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  • The Holy Shroud of Turin; above, mourning angels beside the Cross. Coloured etching.
  • The Holy Cross, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching on silk.
  • An angel holds a palm branch and points towards the Holy Cross. Colour lithograph.
  • Hospital of the Holy Cross, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Coloured lithograph by F. Bedford after S. Pountney Smith.
  • The Holy Cross with the wounds of Christ, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Woodcut.
  • Héloïse as a nun in her cell contemplating the Holy Cross. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1792.
  • The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching.
  • Pilgrims visiting the Holy Cross at the abbey of Woestijn, with the chapel in the background. Engraving, 191-.
  • The Holy Cross with the wounds of Christ, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Woodcut on silk.
  • The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues and witchcraft etc. Etching.
  • The Virgin of Succour as Intercessor against cholera; above an appearance of the Trinity and the Holy Cross. Coloured etching.
  • The Holy Cross with Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch and Saint John Nepomuk, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured woodcut.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo carrying the Holy Cross in the plague of Milan. Etching, 1781, after Carlo Cesi or Pietro Berrettini, il Cortona.
  • Saint Margaret: with the aid of the Holy Cross she crushes a dragon and receives the rewards of martyrdom. Engraving by H. Wierix after J. Stradanus.
  • The Holy Cross with the image of the Virgin of the Ursulines at Landshut, surrounded by saints, used for protection against witchcraft, fire, plague and storms. Etching.
  • The deposition of Christ from the cross; the holy women mourn. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Massari.
  • The Holy Cross, surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch, and Saint John Nepomuk, and (above) the appearance of the Trinity; serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured etching.
  • Accompanied by angels, the fugitive holy family board a barge to cross a river. Etching by A. Scacciati after P. Testa.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man at Srirangam Temple: sitting cross-legged on a mat. Process print after J. Pedder, ca. 1890.
  • The Holy Cross, with Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Radegund, Saint Paula, Saint Helen, Constantine the Great and other saints in adoration. Engraving by N. Beatrizet, 1557.
  • The Holy Cross, with Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Radegund, Saint Paula, Saint Helen, Constantine the Great and other saints in adoration. Engraving by N. Beatrizet, 1557.
  • A dying man seated on a large chair, bends over the Holy Cross, reaching with his right hand towards the earth, where flowering branches lie. Wood engraving by A. Centenari after A. Riera after E. Butti, 1884.
  • People in Nagasaki trampling on Christian cult images. Etching, ca. 1789.
  • Left, Christ carrying the Cross, standing on a pile of crosses; right, people with crutches seek his help, within a setting of colonnades. Engraving by G.B. Cavalieri, 1568.
  • Left, Christ carrying the Cross, standing on a pile of crosses; right, people with crutches seek his help, within a setting of colonnades. Engraving by G.B. Cavalieri, 1568.
  • An angel (representing religion?) presenting the cross. Etching after L. Baugin.
  • The cross on which Christ died: a woman holding a child up to view it. Engraving after P.R. Morris.
  • Saint Jerome in his study. Oil painting.
  • Saint Jerome in his study. Oil painting.
  • A hermit in devotion before the Cross, turning his back on children with instruments of arts and sciences (a lute, a celestial globe, a book, and a paintbrush). Etching.