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18,168 works

Pen and ink drawing of a group of robed men with raised arms and kneeling figures, arranged in a dynamic religious scene.

Group of Apostles

Alphonse Alexandre Leroy, 1840

Grey wash drawing of the Transfiguration with Christ in glory above and a crowd of gesturing figures below.

The Transfiguration, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Red chalk drawing of a seated Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John at lower left and studies above.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; upper left, Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint Joh…

Raphael, ca. 1506-7

Red chalk studies of nude infant figures with heads, arms and legs sketched in multiple poses on tinted paper.

Studies of the Christ Child

Raphael, 1513-14

Brown wash drawing of a veiled grieving woman beside the reclining body of Christ on a stone ledge, with a rock at left.

Pietà (recto); Madonna and two cherubs (verso)

Raphael, 16th century

Etching of a haloed preacher on a stone platform addressing a crowd, with a seated beggar and kneeling women in the foregroun

Christ Preaching ("La Petite Tomb")

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Ink and wash drawing of St. Paul preaching to a crowd in a classical colonnaded setting with a rotunda and statue.

St. Paul preaching at Athens (Copy of Raphael's tapestry, reversed)

Raphael, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of robed bearded men walking in procession, one holding a long staff, within a ruled border.

Moses and Other Figures

Cesare Nebbia, 1570-80

Pen and brown ink sketch of a robed saint beneath a hovering angel among clouds, with studies of hands at left.

Saint Stephen Being Crowned by an Angel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Wash drawing of a bearded Franciscan saint holding a crucifix, standing in an arched niche with a scalloped shell behind him.

Standing Franciscan Saint in a Niche

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1650-1700

Loose pen and wash sketch of figures lowering a body from a cross, with draped mourners around it.

Descent from the Cross

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of Christ bound before a seated judge under Gothic arches, surrounded by soldiers with halberds and a dog in front.

The Passion: Christ Before Annas

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Brown wash drawing of swirling fire tongues and a radiating halo, a fragment of a Descent of the Holy Spirit cartoon.

Head of an Apostle Surrounded by a Tongue of Fire and a Nimbus: Fragment of a Cartoon for a Descent of the Holy Spirit

Raphael, 1500-50

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling hunter beside a horse, facing a stag with a crucifix between its antlers in a forest.

The Vision of St. Hubert

Vittorio Amedeo Rapous, 1728-1800

Engraving of the crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourning figures below, a distant town, and a skull on the ground.

The Passion: Christ on the Cross

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, on tan paper.

Ecce Homo

Guido Reni, 1575-1699

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin Mary rising with outstretched arms above three cherub heads, attributed to Guido Reni.

Assumption of the Virgin

Guido Reni, 1575-1642

Drawing of Saint Peter crucified upside down, with kneeling executioners and faint red chalk figure studies around him.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

Giovanni Battista Ricci, 1557-1627

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in glory above rows of cherubs and kneeling angels in an arched frame.

Madonna and Child in Glory Adored by Angels

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Blue wash drawing of the Lamentation with mourning women around Christ's body, a ladder, crosses, and a standing observer.

The Lamentation (STATIO XIII)

Januarius Zick, 1772

Chalk drawing with white highlights of the Holy Family with two angels, an elderly man holding the infant Christ beside a sea

The Holy Family with Angels

Pomarancio, 1603-5

Engraving of a kneeling woman in a hood looking up at a bearded figure with a cross-topped staff, in a landscape with a bare

Christ Appearing to the Magdalen

Martin Schongauer, 1480-90

Red chalk drawing of a flying winged angel with outstretched arms and billowing drapery over a squared grid.

Flying Angel

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a green kimono resting his chin on his hands before a gold patterned screen and blossomi

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Buddhist Monk in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura The…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Red chalk drawing of a bearded male figure reaching outward with one arm, seated on a ledge, on a light tan sheet.

Study for a Raising of Lazarus (recto); half-length study of bearded nude male figure, and a man and woman with donke…

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Engraving of a haloed saint kneeling before a crucifix at the foot of a tree in a woodland setting.

Heilige Franciscus van Assisi knielend voor crucifix

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1500

Woodcut of crucified Christ surrounded by saints, angels, and rose garlands, with figures rising from flames below.

The Great Rosary

Erhard Schön, 1510

Engraving of Christ before Annas: a standing figure faces a seated judge in an arched hall, with soldiers and a dog in the fo

Christ before Annas

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Engraving of Christ before Pilate: a seated judge, soldiers, and a bound figure in a Gothic interior with a checkered floor.

Christ before Pilate

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound, nude male figure with raised arms, with a bent figure at lower right against a cloudy

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Engraving of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mounted soldiers, mourners, and a crowned figure seated in the foreground.

The Crucifixion

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480

Engraving of Saint John seated on rocks writing, with a radiant Virgin and Child in the sky and a bird beside him.

Saint John on Patmos

Master BM, c. 1480/1490