Catherine of Siena standing before a glowing crucifix with angels above, hatched in fine parallel lines.

Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata

Francesco Vanni, c. 1595

Pen and wash design with winged figures, a kneeling woman in prayer, cherubs, and a domed building within rococo scrollwork.

Design for Book Illustration

Franz Sigrist, late 18th century

Drawing of a nude winged angel in flight, rendered in black chalk with red chalk accents on aged paper.

An Angel in Flight

called Il Cavaliere d’Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, c. 1599-1600

Watercolor elevation of a neoclassical riding school side entrance with columns, pediment, arched windows and two mounted rid

Project for the Riding-School of the Horse Guards in Saint Petersburg: Elevation of the Side Entrance

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1744-1817

Engraved ornamental jewelry design with a tall hyacinth-shaped spike, scrollwork, two birds, fruit baskets and winged heads.

Hyacinth-Shaped Brooch with Birds at Top and Devil's- and Angel's-Head at Bottom

Daniel Mignot, 1596

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with a young boy holding a candle and sketched angels above.

Holy Family with St. John and Two Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.

Engraving of the Holy Family with an older bearded man, a woman holding a rose, and a child beside a bowl of fruit.

The Holy Family with St. Joseph Holding a Rose

Pieter de Jode, about 1595

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo altar design with twisted columns and a relief of Saint Michael and the dragon.

Design for an Alter with Saint Michael and the Dragon

Johann Baptist Modler, 1715-74

Drawing of a ceiling design with the Presentation in the Temple, angels in clouds, and ornate rococo scrollwork around an arc

Ceiling Design with the Presentation in the Temple

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Sepia engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ beside young Saint John the Baptist, within an oval frame.

Madonna della Seggolia

Pierre-Antoine Pelee, 1874

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded saint seen from behind, holding a staff with a bell, beside a pig at a pedestal.

Saint Anthony the Abbot

Alonso Cano, 1645

Pen and grey wash drawing of a goddess of music among clouds with a winged harpist, putti, and crowds below in a rococo frame

The Goddess of Music Distributing Her Gifts to the Nations

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, with Joseph at a workbench and the child on the floor.

The Childhood of Christ, in the carpenter's shop

Hans Bol, 1534-93

Engraving of Saint Anthony struggling against tempters while a radiant figure descends through clouds above.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Engraving of Saint Jerome writing at a desk in a study, with a sleeping lion and dog in the foreground.

Saint Jerome in His Study

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Engraving of the Virgin seated with the Christ child, a bird and a chained monkey, before a river landscape with a timber-fra

The Virgin and Child with the Monkey

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1498