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Pencil sketch of a sleeping curly-haired woman reclining on her arm in drapery, within faint arched guidelines.

Saint Cecilia

Johann Scheffer von Leonhardshoff, 1821

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, grieving women at the base, a standing man on the right, and a distant

The Crucifixion

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Pen and ink sketch of Saint Andrew on a diagonal cross with soldiers and a crowd below, framed by architecture.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Attributed to Stefano della Bella

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude child leaning on a sphere while an older child looks on.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Pen and brown ink sketch of a kneeling man surrounded by armed figures in an architectural setting with a dome.

Saint James the Great

Attributed to Stefano della Bella

Brown wash drawing of a haloed saint watching as a man smashes a statue on a pedestal while angels descend above.

Saint Benedict Orders the Destruction of Idols at Montecassino

Gaspare Serenario, 1694-1759

Engraving of three winged angels seated at a table with Abraham bending toward them while a woman watches from a doorway.

The Three Angels Visiting Abraham, from "The Story of Abraham"

Pen and ink drawing of a seated youth raising his hand before robed men on a platform beneath curtains.

Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple (Luke 2:46-47)

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd gathers, with a figure spreading a cloak on the road.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Holy Family with the infant Baptist, with draped curtains and an angel above.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, 1521-75

Etching of a priest offering a chalice to kneeling worshippers at an altar, with a server holding a candle stand in a church

Communion in the Church of Saint Medard (La communion dans l'eglise St.-Medard)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a dying saint on the ground surrounded by hooded friars, one reading an open book, with a skull in the foreground.

The Death of Saint Francis (La mort de St. Francois)

Alphonse Legros

Ink and wash study of Saint Michael with a sword defeating falling demons, with wing studies above.

Studies for Saint Michael Defeating the Rebel Angels

Niccola Ricciolini

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel seated and playing a lute, with sketched studies around the figure.

Angel Playing a Lute

Attributed to Jacopo Confortini, n.d.

Hand-colored view of Notre Dame cathedral from a Paris quay, with laundry hanging on a white building and washerwomen at the

Notre Dame, Paris from the Quai Saint Bernard

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830

Etching of Christ crowned with thorns beside a large cross, surrounded by a crowd, with Italian caption below.

Via crucis - Station X, Jesus Despoiled

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of the Holy Family with putti and a garland of flowers before classical ruins and a distant town.

The Holy Family with Putti

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 1660

Black-and-white print of the Nativity in a ruined stable, with the Virgin kneeling by the infant, angels above and a star.

The Nativity, from the Life of the Virgin series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Grayscale drawing of a rococo altar with a central nativity painting, flanking columns, and sculpted saints.

Study for an Altar Containing a Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds

Carl Joseph Haringer, 1767

Engraved print of the Madonna holding the infant Christ with young Saint John beside them in a circular frame.

The Madonna della Sedia

Raphael Morghen, 1800

Etching of Saint Jerome kneeling in a wilderness with a halo, a lion, an open book and a cross beside him.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Annibale Carracci, ca. 1591

Red chalk drawing of a haloed figure offering a chalice to kneeling apostles in an arched columned hall.

Communion of the Apostles

Johann Martin Schuster, n.d.

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child at left, a kneeling king offering a gift, and a crowd in an interior

Adoration of the Magi

Lucas van Leyden, 1513

Etching of the Holy Family resting under trees, with an angel bending from a palm tree and the infant Christ on the Virgin's

The Holy Family resting on their flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Etching of the Holy Family resting, with Mary holding the Christ child, Joseph offering fruit, and two putti above.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ while St. Joseph hands him a fruit

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Pen-and-ink style print of the Madonna seated on clouds holding the infant Christ, with a halo and a cherub below.

Madonna and child on clouds

Simone Cantarini, 17th century

Engraving of the Holy Family with a seated Virgin, infant Christ, reading Joseph, palm tree and classical building in a lands

Holy Family

Guillaume Château, 1650

Etching of a Holy Family: a seated woman holds a nude infant, an older bearded man rests at left, a child with a staff stands

Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, copy in reverse

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42 or after

Etching of the Holy Family resting in a landscape, Mary holding the infant Christ while Joseph kneels beneath a tree.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ with St. Joseph at right

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640

Etching of the Virgin and infant Christ seated beneath a curtain held by an angel, with a town in the distance.

Holy Family with a curtain

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42

Etching of the Holy Family with the infant John the Baptist holding a banner staff, Saint Joseph seated at right.

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ with a rosary while an older Joseph leans in behind a curtain.

Holy Family with a Rosary

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42