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While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, an angel bends a palm tree to provide them with dates. Etching.

The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (?) Engraving by S. Mulinari, 1778.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

The presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple. Etching by A. Campanella, 1771, after Fra Bartolommeo.

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by S. Scafa.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Jesus sits in the spacious house of Martha and Mary. Etching by J-G. Caquet after Meunier after H. van Steenwyk the younger.

The serpent entwines itself around the body of Eve; it whispers in her ear, enticing her to eat the forbidden fruit. Photogravure by Lemercier and co. after Walter Crane, 1899.

The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1598, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.

The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Watercolour painting.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by J. Dickson after Cesare da Sesto.

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

God creating Eve from Adam and blessing her. Collotype after W. Blake.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

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Women in Christianity

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Images about Women in Christianity

Works from the collections

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

God creating Eve from Adam and blessing her. Collotype after W. Blake.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

Women in Christianity

Images from the collections

Images about Women in Christianity

Works from the collections

Lamentation over the dead Christ on the mount of Golgotha. Woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1738, after Rembrandt.

God creating Eve from Adam and blessing her. Collotype after W. Blake.

Christ raises Jairus' daughter. Engraving.

Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

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