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  • A baptism being administered by a priest in a church. Etching by B. Picart.
  • Various rites and cermonies for the burial of a pope, including the catafalque during the funeral and the funeral procession. Engraving by B Picart, 1724.
  • The pope takes possession of his office: the procession to St. John Lateran. Etching by B. Picart, 1722.
  • Two faces showing joy and laughter. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • A celebration party is given in honour of a newly-married couple. Engraving by B. Picart after himself.
  • A frontal outline and a profile of faces expressing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • A baptism according to the Roman Catholic rite. Engraving by A. Thom after B. Picart.
  • An auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition held in a church. Engraving by B. Picart.
  • Two outlines of faces expressing admiration (left) and astonishment (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • The washing of poor men's feet by the Pope on Holy Thursday. Etching after B. Picart.
  • Two faces: one expressing extreme despair (left), the other anger mixed with rage (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Saint Roch. Etching by B. Picart after G. Reni.
  • Outline of a face in extreme pain (left); a woman's head, showing admiration. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Fools carved on the finial of the staff of the Compagnie Mère-Folle (Mère-Folie) at Dijon, 1482. Line engraving by or after B. Picart.
  • A congregation of Russian mourners preparing a corpse for burial. Engraving with etching by B. Picart, 1732.
  • Two faces expressing dejection. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • A bearded man glowering with jealousy (left) and a man expressing jealousy or hatred. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Christ healing the paralytic. Etching by B. Picart after Jean Jouvenet, 1683.
  • Cow's urine used as a medical treatment in India: a sick man is held over a cow's hindquarters, so that the cow's urine streams onto his face. Engraving by C. du Bosc after B. Picart, ca. 1730.
  • Two outlines of faces expressing joy (left) and the movement of the face in sadness (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Ezekiel has a vision of angels and spheres with eyes coasting along the thunderstruck sea. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-, after B. Picart.
  • A congregation of Jewish mourners lowering a coffin into a grave during a funeral. Engraving by B. Picart, ca. 1733.
  • An auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition and the execution of sentences by burning heretics on the stake in a market place. Engraving by B. Picart.
  • An outline of a face expressing acute pain (left); a face showing anger. Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Suttee. Engraving after B. Picart, ca. 1730.
  • Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.
  • A Parsee or Zoroastrian funeral: the body is viewed by a dog, before being exposed on a tower to be eaten by vultures. Engraving after B. Picart, 1727.
  • A funeral procession following a coffin, laid out on a bier, into a church. Etching by B. Picart, 1724.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church; ordination. Etching after B. Picart.
  • A celebration party given in honour of a good harvest. Engraving by B. Picart, 1733, after Virgil.