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Red chalk drawing of a prophet, King David and two putti in decorative cupola compartments.

Design for the Decoration of a Cupola with a Prophet, King David and Two Putti

Grey wash drawing of a priest in a mitre circumcising an infant at an altar, with a kneeling child, a praying woman and onloo

The Circumcision

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Etching of a beheading scene with a severed head on the ground, a mounted horseman, soldiers and onlookers in hatched shading

The Beheading of St. Paul

Michael Lucas Leopold Willmann, n.d.

Etching of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ, seated with drapery and a thin halo, with a Latin caption below.

The Virgin suckling the infant Christ

Annibale Carracci, 1590

Black chalk and white highlight study of a draped angel seated on a cloud, one arm raised, with extra hand studies.

Angel Holding a Banderole

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Pen and wash study of a fountain with a seated woman, dancing figures, statues and an ornate scrolled frame.

Study for The Allegory of Spring

Federico Zuccaro, 1579

Pen and wash drawing of men carrying a limp body past columns and an arched niche, with a child watching at left.

The entombment of martyrs by SS Abdon and Sennen

Guillaume Courtois, 1657

Pencil sketch sheet with a large draped woman carrying a child, smaller figure studies, and a vase drawing.

Sketches of the Virgin and Child after an engraving by Albrecht Dürer

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a standing friar in a long hooded robe, gazing upward with hands clasped.

Saint Francis

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, ca. 1550-60

Engraving of Christ seated and crowned with thorns while soldiers mock him beneath a brick archway with a town view.

The Crowning with Thorns, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of a kneeling young man embraced by a bending older woman, with cattle, a pond and a thatched cottage behind them.

The Prodigal Son (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Ink and wash drawing of a prophet speaking to a crowned king seated under a canopy, with a prostrate figure in a gothic hall.

Der Prophet Nathan vor König David; Davids Buße

Sigmund Holbein

Triptych woodblock print of a comic rosary procession with a giant octopus, demons, a mounted rider, and townspeople.

A comic Buddhist rosary procession

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1864

Pen and brown ink drawing of The Last Supper with apostles around a long table under a draped curtain.

The Last Supper

Master of the Egmont Albums, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of Christ carrying the cross amid a crowd of soldiers and mourners, with a colonnade and hilltop crosses be

Christ Carrying the Cross

Pierre Mignard I, ca. 1684

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with infant Saint John and three winged angels among clouds and rocks.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Three Angels

Cristofano Robetta, c. 1515

Brown wash drawing of a seated man gesturing to a standing woman by a stone well, with a city wall behind them.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Attributed to Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns, hands bound, holding a reed, with two men beside him against a radiating halo.

Christ Crowned with Thorns (copy)

H. Johnston, 1671

Grey wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds above three saints, one a bishop with a crozier, with a putto below.

Die Madonna erscheint drei heiligen Männern

Giovanni Lanfranco

Engraving of Saint Andrew with a halo, holding an X-shaped cross, in a long draped robe on a tiled floor.

Saint Andrew

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Colored design drawing of a theatre ceiling with a gilded lunette, classical figures, and a frieze labeled Aristophane and Te

Design for a Ceiling at Théatre Français, Paris

Aimé Chenavard, 1810-38

Engraving of Saint James the Great with halo, scallop-shell hat badge, pilgrim staff, and long cloak on a tiled floor.

Saint James the Great

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Engraving of a haloed bearded saint in a studded mantle holding a scroll and staff on a tiled floor.

Saint James the Less

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Engraving of Saint Philip with halo, reading an open book and holding a cross-topped staff, on a tiled floor.

Saint Philip

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Engraving of Saint Bartholomew with a halo, holding a knife and a book, standing on a tiled floor in a long robe.

Saint Bartholomew

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Engraving of a haloed bearded saint holding a long staff, wearing a flowing robe on a tiled floor.

Saint Matthew? Saint Thomas?

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Engraving of a standing saint in a hooded robe holding a saw, with a halo and the inscription Juda.

Saint Judas Thaddeus

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Engraving of a bearded saint with halo carrying a large cross, wearing a hooded draped robe, standing on a tiled floor.

Saint Judas Thaddeus (Saint Simon?)

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Saint Matthias

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470

Etching of a woman and child riding a donkey led by a man with a staff through dark, wooded terrain.

The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a Brook

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Engraving of Saint Lawrence standing in a fringed robe, holding a palm frond and book, with a gridiron beside him.

Saint Lawrence

Israhel van Meckenem, 1480

Etching of a gnarled pollard willow with a lion at its base and a kneeling bearded man in the lower right landscape.

St. Jerome beside a Pollard Willow

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648