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Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaggy hermit figure kneeling among rocks and trees under a cloudy sky.

St. Paul, Hermit

Salvator Rosa, 1635-73

Circular engraving of crowned Christ blessing a kneeling Virgin, with angels and a dove in an architectural setting.

Christ Blessing the Virgin

Master E. S., c. 1450

Pen and brown ink sketch of an apotheosis scene with a saint rising among clouds, putti and a lion, in an arched frame.

The Apotheosis of Saint Mark (recto and verso)

Pietro Roselli, 1700-71

Brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, and an angel on a light ground.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, and an Attendant Angel

Aurelio Luini, 1550-60

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill, surrounded by executioners, a mounted soldier and a crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Aurelio Luini, 1580s-early 1590s

Engraving of a bearded elderly figure raising one arm above clouds, with two winged boy angels resting on a cloud below.

The Almighty in the Clouds, with Two Boy Angels

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

Drawing of the Resurrection of Christ in a lunette, with soldiers below and kneeling saints at either side.

Design for a Frescoed Altarpiece of The Resurrection

Maso da San Friano, ca. 1560-71

Pen and ink drawing of the Nativity with angels adoring the Christ Child in a manger, cherubs in clouds above.

The Christ Child Adored by Angels

Gottfried de Wedig, late 16th-mid-17th century

Engraving of the Entombment of Christ with mourners lowering his body into a stone tomb beside a crown of thorns.

The Passion: The Entombment

Martin Schongauer, c. 1480

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint before an executioner with a sword, angels and clouds above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a reclining man on thorns gazing up at winged cherub heads among clouds.

Saint Benedict on a Bed of Thorns

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

Drawing of clergy in red robes and a kneeling figure in a city square with crowds, guards, and classical architecture.

Pius V and the Ambassador of the King of Poland

Benedetto Luti, ca. 1712

Brown-toned chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin and Child with saints, a kneeling donor, and angels in an interior.

The Virgin and Child with Saints and a Donor (after a drawing by Girolamo da Treviso)

Andrea Andreani, c. 1610

Brown ink drawing of Saint Lucy beside oxen, with three holy figures in clouds above in an arched composition.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy (Her Last Communion before Being Dragged by Oxen)

Giovanni Battista Maganza il Giovane, 1556-1630

Brown ink wash drawing of a haloed woman holding a nursing infant, with sketched cherub heads in the upper right corner.

Studies for a Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti, 1571-1639

Ink sketch of a winged angel and a peacock at left, with three women and trees at right.

Angel, Peacock, and Three Tahitians

Paul Gauguin, c. 1902

Pen and ink sketch of Christ enthroned on clouds with two kneeling female saints flanking him, one below each side.

The Virgin and Saint Rosalia Interceding with Christ

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk study of the Virgin Immaculate above four male saints, including a bishop in a mitre, with sketched angels.

The Virgin Immaculate and Four Male Saints (Study for The Dispute over the Immaculate Conception)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man looking upward to the left on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left (Saint Ambrose)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Virgin Immaculate above angels, with four Doctors of the Church below in an arched frame.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Four Doctors of the Church, Study for the Dispute over the Immaculate Conception

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Woodblock print of a fierce figure with a sword and rope, surrounded by pink flames, standing on rocks under clouds.

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Buddhist Deity Fudô in “Rethatched Roof: The Moon Also Shines over the Yoshiwara Plea…

Attributed to Katsukawa Shunshô, About 1771

Woodblock print of a hooded pilgrim recoiling from a ghostly head on snowy ground beneath a snow-laden tree.

A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Cover…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin in clouds above a female attendant and four male saints, one holding a crozier.

The Virgin with Female Attendant Appearing to Four Male Saints

Carlo Maratti, 1680-95

Red chalk drawing of robed figures, an angel with a tablet, and a chalice in an allegorical scene.

Allegory of the Old and New Dispensations

Carlo Maratti, 1700-8

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, a river god and Rome, presenting a portrait medallion held aloft by angels amid cl

Rome and the Tiber Paying Homage to a Pope (Clement XI ?)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated robed prelate looking upward on grey paper.

Study for a Seated Prelate (Saint Gregory the Great)

Carlo Maratti, 1685-86

Drawing of a robed saint on a cloud above plague victims, with an angel and cherubs in the sky within an ornate frame.

Saint Rosalia Interceding for Victims of the Plague in Palestrina

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Hand-colored drawing of labeled classical figures including Agamemnon, Helen, Paris, Hector and Jason, arranged in rows on ag

Famous Men and Women from Classical and Biblical Antiquity

Barthélémy d' Eyck, 1450s

Red chalk drawing of a robed figure reaching from clouds toward figures in a boat tossed by waves and rigging.

Christ Stilling the Tempest ?

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Pen and brown wash drawing of an angel with wings leading a young boy by the hand across rocky ground.

Tobias and the Angel

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child on a cloud giving rosaries to kneeling Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine.

The Virgin and Child with Chaplets Appearing to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena

Pietro Mera, 1570-1639

Pen and wash drawing of Christ gesturing at a column as men carry a struggling figure through a crowded classical street.

Christ Healing a Possessed Man

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749