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Brown wash drawing of a kneeling nude saint resting his hand on a lion in a church interior with arches and a crucifix.

Saint Jerome and the Lion

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a nude figure with faces at left and a robed bearded figure holding a staff at right.

Christ in Limbo (recto); Saint with Rosary (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a bearded, haloed saint holding a tall staff with a scroll, draped in a flowing cloak.

Saint John the Baptist

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of an elderly saint writing at a desk while a winged angel gestures from above, rendered in fine crosshatched lines

Saint Matthew

Lucas van Leyden, 1518

Brown chalk drawing of a winged angel descending over classical figures and soldiers in an arched composition.

The Continence of Scipio

François Boucher

Engraving of a barefoot bearded saint with a halo, leaning on a tall staff and wearing a flowing cloak.

Saint Matthew

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1510

Engraving of Saint Christopher wading through water with a staff, carrying the infant Christ on his shoulders.

Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1521

Engraving of Saint Simon standing barefoot with a saw, a radiating halo behind his head, and a draped cloak.

Saint Simon

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1510

Drawing of the Nativity with the Virgin holding the infant Christ, kneeling shepherds, an ox, and cherubs in a glowing sky.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

François Boucher

Engraving of a muscular nude man twisting around a tree trunk, with dense hatching and a distant city skyline at lower right.

The Crucified Man

Melchior Lorck, 1550

Pen and ink drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ seated on clouds, with an angel and rays of light.

Madonna and Child Seated on Clouds (recto); Madonna and Child in Reverse (verso)

Vicente Salvador Gómez, 1637-1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a young Saint John and two adoring angels.

Madonna and Child with Saint John, Saint Anne, and Two Angels in Adoration

Francesco Stringa, 1635-1709

Engraving of Christ seated at a well beside a woman drawing water, with trees and a distant landscape.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Jacob Matham, 1589

Engraving of Mary Magdalene seated among rocks, holding a crucifix and resting her hand on a skull beside a book.

Saint Mary Magdalene Repentant

Jacob Matham, 1597

Pen and ink drawing of a standing winged angel with one arm raised and a draped cloth in the other hand.

Standing Figure of an Angel

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing male figure in a flowing robe, gazing upward with one arm extended.

Standing Male Saint (an Apostle?)

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Ink and wash drawing of the Flight into Egypt: Mary on a donkey holding the infant Christ, with Joseph walking ahead in an ar

The Flight into Egypt

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Holy Family, kneeling shepherds, and cherubs in clouds above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Nicolas Bertin, n.d.

Brown ink sketch of a winged angel descending in clouds toward a kneeling woman beside a stone block.

The Annunciation

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Engraving of three figures lit by a candle, with a young woman at right and faint sketched child in a manger below.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1599

Etching of a large tree beside a road, with a robed figure among companions and a hilltop city in the distance.

Le Christ au matin de rameaux

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1918

Engraving of John the Baptist baptizing Christ in a river as a dove descends in light, with two angels watching under trees.

The Baptism of Christ

Jan Collaert II, 1585

Engraving of an angel addressing an elderly priest beside a smoking altar in a columned temple interior.

The Annunciation of John's Birth to Zacharias

Adriaen Collaert, 1586

Engraving of a seated woman with an infant, an older bearded man behind her, a flower and a fruit bowl, with Latin text below

The Holy Family

Attributed to Pieter de Jode I, c. 1585-1595

Sepia drawing of Christ falling under the cross, attended by angels among clouds.

Christ Falling under the Cross

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Sepia drawing of a cross among clouds with angels and cherubs, and discarded armor and weapons below.

The Cross Triumphant over Worldly Powers

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Red chalk drawing of a robed figure reaching toward a seated man among clouds, with angels and putti above.

The Risen Christ Appearing to Souls in Purgatory

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Trinity on clouds with a cross, a dove, and adoring angels and putti below.

Angels Adoring the The Holy Trinity

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1772

Red chalk drawing of saints and bishops gathered on clouds beneath a radiant triangle of divine light.

The Company of Saints in Glory

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1772

Engraving of the Madonna and Child enthroned under a canopy, surrounded by eight winged angels and a dove above.

Madonna Enthroned with Eight Angels

Master ES, 1467

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds among angels, with praying figures gazing upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Michel Corneille the Younger

Drawing of a kneeling bearded saint embracing an X-shaped cross, with an angel descending above and onlookers around.

The Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Michel Corneille the Younger