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Etching of Christ shown to a crowd on a platform before a classical building, with soldiers, a cross, and a Latin inscription

La Présentation au Peuple (The Presentation of Christ to the People), from "La Grande Passion" (The Large Passion)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1619-24

Brown wash drawing of a woman bowing her head over a nude infant on her lap, with cherub heads in the background.

The Holy Family

attributed to Ludwig Büsinck, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1620-1623

Hand-colored engraving of St Paul's Cathedral in London seen from the northwest, with figures and a carriage in the foregroun

Gezicht op Saint Paul's Cathedral te Londen gezien vanaf de noordwestzijde

Nicolas Jean Baptiste Poilly, 1722

Hand-colored print of a tree-lined park avenue with strolling figures in red coats and dresses, and a sentry box at left.

Gezicht op The Mall in het Saint James's Park te Londen

Hand-coloured print of a canal in a tree-lined park with strolling figures in period dress and distant buildings.

Gezicht op het kanaal in het Saint James's Park te Londen

Basset, 1700

Black and white woodcut of Christ with a crown of thorns on a balcony above a crowd of soldiers and onlookers.

Ecce Homo, from the series The Large Passion

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498-99

Engraving of a crowded city square with stone buildings, a raised platform, armoured soldiers and townspeople watching.

Ecce Homo

Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Etching of the Virgin holding the Christ Child as young Saint John reaches toward him beneath a hanging drapery.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, with a haloed head, cherubs and clouds around them.

The Virgin and Child

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a ledge, with a halo, a curtain and a bird in flight above.

The Virgin and Child with a Bird

Simone Cantarini

Woodcut of Saint Michael and angels fighting a dragon in the sky above a river landscape with a town.

Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Graphite drawing of a bearded saint raising his hand before kneeling figures, a child on the ground, and a crowd with classic

Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Child

Ciro Ferri, 1665

Etching of the infant Saint John seated with a lamb and reed staff in an outdoor landscape, by Simone Cantarini, 1612.

The Infant Saint John

Simone Cantarini

Etching of Saint Sebastian, a seated nude man pierced by arrows beside a tree, with a cherub holding a palm above.

Saint Sebastian

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Etching of Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child, surrounded by cherubs and angels in clouds, with a book at his fe

The Large Saint Anthony of Padua

Simone Cantarini

Pen and brown ink drawing with red chalk of figures lowering Christ's body from the cross using ladders.

The Deposition

Thomas Blanchet, 1670

Pen and ink drawing of a robed saint holding the Christ Child, with a balustrade and column behind them.

Saint Anthony of Padua Holding the Christ Child

Simone Cantarini, 1640s

Etching of a robed saint lifting a writhing man as a kneeling woman and onlookers watch under trees.

Saint Benedict Healing the Possessed

Simone Cantarini after Lodovico Carracci

Etching of a winged guardian angel pointing upward while leading a barefoot child across a rocky landscape.

The Guardian Angel

Simone Cantarini

Etching of the Virgin seated under a tree with the Christ Child, John the Baptist and a lamb in a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Giulio Carpioni

Etching of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ beside an aged Saint Joseph, with angels and a column above.

The Holy Family by a Column

Bartolomeo Biscaino, c. 1655

Woodcut of a saint kneeling before an enthroned God and crowned elders in clouds, with a castle and forest below.

Saint John before God and the Elders

Albrecht Dürer, probably c. 1496/1498

Etching of an ornate choirstall with haloed saints, a central arch, cherubs and carved niches, in dense black line work.

Large Choirstall with Christ Blessing the Virgin

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1518-20

Engraving of a kneeling saint before soldiers and a seated judge, with classical columns and stepped terrace behind.

The martyrdom of Saint Paul and the condemnation of Saint Peter

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1524-27

Virgin and Child

Parmigianino, ca. 1527-30

Etching of St. Jerome reading near a tree as a lion approaches, with a hillside village and church tower behind.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king and crowd of onlookers.

Adoration of the Magi

Frans Francken II, n.d.

Engraving of a kneeling woman anointing the feet of a seated bearded man at a dinner table with guests.

Jesus's feet anointed by a sinner

Hans Collaert, 1585

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a mounted rider, a hilltop group, and a distant town.

The Martyrdom of Saint Alexander of Bergamo

Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1524

Engraving of Christ at a well speaking with a woman carrying a water jar, with disciples and a city in the background.

Christ and the woman of Samaria

Hans Collaert, 1585

Engraving of Christ crucified between two thieves, with a kneeling figure in rocks and a city on the horizon.

Christ on the cross between the two sinners

Hans Collaert, 1585

Brown ink drawing of God the Father on clouds with angels playing harp and lute and putti below.

God the Father and Angels on Clouds

Raffaello Motta