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Woodcut of two haloed saints, one with a pilgrim staff and one holding an arrow, in an arcade with mountains behind.

Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, 1510

Engraving of armed riders and foot soldiers with spears moving through a rocky landscape, with hounds in the foreground.

The Conversion of St. Paul

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Circular engraving of bound Christ brought before the seated Annas, with soldiers and ornate foliate border.

Christ before Annas, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Engraving of the Virgin holding the Christ Child on a crescent, surrounded by radiating lines and a halo, dated 1520.

The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

Sebald Beham, 1520

Woodcut of the Holy Family beside a tiered fountain in a Gothic vaulted hall, with putti and a figure at left.

Holy Family at a Fountain

Albrecht Altdorfer

Woodcut of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist under a stone arch, with onlookers, a church spire and a cloudy sky.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1512

Engraving of bound Christ before a seated high priest, with armored soldiers and halberds in an interior setting.

Christ before Caiaphas, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Black-and-white print of a wide landscape with large trees, a river, a distant town, mountains and a seated figure at right.

Landscape with Saint John the Evangelist

Virgilius Solis, mid-16th century

Engraving of the Virgin Mary embracing the infant Christ beside a tree, with a hanging monogram tablet in the upper right.

The Virgin and Child Seated at the Foot of a Tree

Jan Gossaert, 1522

Woodcut of the risen Christ on a tomb holding a banner, with sleeping armored soldiers below and a tree and castle in the bac

The Resurrection

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Woodcut of the Entombment of Christ, with mourners lowering the body into a stone tomb beneath an angel and trees.

The Entombment

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Woodcut of multiple scenes from Saint John the Baptist's life in a landscape with large trees, a cave, and a castle tower.

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, ca. 1522

Woodcut of Christ carrying the cross, crowned with thorns, among armored soldiers and a crowd in an arched hall.

Christ Bearing the Cross

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Engraving of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child in an ornate architectural interior with an ox and a basket.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Dirck Vellert, 1526

Engraved scene of Copernicus gesturing at a celestial diagram, surrounded by astronomers and telescopes in a Gothic hall.

Nicolas Copernicus among other astronomers of the world. Process print after a wood engraving by J. Styfi and J. Hole…

Michał Elwiro Andriolli

Engraving of the Raising of Lazarus, with a figure emerging from a tomb surrounded by robed onlookers and a Latin inscription

The Raising of Lazarus

Lambert Suavius, 1544

Engraved print of the Lamentation: grieving figures support Christ's body beneath a cross inscribed INRI.

The Lamentation

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding fruit, with the nude infant Christ on her lap, within an oval frame.

The Virgin and Child

Jacob Matham, c. 1600

Hand-colored print of Saint Maurice in armor holding a spear and a cross banner, with an inscription border and a landscape b

Saint Maurice

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1490

Engraving of a veiled woman leaning on a column in an arched temple interior, with figures and scattered coins behind her.

The Virgin Searching For Her Son in the Temple

Albrecht Altdorfer

Illuminated initial with gold ground showing a bearded prophet in a red robe praying with clasped hands.

Praying Prophet

Lorenzo Monaco, 1410/1413

Engraved dagger sheath design with an armored standing man above a panel of dense acanthus scrollwork.

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Woodcut of Saint John the Baptist seated with a lamb, a cross-topped staff, an open book, and a haloed head against radiating

Saint John the Baptist

Hans Baldung Grien, 1517

Wash drawing of Saint Luke with halo painting at an easel as the Madonna and child appear in clouds above.

De heilige Lucas tekent madonna met kind

Stradanus, 1588

Engraving of the Holy Family in an oval frame: Mary watches the sleeping infant Christ as Joseph holds a sprig near him.

The Holy Family

Jacob Matham, c. 1590-1600

Engraving of the risen Christ with a banner rising above a cave, an angel, sleeping soldiers below, and women in veils at rig

The Resurrection

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, possibly c. 1570

Chalk drawing of a seated bearded man beside a jug, visited by a winged angel pointing away, with a sleeping figure below.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)

Jean-Baptiste Bénard, 18th century

Drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels, while a kneeling man gazes up beside a stone tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1822

Woodcut of soldiers and a crowd seizing a fallen man beneath torches, with a castle on a distant hill.

Christ Taken Captive

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Woodcut of a bound man before a seated judge in a crowded interior, with armored guards and a dog in the foreground.

Christ before Annas

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Woodcut of Christ before Herod: a seated ruler faces a bound bearded man while armored soldiers with spears stand behind.

Christ before Herod

Lucas Cranach the Elder, in or before 1509

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon with putti and clouds around them.

Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon with Putti

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652