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  • God stretches out his hand to give life to Adam. Etching by J.J. Pasquier after J. de Sève.
  • The fugitive holy family find rest. Etching by C. Macé after A. Carracci.
  • Jacob dreams of the heavenly ladder; he consecrates with oil the spot where he slept; he meets Rachel, who is tending sheep in the vicinity of a Mesopotamian city. Woodcut by S.H., 1568, after V. Solis.
  • The Fall: Adam and Eve driven out by the Angel for eating the forbidden fruit. Etching by C. Lasinio after Masaccio and Masolino.
  • Potiphar's wife denouncing Joseph to Potiphar. Tempera painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, 146- (?).
  • Potiphar's wife denouncing Joseph to Potiphar. Tempera painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, 146- (?).
  • Potiphar's wife denouncing Joseph to Potiphar. Tempera painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, 146- (?).
  • Potiphar's wife denouncing Joseph to Potiphar. Tempera painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, 146- (?).
  • The adoration of the magi: a king kneels before the infant Jesus, seated on Mary's lap. Engraving by E. Fessard after C.J. Natoire.
  • Mary and Joseph ride to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by H. Wierix..
  • The child Samuel tells the priest Eli of the fate God has in store for him. Engraving by H. Moses, 1829, after J.S. Copley.
  • Moses with his rod and his brazen serpent. Engraving by J. Hall, 1793, after B. West.
  • The child Samuel tells Eli about God's displeasure with him. Wood engraving by A.R. Branston after R. Westall.
  • Lot, drunk, rests back into the arms of one of his daughters; the other one pours him more wine; in the background his wife watches Sodom burn. Engraving by W. Kent after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1630.
  • Rizpah protecting the bodies of her murdered sons Armoni and Mephibosheth. Watercolour after J.M.W. Turner.
  • God, as a triangle representing the Trinity, pours light upon the Garden of Eden. Engraving.
  • The garden of Eden illuminated by light symbolising the Trinity. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol.
  • The plague of darkness. Coloured etching.
  • Vertebral column with dissections of nerves and blood vessels, with skin (?) in the background, and (left) the figure of a man representing Ecclesiastes, the whole being an illustration of Ecclesiastes XII, 6 "the silver cord". Drawing attributed to Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730.
  • Vertebral column with dissections of nerves and blood vessels, with skin (?) in the background, and (left) the figure of a man representing Ecclesiastes, the whole being an illustration of Ecclesiastes XII, 6 "the silver cord". Drawing attributed to Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730.
  • The adoration of the shepherds. Engraving by C.J. Visscher after P.P. Rubens.
  • The fugitive holy family board a barge across a river. Etching by J.B. Corneille after Annibale Carracci or D. Zampiere, il Domenichino.
  • In the Garden of Eden, Eve offers Adam the apple. Line engraving by C. Galle after G.B. Paggi.
  • An angel rescues Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness. Etching by E. Rooker after C. Le Brun.
  • Christ appears to Saint John the Evangelist with eyes aflame and a sword in his mouth. Etching by P. van der Borcht.
  • Paul undergoes a mystical experience on the way to Damascus; he falls from his horse. Mezzotint by G.H. Every after H. Dayes.
  • Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.
  • Elijah prays to raise the widow's son. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1768, after Rembrandt.
  • The Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman asks Christ to cure her possessed daughter; she points to a dog, to which she compares herself. Etching by P. del Po after Annibale Carracci.
  • The shepherds adoring the Christ Child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina.