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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching.
  • The Holy Cross with the wounds of Christ, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Woodcut.
  • 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.
  • Numerous death crosses in black against a white background with the names of people who have died of AIDS; a warning issued by Abraco. Colour lithograph by McCann/JM, ca. 1996.
  • The Holy Cross with Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch and Saint John Nepomuk, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured woodcut.
  • An angel holds a palm branch and points towards the Holy Cross. Colour lithograph.
  • Saint Jerome in his study. Oil painting.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Numerous death crosses in black against a white background with the names of people who have died of AIDS; a warning issued by Abraco. Colour lithograph by McCann/JM, ca. 1990's.
  • 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 Helena: on her throne (left) and discovering the true Cross (right); types of fibula (below). Engraving.
  • Héloïse as a nun in her cell contemplating the Holy Cross. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1792.
  • 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.
  • People in Nagasaki trampling on Christian cult images. Etching, ca. 1789.
  • Saint Helen. Colour woodcut.
  • Saint Helena: the cross on which Christ was crucified is raised before her. Engraving by G.B. Cecchi after R. Allegranti after G. Pagani.
  • A cross incorporating a montage of pink heart muscles, pink triangles, crossed red and green squares, the AIDS red ribbon on a stamp, flowers, a hand and a version of the American flag; on a background coloured in green crayon incorporating a montage of photographs including Christ's head of thorns and a hand injecting a syringe into an arm; on a further black background bearing the brown lettering: 'el colonialismo' [colonialism]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Juan Sánchez, ca. 1995.
  • 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.
  • The Holy Cross, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching on silk.
  • Three angels presenting the cross to the Virgin and Christ Child. Etching by Laurent de La Hire, 1639.
  • Saint Jerome in his study. Oil painting.
  • The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues and witchcraft etc. Etching.