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Red chalk drawing with white highlights of the Nativity: the Virgin holds the infant Christ in a manger, with angels above.

The Nativity

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Judgment of Solomon with a seated king, a raised sword, and a kneeling woman.

The Judgment of Solomon

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Pen and wash drawing of three archangels among clouds, one holding scales and one a sword, with a small putto at lower right.

The Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael (recto); sketches of figures (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, surrounded by clouds and angels in a glowing sky.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child in Glory (recto); Rinaldo and Armida (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Brown wash drawing of a saint ascending in clouds toward a cross with angels, while a veiled woman lies on a bed below.

The Ecstasy of the Blessed Giacinta Marescotti

Giuseppe Passeri, 1674-1714

Chiaroscuro woodcut in an oval of a draped reclining woman among flowers and foliage, with a second figure at right.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Antonio da Trento, 1527

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned among saints and angels beneath a draped canopy.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Julian the Hospitaler, Saint Roch…

Perino del Vaga, 1522-23

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two saints at a classical temple gate healing a seated cripple with a staff.

Saints Peter and John Healing a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Woodcut of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels before the Virgin in a vaulted room, with a dove of light above her.

The Annunciation, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1503

Chalk drawing on brown paper of a kneeling youth looking up at a winged angel holding a staff, with a fish at lower right.

Tobias and the Angel

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin climbing temple steps, with Abraham and Isaac in the upper trian

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (below), Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac (above)

Perino del Vaga, 1520

Etching of the Virgin kneeling over the infant Jesus in a stable, with an elderly man and an angel above.

The Virgin Adoring the Infant Jesus

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1655

Pen and ink drawing of two robed saints healing a crippled man beneath a classical arched niche with columns.

Saint Peter and Saint John Healing a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Perino del Vaga, 1534-47

Woodcut of three saints in an arched niche: a central pope with tiara and cross staff, flanked by figures holding a palm and

Saints Stephen, Sixtus, and Lawrence

Albrecht Dürer, probably c. 1504/1505

Engraving of a haloed saint confronting a crowd of demons, witches and sorcery scenes around a cauldron and pit.

Saint James and the Magician Hermogenes

Pieter van der Heyden, 1565

Drawing of two heads in brown wash with white highlights: a young man with wavy hair and a bearded older man, both gazing upw

Heads of Two Saints

Pietro Perugino, 1495-1510

Engraving of mourners lowering a body into a stone tomb beside a crown of thorns, with a rocky hillside behind.

The Entombment, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Pen and brown ink drawing of two standing angels with haloes and flowing drapery, attributed to Perugino.

Two Figures of Angels Standing

Pietro Perugino, 1490-1505

Brown ink drawing of a bearded, seated saint with a halo holding a tall cross, draped in a loose robe.

Saint Philip Seated, Holding a Book and a Cross

Francesco Pesellino, 1422-57

Open book: left page of printed text, right page a sepia photo of a rocky tomb with figures, titled The resurrection.

The resurrection

Carl Stockmann, 1885

Woodcut of Christ taking leave of a kneeling woman beside a wooden house, with a distant town and figures in the landscape.

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, from The Small Woodcut Passion

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1508-09

Drawing of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, a kneeling bishop, and angels in an arched int

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, a Kneeling Prelate, and Three Attendant Angels

Francesco Pinna, 1595-1632

Woodcut of St Christopher seated by a tree with the Christ Child on his shoulder, with a river and distant town behind.

St Christopher seated with the Christ Child stepping onto his shoulders

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1515

Brown wash drawing of bearded Saint Jerome with halo seated on rock beside a skull and open book, with a tree behind him.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Domenico Piola, 1627-1703

Lithograph of a stern schoolmaster at a desk ignoring a pupil with raised hand, other students behind, from Daumier's Profess

M'sieu . . . . M'sieu . . . . . M'siiieu . . . . . christi que c'est tannant d'avoir la colique quand le Pion pionse!…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Etching of the nave of Saint Peter's Basilica with colonnades, coffered vaults, distant altar and small figures on the floor.

Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano (Interior View of the Basilica of Saint Peter's in the Vatican…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Brown and white wash drawing of Christ with Martha and Mary in a vaulted interior, with disciples and cherubs above.

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42)

Paolo Gerolamo Piola, ca. 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a deathbed scene with mourners, a kneeling monk, and a small landscape at right.

The death of Saint Alexis Falconieri at Monte Senario

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed saint gesturing to two women before a crowd on steps under an arch.

Saint Philip Benizi Converting Two Wicked Women at the City of Todi

Bernardino Poccetti, 1608-9

Red chalk drawing of the Assumption of the Virgin with a pencil grid, showing the Virgin rising among angels and robed figure

The Assumption of the Virgin

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Woodcut of St. Matthew writing at a desk while an angel appears above him among clouds, with a landscape behind.

St. Matthew, from The Luther Bible

Georg Lemberger, 1523

Pen and brown wash drawing of St. Catherine's martyrdom with spiked wheels, angels above, and falling figures below.

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612