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Red chalk study of a draped standing figure holding a chalice, with sketched wing fragments at the right edge.

Study of St. John (recto); Study of a Warrior (verso)

Eugenio Caxés, 17th century

Engraving of Lot led by two winged angels away from a walled city, with women following behind and a tree on the left.

Lot's Flight from Sodom

Hendrick Goltzius, 1582

Engraving of Christ bound to a column while executioners with rods and a torch surround him in a city square.

The Flagellation, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of Ecce Homo: a crowned figure shown on a balcony above a crowd, with a man carrying a cross below and a city tower

Ecce Homo, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Print of figures lowering a shrouded body near a tree, with a Latin dedication inscription below the scene.

The Entombment

Conte Anton Maria Zanetti, 1725

Pen and ink sketch of a nude risen figure with a banner above a tomb, with startled soldiers around its base.

Resurrection

Luca Cambiaso, 16th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated draped man holding a chalice, with an eagle beside him.

Saint John the Evangelist (recto; Cartoon for a Fresco); Saint Mark (verso; Cartoon for a Fresco)

Francesco Salviati, 1548-49

Hand-colored portrait of a man in a green headwrap, silver earrings and red face paint, holding a pipe over a yellow blanket.

Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet")

J. Barincou, 1830

Engraving of a kneeling woman surrounded by soldiers and a crowd beneath classical columns, with a city visible in the distan

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy

Jacques Bellange, 1613/16

Engraving of crowned Saint Catherine with a sword and broken wheel, her long hair flowing over a layered gown.

The Small Saint Catherine

Martin Schongauer, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint with crozier above clouds and putti, with a city and smoking volcano below.

Saint Januarius Saving Naples from an Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Verso: Small sketch of similar scene

Anton Domenico Gabbiani, 1724

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate octagonal frame with cherub heads above a goblet stand with angel heads.

Design for a Sculptural Frame Decorated with Angel Heads, Volutes and Leaves (for a Ceiling ?); Design for a Base Dec…

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Etching of the Virgin seated holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a rose, both with halos against draped curtains.

The Virgin and Child with a Rose

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Woodcut of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, a dove and angels in clouds above.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim

Hans Burgkmair, 1512

Brown ink and wash drawing of a slumped nude figure held up by two winged angels, with a bearded figure at upper left.

Design of Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels a Saint

Marco Marchetti, 1553-88

Painted miniature of a haloed risen Christ with a cross banner, surrounded by sleeping armored soldiers and a landscape.

The Resurrection

Simon Bening, c. 1530

Four haloed saints in colored ink on parchment, one holding a palm frond, with inscriptions naming them above.

Saints Cyprian, Vitus, Stephan, and Cornelius

Unknown artist, third quarter 12th century

Illuminated manuscript page with a seated evangelist in a decorated blue initial beside columns of Latin text.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 12th century

Drawing of an angel restraining an old bearded man above a blindfolded young man on an altar beside a tree.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Willem van Mieris, 1694

Two facing manuscript pages of Latin Gospel text with red initials and a decorated rubric beginning Saint Mark.

Saint Mark

Unknown artist, fourth quarter 12th century

Sepia lithograph of a kneeling woman with two children and a sheep in a landscape with palm and leafy trees.

The Holy Family

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1809

Pen and brown wash design for an arched sepulchral monument with statues above and a bas relief panel below, dated 1826.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument Divided in Two Parts with Bas Relief Surmounted by Statues and Foliate Decoration Below

Guiseppe Colignon, 1826

Engraving of a haloed saint gesturing to a figure on a rocky hillside, with a city and clouds in the background.

Saint Filippo Benizzi Healing a Beggar

After Andrea del Sarto, c. 1510/1520

Woodcut of the crowned Madonna seated on a grassy bank holding the Christ child, with a castle and river in the background.

Madonna and Child on the Grassy Bank

Hans Baldung Grien, 1505

Woodcut of Saint Colomannus with halo and pilgrim staff in a landscape beside a tree and a lion coat of arms.

Saint Colomannus

Willem Liefrinck after Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a bishop saint with halo and crozier, an angel in the clouds above a town, and a lion coat of arms.

Saint Goericus

after Leonhard Beck Cornelis Liefrinck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of Saint Gudila with a halo, holding a staff while a winged demon pours from a pitcher in a Gothic interior.

Saint Gudila

Willem Liefrinck after Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of Saint Jodocus with halo and pilgrim staff standing in an arched niche, with a castle landscape and heraldic shield

Saint Jodocus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a haloed pope with crosier beside a sick figure in bed, under a papal coat of arms with crossed keys.

Saint Leo (Pope Leo IX)

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a bearded saint with a halo holding a rosary, standing among pine trees with a dragon and a distant castle.

Saint Ramaricus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of a crowned, haloed saint with staff and patterned robe beside a heraldic shield and arched doorway.

Saint Rudolfus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518

Woodcut of crowned Saint Rupertus in armor with halo, holding a staff, an angel above, and a fortified town behind him.

Saint Rupertus

Leonhard Beck, 1516/1518