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  • The seven-headed beast is worshipped by men of all nations, as told in the Book of Revelations. Engraving.
  • The shepherds observe the newly-born Jesus Christ. Etching by Annibale Carracci, ca. 1606.
  • Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head and Parvati seated on a tiger skin with Ganesha, Skanda and Nandi bull surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Durga on a lotus with all her weapons surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.
  • A girl asking the Virgin and Christ Child for their blessing. Engraving, 186-.
  • Two faces expressing veneration and rapture. Etching, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • Traveller with an ass carrying a shrine, which is venerated by a couple. Engraving by R. Corbould after X. Le Prince.
  • The Virgin and Christ Child blessing a boy. Engraving, 186-.
  • Four faces expressing (clockwise from top left): admiration mixed with astonishment, admiration, veneration, and ecstasy. Etching by A.-J. Defehrt after C. Le Brun.
  • The adoration of the magi. Etching by or after J. Callot.
  • The Virgin with four saints: the archangel Michael, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Apollonia and Saint John the Evangelist. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Vannucci, il Perugino.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • The coronation of the Virgin with four saints: Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict or Saint Romuald. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • Six faces expressing human passions: profiles and frontal views of admiration, desire and veneration. Pen drawing after C. Le Brun.
  • A religious figure possibly Shiva being offered food and offerings by two worshippers and two angels. Gouache drawing.
  • Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • The cow as mother of the world: with pictures of Hindu deities all over its body. Coloured lithograph.
  • Athenians wearing masks celebrate the vintage by dancing around a statue of Bacchus and sacrificing a goat to him. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • A male face with head bowed, expressing veneration. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • After healing a lame man, the apostles Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for gods at Lystra; the priest brings them a sacrifice of oxen. Etching after Raphael.
  • The adoration of the magi. Engraving by H. Wierix.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • The infant Jesus grabs at the gold offered to him by the Magi. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • Satyrs grouped around a statue, displaying the attributes of greed and venality. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian tending the frail and the sick. Line engraving by N. Picart, 1675.