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18,363 works

Red chalk study of a kneeling winged angel raising one arm and pointing upward, with draped cloth and sketched wings.

Study for the Archangel Gabriel

Nicolas Mignard, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a bearded man with long hair and bare shoulders, facing forward on cream paper.

Head of Christ

Andre-Jacques-Victor Orsel, 1810-50

Engraving of a seated man at a well speaking with a standing woman holding a bucket, with a tree and distant town behind.

Christ and the woman of Samaria

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1600

Engraving of the crucifixion of Christ on a crowded hill, with soldiers, horsemen, ladders and a walled city behind.

The Mocking, Flagellation, and Crucifixion of Christ (The Great Calvary)

Jacob Matham, 1615

Lithograph portrait of Moses Montefiore in a dark robe, skullcap and chain of office, holding a book.

MOSES MONTEFIORE Obercheriff (sic!) v, Kent u. London

A. Planck, 1840

Engraving of the Crucifixion with crowds of soldiers and mourners below, a walled city with towers in the background.

The Mocking, Flagellation, and Crucifixion of Christ

Jacob Matham, 1615

Grey ink drawing of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, shepherds, angels and a donkey among classical ruins.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Aertgen van Leyden, early 16th-mid 16th century

Engraving of shepherds in a stone archway, one pointing toward a bright nativity scene in the background.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Jan Saenredam, c. 1590-1600

Black and white woodcut of the Virgin's death and assumption, with angels above and saints at a bedside, framed by a decorati

The Death, Assumption, and Crowning of the Virgin

Master of the Mountain-like Clouds, ca. 1470-85

Hand-colored woodcut of a bearded face with long hair, wearing a green thorn crown, on a gold ornamental background.

The Sudarium

Hans Schlaffer of Ulm, ca. 1470-75

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Florian in armor with red cape, holding a bucket beside a burning town with a tower.

Saint Florian

Casper, ca. 1460

Pen and wash drawing of the enthroned Madonna and Child with two saints and a kneeling donor in an arched setting.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Basil the Great and Saint John the Baptist and Donor

Niccolò dell' Abate, 1540-50

Red chalk drawing of a standing allegorical female figure with raised arm, draped robe and staff, on a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure of Religion (recto); Study of a Griffon and of a Seated Figure (verso)

Cherubino Alberti, 1553-1615

Engraving of Christ seated at a feast under arches and columns, with angels above and guests and a dog below.

Christ at the Feast of Simon

Jan Saenredam, c. 1590-1600

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns flanked by two mocking soldiers in plumed helmets, one holding a cloth.

The Mocking of Christ

Werner van den Valckert, c. 1620

Engraving of Saint Peter leaning on a staff with keys, holding a book, with a distant landscape at right.

Saint Peter

Master HL, 1522

Blue wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Virgin and Christ Child surrounded by kneeling figures and ange

Adoration of the shepherds

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and ruff, holding an open book on a ledge.

William Whitaker, D.D., Master of Saint John's College, Cambridge

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe, published 1620

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of four flying winged angel figures in dynamic poses across a pale sheet.

Four Flying Angels (recto); Two Flying Figures (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Engraving of the dead Christ held by Mary and mourning angels, with putti holding a crown of thorns and spear above.

Pietà with Angels (Descent from the Cross)

Lucas Kilian, 1608

Pen and ink sketch with red chalk of an angel leading a procession of nude and draped figures across the page.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise (recto); Studies for the Same Composition (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin and Christ child with young Saint John the Baptist holding a cross, with radiating li

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Andrea Andreani, 1591

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Christ child on clouds, with an armored archangel and a kneeling saint below.

Madonna in Wolken, verehrt vom Erzengel Michael und dem Heiligen Petrus

Pen and brown ink sketch of three nude male figures in varied poses on aged paper.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (recto); Bearded Old Man Blessing Seen in Half-length (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Brown wash drawing of the Birth of the Virgin: a woman in bed, attendants with dishes, and women bathing a newborn in a basin

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Battista da Vercelli

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling woman before a standing bearded man in a hat, with trees and a hilltop city behind.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener (Noli me tangere)

Ferdinand Bol, 1640

Etching of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ seated on clouds, with radiating light lines behind them.

The Virgin and Child in the clouds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Hand-colored print of the Nativity: Mary in blue seated beside the infant Christ, Joseph leaning over, starry sky through an

Untitled [Nativity]

Randolph Schwabe, 1920

Brown ink wash sketches of two crucified figures on a cross, drawn on pale paper within a double-line border.

Christ Crucified with the Good Thief

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of galloping and rearing horses with mounted riders in a cavalry engagement.

Cavalry Engagement (recto); Concert of Angels (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Mary seated in draped robes, holding the infant Jesus on her shoulder.

Mary with baby Jesus

Bartolomeo Schedoni

Etched print of St Francis reclining beside a skull while a winged angel plays a lute on a cloud above.

St Francis consoled by a musical angel

Francesco Vanni, 1595