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  • Saint Francis of Assisi in ecstasy. Etching.
  • The ecstasy of Saint William of Vercelli. Engraving by Giuseppe Magliar after F. Solimena.
  • A male figure expressing ecstasy. Crayon Manner Print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
  • The ecstasy of Andrea Corsini. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni, c. 1635-40.
  • Saint Michael of Sanctis: he experiences ecstasy before the sacrament of the Eucharist. Engraving by J. Bossi after himself.
  • The ecstasy of Saint Francis of Assisi; two angels next to him. Mezzotint by W. Say after L. Carracci, 18--.
  • The face of a woman in ecstasy (left); a female face expressing simple love (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
  • Four faces expressing (clockwise from top left): admiration mixed with astonishment, admiration, veneration, and ecstasy. Etching by A.-J. Defehrt after C. Le Brun.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi in ecstasy after receiving the stigmata, held by two angels; an angel playing the violin on a cloud. Etching by L. Vorsterman the elder after G. Seghers, 16--.
  • A mandala-like shape with concentric circles of ecstasy pills of various sizes, colours and brands, with a red condom in the centre; representing risk factors for AIDS. Colour lithograph by concept x, 199-.
  • Nandina domestica Thunb. Berberidaceae. Heavenly bamboo. Distribution: Asia. It contains cyanogenic glycosides which liberate hydrogen cyanide when damaged. Nothing eats it. Pharmacists have also found a chemical in the sap, called nantenine, which is a potential antidote to poisoning by ecstasy with which it shares the same molecular shape. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A face expressing rapture. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • An ecstatic eye. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Two faces expressing veneration and rapture. Etching, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • De l'angoisse à l'extase : études sur les croyances et les sentiments / par le dr. Pierre Janet.
  • Quelques infos pour mieux faire la fête / Fêtez Clairs ; Mairie de Paris and 13 others.
  • Quelques infos pour mieux faire la fête / Fêtez Clairs ; Mairie de Paris and 13 others.
  • Quelques infos pour mieux faire la fête / Fêtez Clairs ; Mairie de Paris and 13 others.
  • Quelques infos pour mieux faire la fête / Fêtez Clairs ; Mairie de Paris and 13 others.
  • Tongues of fire descend on the apostles (Pentecost). Engraving by Jan Wierix, 1581, after P. van der Borcht.
  • The Holy Spirit initiates the Pentecost. Engraving by A. Mochetti after N. Poussin (?).
  • Tongues of fire appear to the apostles, who sit around a throne, occupied by the praying Virgin Mary. Reproduction of a woodcut.
  • Tongues of fire descend on the apostles at Pentecost. Lithograph.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Woodcut.
  • Bacchus, Roman God of wine, mosaic pavement, Roman
  • Saint Catherine of Siena receiving the stigmata. Chromolithograph by Storch & Kremer, 1867, after C. Mariannecci after G.A. Bazzi, il Sodoma, 1527.
  • Nandina domestica and hoverfly
  • The head of a man against a backdrop of drug-related illustrations with a message that safe use of cocaine does not transmit AIDS; an advertisement by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Peder Iblher.
  • The death of Saint Francis Xavier. Engraving by Jacobus Frey the elder, 1733, after C. Maratta, 1678.
  • Death of Saint Francis Xavier, holding a crucifix and looking at the sky. Engraving, ca. 1840.