Historical Religious Illustrations

A collection of early religious drawings depicting significant events like the resurrection and Christ's tomb, showcasing intricate lines and a historical ambiance.

Phaëton asks Apollo for the solar car, Hendrick Goltzius (School of), 1558 drawing Apollo is sitting on a throne in the background. Various gods are and stand in the foreground. Phaeton kneels between them. On the Verso, two studies of a standing boy. paper. ink pen / brush (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)

Christian Wincks drawing depicts the discovery of Christs tomb, executed in brown pen and pencil.

Pietro Testa, The Resurrection, early 1640s The Resurrection

Design for a Snuff-Box 17th century Hubert François Gravelot French. Design for a Snuff-Box 335441

Farm family in interior; Farmhouse house. Copy to the print of Adriaen van Ostade where only the lower half of the original composition has been taken over.

Dido's death.

Presentation of a Chest. Date: 16th-19th centuries. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

The Entombment. Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506). Engraving;

Phaëton asks Apollo for the solar car, Hendrick Goltzius (School of), 1558 drawing Apollo is sitting on a throne in the background. Various gods are and stand in the foreground. Phaeton kneels between them. On the Verso, two studies of a standing boy. paper. ink pen / brush (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)

Pietro Testa, An Allegory in Honor of Innocent X, 1644 An Allegory in Honor of Innocent X

Maarten of Heemskerck (1498-1574), Triumfvognogn. Inopia (Need), 1563

Eurydice Bitten by a Serpent n.d. Hendrick de Clerck Netherlandish. Eurydice Bitten by a Serpent 335176

. A saturated image is decorated by nymphs with flower gluy sands. To reach the head, the nymphs are on the shoulders of bacchants. A bacchanal with wine and music takes place around around the image. Left pisses a bacchant a sater in the mouth.

Twee scènes uit de historie van Jozef; Joseph & Putifar.Sketch sheet with two scenes from the history of Joseph, one of them with the caption: Joseph & Putifar, the other probably: Jozef explains the dreams of the Pharaoh. On Verso a quick sketch of figures. Design for a painting.

A drawing depicting the liberation of Petri executed in brown and gray ink with brown washes and traces of white highlights, dated around 1650.

The Adoration of the Shepherds 17th century Anonymous, French, 17th century French. The Adoration of the Shepherds 339868

Francesco Solimena, The Triumph of the Trinity (The Gloria) The Triumph of the Trinity (The Gloria)

Group of devils.

Proclamation to the shepherds, c. 1660 drawing Zwolle paper. chalk

Paul Troger's depiction of Alexander the Great encountering Diogenes, drawn in brown ink and stone chalk, dated 1740-1750.

Depicts Ulysses being recognized by his dog Argos, drawn with black chalk under heavy pressure.

Impromtu Dance (Le Bal improvisé). Artist: Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, Paris 1714-1789 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 13 3/16 in. (27 x 33.5 cm)plate: 9 9/16 x 11 5/8 in. (24.3 x 29.5 cm). Date: 1742. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre.

The crucifixion of polycrates, Salvator Rosa, 1625 - 1673 print The dead body of polycrates on a cross bound in a landscape with a large group of spectators. Italy paper etching / drypoint death of Polycrates: he is murdered, and his dead body is hung on a cross

Roman Chariot Race (After Antique Bas Relief) 1600-1699 France. Black chalk on ivory laid paper . Sébastien Le Clerc, the younger

The Adoration of the Shepherds. 1625 - 1700. Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Jojada shouts Joas as King, Anonymous, 1720 - 1740 drawing Jojada, the priest, calls out seven -year -old Joas as King, while Queen Atalja shouts that this is high treason. France paper. chalk Joash is proclaimed king at the age of seven

A pencil drawing by Peter von Hess copying Raphael's 'Lo Spasimo di Sicilia' from 1814, showing composition, figures, and sketchy border details with reddish tones.

Scene of Martyrdom. Artist: Giovanni Angelo Canini (Italian, Rome 1615-1666 Rome). Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 5in. (18.7 x 12.7cm). Date: 1615-66. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Royal () couple kneeling before a general, draughtsman: Maerten de Vos, 1542 - 1603, paper, pen, brush, h 265 mm × w 432 mm

Depiction of the murder of Agamemnon and Cassandra, drawn in black chalk with light brown contamination at corners and bottom, minor missing points, squeeze lines, and glued paper sections, illustrating a scene from the Iliad.

Drawing, Hare Hunting with Nets and Guns; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Netherlands; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 10.8 × 14.3 cm (4 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.)

Something for Everyone', Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1638, draughtsman: Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, (mentioned on object), 1600 - 1662, parchment (animal material), pen, brush, h 305 mm × w 465 mm

A pen drawing by Ercole Procaccini the Younger showing a saint and an angel, with laved details highlighting form and posture.

Anonymous / 'Conversion of Saint Paul'. XVIII century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on dark toned laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Red chalk drawing by Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem showing a rider and shepherds crossing a ford with cattle, depicting figures, animals, and water terrain.

Study sheet by Domenico Rietti with sketches of a satyr, a jumping buck, a proclamation angel, and other figures, executed with pen on reddish primed paper.

Chief Returning from a Bison Hunt and other Studies 1885-1895 France. Graphite on greenish-gray wove paper . Rosa Bonheur

Pencil draft by Josef Danhauser after 1842 showing a fight during a card game, capturing multiple figures in motion.

Alexander and Porus. Artist: Vincenzo Camuccini (Italian, Rome 1771-1844 Rome). Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 16in. (26.7 x 40.6cm). Date: 1771-1844. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The drawing is probably a design for a carpet in a series with the seasons or the months., Apple harvest and grape picking, draughtsman: anonymous, Brussels, c. 1540 - c. 1560, paper, pen, h 269 mm × w 416 mm

Brown ink drawing depicting the struggle between the Horatii and Curiatii, with gray lavated ink for shading.

Sir Peter Paul Rubens over Anonymous Italian after Titian, Part of the Crowd at the Ecce Homo Part of the Crowd at the Ecce Homo

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, Study of a Woman, being Taken Away by a Winged Being, undated. Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, thickm smooth, brown, wove paper.

Drawing, Juno; Mariano Rossi (Italian, 1731-1807); Italy; brush and brown wash, pen and ink, graphite on paper.; 27.3 x 36.5 cm (10 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)

Company of drinking, smoking and music-making young people around a table, Gerard ter Borch (II), 1632, draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II), Zwolle, (possibly), Nov-1632, paper, h 161 mm × w 230 mm

'Humiliation of Haman ( )'. The Netherlands. The Netherlands, Circa 1548-1550. Dimensions: 15x23,2 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Frans Floris (Frans de Vriendt).

The Month of June, Shearing Sheep (recto); Couples Drinking Wine, The Month of October (verso) ca. 1535 Master of the Months of Lucas Netherlandish. The Month of June, Shearing Sheep (recto); Couples Drinking Wine, The Month of October (verso). Master of the Months of Lucas (Netherlandish, active about 1535). ca. 1535. Pen and brown ink, brush and light gray-brown wash (faded from violet). Drawings

Search through the baggage of Joseph's brothers ca. 1540-56 Léon Davent French. Search through the baggage of Joseph's brothers 337453

Giovanni de Medici in a joust, Jan van der Straet, 1570 - 1583 drawing Giovanni de Medici (Giovanni delle Bande Nere) 1498-1526 kills his opponent in a joust. Design for a print. paper. paint (coating). chalk. ink pen / brush .

Recto: The Month of April (Figures in a park near a castle); Verso: Youth from The Three Ages of Man ()(Merry-makers). Date/Period: Ca. 1540. Drawing. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper. Author: Pieter Coecke van Aelst.

Three Scenes from the Passion of Christ (recto), 1500s. Northern Italy, 16th century. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk; framing line (left edge) in brown ink; sheet: 26.9 x 14.4 cm (10 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.).

Bliżej Kultury Landon, Charles Paul (1760 1826), Normand, Charles (1765 1840), Le Sueur, Eustache (1616 1655)

Moses Striking Water from the Rock. Attributed to Crispin van den Broeck (Netherlandish, 1524-c. 1590); or Ippolito Scarsella (Italian, 1551-1620). Date: 1544-1590. Dimensions: 182 x 266 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (discolored), on cream laid paper, laid down on card. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Crispin van den Broeck.

Drawing by Guercino around 1616/1617 depicting Mary with the child in the top right, venerated by a young founder, St. Augustine, Joseph, and King Ludwig of France; bottom left shows a crossed landscape, executed in ink and feather.

Leonidas at Thermopylae. Artist: Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748-1825 Brussels). Dimensions: 16 x 21 5/8 in. (40.6 x 54.9 cm). Date: ca. 1814.This is a compositional study for David's large canvas of the same subject, signed and dated 1814 and today in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The drawing was executed in two distinct stages, offering a view into the artist's creative process. Over a detailed, lightly sketched composition David reworked the sheet in a darker, more emphatic black chalk, refining and simplifying the landscape and figures, especially on the right side. Leonidas, leader of the Spartan troops, is shown calm and unwavering as his men prepare to battle the Persians at the pass of Thermopylae. Many of the poses and figural types used by David refer to classical prototypes, as does the practice--debated during David's time--of depicting classical warriors nude. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Recto: Pilgrim, or 'Pietas' (allegory of Piety), preliminary design for pl. 6 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series; Verso, above: Man with a Stick; Verso, below: Lion Hunt in Africa, from Pliny's Natural History, Book 8, ch. 21, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, French, 1562 - 1630, Catherine Michelle of Spain, Duchess of Savoy, Spanish, 1567 - 1597, Pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper, Recto: A female pilgrim with a staff. Kneeling before an outdoor altar; in background a church, an outdoor altar and a religious procession with a bishop being carried in it. Verso: catching lion with piece of cloth, 1594-1596, albums (bound) & books, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Hades Abducting Persephone in a Clearing; Italy; pen and ink wash on paper

Pencil drawing by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Rudolf von Habsburg with a priest on yellow-made paper, created in 1820, with reddish tones and border line.

Cavalteriegebecht, Hendrik Verschuring, 1635 - 1690 print Riders in fight with an obelisk. paper etching battle (+ cavalry, horsemen). obelisk, needle

Etching with drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn from 1641 depicting a baptism in a chamber, showing figures, gestures, and interior details.

Standing young man (Paris) At sitting Venus. Draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg. Dating: 1703 - 1775. Measurements: h 267 mm × w 386 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Aeneas and Achates Entering Dido's Palace in a Cloud 1624-63 attributed to Francesco Allegrini Italian. Aeneas and Achates Entering Dido's Palace in a Cloud 338022

Lord with a footman with a lady on horseback, Romeyn de Hooghe (Possible), 1655 - 1708 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman (+ sitting on animal with both legs on one side, riding side-saddle). manservant, footman. pouring. male sex; man

Rinaldo Persuaded by Ubaldo and Guelfo to Abandon Armida mid-18th-late 18th century Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian. Rinaldo Persuaded by Ubaldo and Guelfo to Abandon Armida. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727-1804 Venice). mid-18th-late 18th century. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk. Drawings

The Tomb of John Law, 1720, anonymous, 1720, The tomb of John Law, the inventor of the wind trade. Time pulls open a curtain, revealing a stage on which is the tomb of John Law. On the stage many other figures, on the left the city maid of Amsterdam with Justice and Prudence, on the right Bombario between actionists. Top left in the clouds Freedom, Abundance and Apollo. Design drawing for an unexecuted print in a series on the rise and fall of Quincampoix (John Law). Belongs to the group of drawings added to the series Tableau of Folly with cartoons on the Wind Trade or Action Trade of 1720., draughtsman: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1720, paper, h 295 mm × w 368 mm

Maarten van Heemskkk (1498-1574), Tobias and Sara resigned with Raguel and Edna, 1555

Company at a banquet on an Italian terrace, Gerard ter Borch (I), 1613, draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I), (signed by artist), Zwolle, (possibly), 1613, paper, brush, h 190 mm × w 315 mm

Anonymous chalk, feather, and brush drawing depicts the Baptism of Christ, with laved shading and white heightening, created at the end of the 17th century.

A chalk and feather drawing by Giovanni Battista Naldini depicting Christ selling the changers from the temple, with wash, emphasizing figures, gesture, and spatial arrangement.

Hunting of monkeys in Ethiopia, Jan van der Straet, 1533 - 1578 drawing Design for a print. paper. paint (coating). ink. chalk pen / brush monkey hunting Ethiopia

Le triomphe de la Mort: Le départ , Death, Skeletons, Arrivals & departures, Crowds, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Massacre of theInnocents. Artist, attributed to: Cornelius de Wael, Flemish, 1592-1667

Red chalk drawing on reddish paper by Francesco Primaticcio showing Odysseus protecting himself from sirens, including figures, posture, and perspective construction lines, white heighted, circa 1550-1555.

Sketch - Sacking of a village John Henry Walker (1831-1899)

Triumph of the Moon. Monogrammist P.P.; Italian, late 15th-early 16th century. Date: 1500-1510. Dimensions: 178 × 228 mm. Engraving on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Brown feder drawing by Christian Winck depicting the three autumn months with associated symbolic signs, showing figures and seasonal elements.

Scene of Celebration with Dancing and Music-Making (Jephtha and his Daughter) ca. 1680-1720 Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century Italian. Scene of Celebration with Dancing and Music-Making (Jephtha and his Daughter) 340365

Page 30 from a sketchbook with 72 pages, Entry into a city with a man on horseback and standard-bearer, draughtsman: anonymous, Italy, (possibly), c. 1650 - c. 1799, paper, pen, brush

Black chalk drawing by Antoine Rivalz depicting the adoration of the kings, with traces of white chalk highlights, showing figures and gestures.

Judgement Scene with a Bound Prisoner, Judgement Scene with a Bound Prisoner, draughtsman: Adam Elsheimer, 1588 - 1610, paper, pen, h 184 mm × w 120 mm

Bliżej Kultury H. Kleinmann & Co Haarlem, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 1669)

The Raising of Lazarus 1615-73 Salvator Rosa Italian. The Raising of Lazarus 340642

Studies for the Raising of Lazarus and Other Compositions verso. Dated: c. 1582. Dimensions: overall: 29.8 x 19.4 cm (11 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Véronèse.

Scene of Celebration with Dancing and Music-Making (Jephtha and his Daughter). Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century. Dimensions: 8-7/16 x 6-1/4 in. (21.5 x 15.9 cm). Date: ca. 1680-1720. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Illustration for a Book: Two Scenes of Coronation 1696-1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian. Illustration for a Book: Two Scenes of Coronation 339283

Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon and the Monte Soratte. Joseph Anton Koch; Austrian, 1768-1839. Date: 1811-1821. Dimensions: 213 × 310 mm. Pen and dark gray ink, over graphite (recto); graphite (verso) on ivory laid paper. Origin: Austria. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Battista Franco / 'Design for a Majolica Plate The Rape of Helen (?)'. Mid-XVIcentury. Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Rovers distribute the loot after tied to trees, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1531 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing traveller(s) attacked by robber(s). robber. robbery. booty, spoil

Triomf Van Bacchus, 1543 print Print consisting of three plates. Procession in honor of the God Bacchus. Bacchus is sitting on a triumphal wagon. In the procession that runs by car to a temple, Saters Putti and others spoke to partying and dancing. Some play on flute or tambourine, others carry sticks or jugs with grape bunches and vines with them. Antwerp paper engraving Triumph of Bacchus; 'Carro di Bacco' (Ripa)

Four studies of standing figures. .

A Woman with Her Arms in Chains and Four Other Figures, from Vari capricci (VariousCapriccios). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 1696-1770

Pencil figure studies by Hans Makart on paus paper, showing human poses and anatomy in detailed sketches.

Adoration of the Magi. Artist: Flemish , first quarter of the sixteenth century. Culture: Flemish, Antwerp. Dimensions: 11 x 7 15/16 in. (28 x 20.2 cm). Date: first quarter 16th century.This drawing of elegant figures worshipping the Virgin and Child set amidst the ruins of antiquity was once attributed to Lucas van Leyden (1489/94-1533), hence the L added later to the architectural base at the lower right. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Sun, for the Sala di Apollo e Diana, Palazzo Bianchetti, Bologna, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on Off-white laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. God driving in chariot with four horses, above clouds, suppporting lyre with left hand; seen in front, above an arc with three signs of Zodiac: Lion, Virgin, Scales., Italy, 1810-23, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Procession people on their way to the fair of Sint-Job in Antwerp, Henri François Schaefels, 1861 print paper etching bridge. street. windmill. pleasure fair and circus

Drawing by Martin Johann Schmidt depicting Saint Nicholas as patron of shipwrecked seafarers, executed with lead stylus, stone chalk, ink wash, and white highlights.

A pencil drawing by Karl Schnorr von Carolsfeld from 1847 depicting the Schnorr'sche living room, emphasizing furniture, interior space, and architectural details.

Anonymous / 'The deposition of Christ'. XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes 1540-50 (republished 1609) Niccolò Vicentino Italian For the attribution of this print to Vicentino, see Naoko Takahatake, 'Niccolò Vicentino's "Miraculous Draught of Fishes"', Print QuarterlyVol. 28, No. 3 (SEPTEMBER 2011), pp. 256-260.. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active ca. 1510-ca. 1550). 1540-50 (republished 1609). Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in pale green (state iii/iii). Andrea Andreani (Italian, Mantua 1558/1559-1629). Prints

. Triumph trip with in the middle the victory with Bacchus and Ariadne. The car is drawn by nymphs and putti. At the back of the procession, men wear a sleeping woman. In the foreground on the right a Sater with a triangle.

Slaves at the harbor chef; Havent scenes. The chef stirs in a boiler. A slave comes to get food for him. There are some slaves to eat on the bottom left. On the right there are three older men.

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