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Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling friar with a book, crucifix and skull, sketched studies at the margins.

Saint Francis Praying

Possibly after Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, n.d.

Etching of the Madonna holding the infant Christ while angels gather above her, with fine cross-hatched shading.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Ludovico Carracci, c. 1595/1610

Etching of a kneeling bearded friar in a hooded habit cradling the Christ Child, gazing up toward angels and clouds.

Saint Francis with the Christ Child

Pietro Faccini, 1562-1602

Engraving of Moses striking a rock as water flows out to a crowd of people, camels and cattle in a wooded landscape.

Moses Striking the Rock

Battista Franco Veneziano

Etching of Saint Anthony of Padua holding a lily branch and an open book, with a rosary and distant landscape.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Guercino, 1630s

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ between two thieves, mourners below and soldiers and angels around the crosses.

The Crucifixion

Bernardino Poccetti

Etching of the Crucifixion with Christ between two thieves, surrounded by robed figures and a distant town skyline.

Crucifixion

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of the infant Jesus and kneeling Saint John with a lamb, Virgin Mary and Joseph in a wooded landscape.

The Infant Jesus and Saint John

Etching of figures laying a body into a stone tomb in a rocky cave, with bare trees above and a verse inscription below.

Entombment

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of nude souls near a fiery furnace and stone gateway, with a horned devil in a triple crown blowing a horn.

Descent into Hell

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of the Virgin Mary cradling the Christ child in a circular frame, with a radiating halo behind her head.

Virgin and Child

Etching of the risen Christ in clouds above a tomb where soldiers disguised as monks feast, with a verse below.

Resurrection

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Engraving of the Virgin embracing the infant Christ, with drapery behind them and a tree and figure in an arched niche at lef

Virgin and Child

Ventura Salimbeni after Guido Reni

Pencil sketch of a crucified figure on a cross with a stone base, surrounded by loose sketched landscape and foliage.

Crucifix

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, horses, and angels around a radiant star.

The Adoration of the Magi

Pietro Testa, c. 1640

Etching of the infant Christ embracing a cross with the Virgin, angels and cherubs, under a tree in clouds.

The Infant Christ Embracing the Cross (The Dream of Joseph)

Pietro Testa, 1635/1637

Woodcut of The Entombment showing a nude body being lowered by bearded men beside a large tree and hooded mourners.

The Entombment

Giuseppe Scolari, 1592/1607

Etching of bearded men gathered by two reclining bodies in a dim, wooded cave lit by a central glow.

The Bodies of Saints Peter and Paul Hidden in the Catacombs

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/1647

Etching of a robed figure pointing toward light as onlookers gather at a tomb beneath trees.

The Resurrection of Lazarus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645

Etching of three rock pinnacles with a monastery perched on the central cliff, distant mountains and clouds behind.

The Holy Trinity of the Castles in the Air

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Pen and wash drawing of a seated saint writing beside an eagle in an oval, within an ornate decorative frame.

Saint John on Patmos

Geoffroy Dumonstier, 1547

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged warrior figure pressing down on a serpent-tailed demon, with a robed figure above.

Saint Michael

Giulio Romano, c. 1527/1528

Pen and brown wash drawing of Christ touching a kneeling leper while robed onlookers watch beneath a tree.

Christ Healing the Leper

Attributed to Pieter de Jode I

Engraving of Christ speaking with a Samaritan woman at a well, with a city and tower across the water behind them.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Giulio Campagnola, c. 1510

Engraved print of Christ on the cross with a kneeling veiled woman in prayer and a city skyline behind.

Crucifixion with a beguine kneeling behind it

Alexander Voet the Elder, 1628

Etching of a snowy farmyard with a barn, bare trees, horses and figures in winter cloaks, including a group inside the stable

Adoration of the Kings

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of the infant Jesus and St. John embracing under a tree, with winged cherubs and a lamb at left.

Jesus and St. John embracing, with Cherubs

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of infant Jesus and St. John the Baptist with a lamb, a cross and winged cherubs beside a flower basket.

Jesus, St. John the Baptist and four cherubs

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Brown wash drawing of Saint Paul preaching to a crowd beneath a classical arcade with Corinthian columns.

Saint Paul Preaching in Athens

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1734

Circular engraving of bearded evangelist Matthew writing with a quill while a winged angel holds an inkwell beside him.

Evangelist Mattheüs

Jacques de Gheyn, 1588

Circular engraving of a haloed evangelist writing with a quill beside a large eagle, with Latin text around the border.

Evangelist Johannes

Jacques de Gheyn, 1588

Circular engraving of an elderly bearded man reading a book beside an ox, with Latin inscription around the border.

Evangelist Lucas

Jacques de Gheyn, 1588