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Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated, holding a swaddled sleeping infant, with radiating halos and a distant landscape.

Madonna with the Swaddled Infant

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Drawing of clergy with a banner tending a sick man among plague victims on stone steps, with a classical building behind.

St. Charles Borromeo Distributing Communion to the Victims of the Plague in Milan

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1760

Drawing of an archbishop in a mitre being attacked by a dagger-wielding man in a colonnaded church interior.

The Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1748

Red chalk drawing of a lunette with grid lines showing figures in an arched hall, a preacher on a pulpit and students.

Saint Benedict at the School in Rome

Andrea Lilli, ca. 1630-35

Ink and wash drawing of robed men before a barred prison window, with a crowd and walled town in the background.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Sends His Disciples to Question Jesus

Ermenegildo Lodi, 1598-1616

Etching of a haloed Christ preaching from a stone platform to a crowd under a vaulted arch, with figures seated and kneeling.

Christ Preaching ('La Petite Tombe')

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1652

Pen and brown wash drawing of winged angelic figures and a reclining nude youth among clouds, by Tiepolo.

Sheet of Studies: Five Angels (recto); Youth in Clerical Robes and Other Studies (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash drawing of an executioner with a raised sword beside a kneeling figure, surrounded by onlookers in a stone prison.

Beheading of Two Male Saints

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Ink and wash drawing of the Virgin rising among winged angels and putti through clouds, with red chalk underdrawing.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of three winged angels on clouds appearing to a kneeling bearded man beside an oak tree.

The Three Angels Appearing to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family with two female saints, angels above, and a palm frond and sword below.

The Holy Family with Two Female Saints

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with angels, a dove, and a cross in the sky.

The Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Blue-toned rococo drawing of the Virgin and Child with two saints, cherubs and an ornate cartouche.

An Elaborate Rococo Setting with the Virgin and Child and Saints Defeating Evil, Heresy, and Profane Love

Vitus Felix Rigl, 1760

Engraved frontispiece map of the Holy Land with compass rose, sea serpent, and two robed figures flanking the map.

Frontispiece to Complaint of the False Prophets, by John de La Marche

John Droeshout, 1641

Engraving of haloed Christ carrying a cross, flanked by two helmeted soldiers against rolling hills and a tree.

Christ Bearing the Cross

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of an adoration scene with kneeling figures beside ruined columns and a crowd at right.

Adoration of the kings

Christian Winck

Engraving of Christ washing an apostle's feet in an arched interior, with onlookers and a banquet scene behind.

Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian, a kneeling Franciscan saint, and an angel.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Sebastian and a Franciscan Saint

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Charcoal and white chalk study of a male nude with praying hands and flowing drapery on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk study of a bearded standing male figure with a draped white cloth on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Engraving of the Virgin Mary crowned and haloed, seated on a crescent moon holding the infant Christ among clouds and rays.

Madonna zittend op de maansikkel

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1630

Engraving of the seated Virgin Mary holding the sleeping infant Christ, with a halo and rays of light.

Zittende Madonna

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1630

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on toned paper, showing folded cloth falling from an upper edge.

Drapery Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Par…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Engraving of the Virgin Mary nursing the Christ child on a cloud, with a star halo and cherubs around her.

Madonna zittend op de maansikkel

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1625

Engraving of a seated Madonna with a halo holding the nude infant Christ, who touches his mouth, with a dedicatory inscriptio

Zittende Madonna

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1633

Engraving of the seated Madonna with the Christ child, Saint Joseph, and infant John the Baptist before a landscape.

Zittende Madonna en Jozef met bril

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1642

Pencil studies on a mounted sheet: praying hands, a nude male torso, and two hooded friars, one with a halo.

a. Study for Clovis (middle register); b. Study for Clovis (middle register); c. St. Dominic and another Friar, after…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on grey paper showing folds of cloth falling from an unseen figure.

Drapery Study for Figure Holding Crown (middle register); study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Saint…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red chalk study of a robed standing figure with raised arms and a staff, drawn on grey paper.

Study for Saint Remi (middle register); verso: Study for Remi's Raised Arm (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on grey paper of two drapery studies, one with a hand gripping the fabric.

Drapery Study for Saint Remi (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde,…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Gray paper with red chalk hand study, black chalk hand gripping cloth, and large drapery study for a figure.

a. Hand of Saint Remi; b. Hand of Saint Remi; c. Drapery Study for Acolyte Holding Book (middle register); (studies f…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal drawing of a seated figure in heavy draped cloth, head and upper body sketched lightly on pale paper.

Drapery Study for Sainte Clotilde (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clot…

Isidore Pils, 19th century