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Art Institute of Chicago

24,101 works

Pencil sketch of a multi-story building with arched windows and a crouched girl drawn in loose lines below.

Sketches: The Hotel de Ville, Tours and a Girl Playing (recto); Stork (verso)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1837/78

Pencil sketch of figures with baskets gathered beside stacked barrels in an open landscape.

Study of a Group of People with Barrels (recto); Two Studies of a woman Gleaning (verso)

Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1863

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of a bearded man and young woman walking forward with a crowd of onlookers behind them

Group of Figures (recto) Fragment of a Female Head (verso)

called Il Trometta Niccolò Martinelli da Pesaro, 1560/1611

Charcoal sketch of a blacksmith shop with a figure shoeing a horse beside an anvil and tools in a dark interior.

Interior of a Blacksmith's Shop (recto); Man Bending Over, Seen from Read (verso)

Charles Émile Jacque, 1833/1894

Mind

Henry Stacy Marks, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a man in a cap and apron standing beside a wooden post, hands on hips, on grey paper.

Muscle

Henry Stacy Marks, n.d.

Two Sketches of Pheasant (recto); Sketch of Pheasants and Female Nude (verso)

Henry Stacy Marks, 1849/98

Red chalk drawing of a young girl with curly hair and a bow, head tilted, on a grey-toned sheet.

Bust of a Young Girl (recto); Profile of a Young Girl (verso)

Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1886 (recto); c. 1886 (verso)

Brown ink and wash drawing of two men seated under a tree with goats grazing nearby, a cottage at right.

Jacob and Esau (recto); Head of a Young Woman Asleep (verso)

Attributed to Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1647/78

Pen and wash drawing of armored riders and rearing horses in a battle scene with fallen figures below.

Cavalry Skirmish (recto); Kneeling Ecorché (verso)

called Salviati Francesco de'Rossi, 1530/39

Ink sketch of a standing nobleman in plumed hat and cape, one arm outstretched, signed Phil May.

Nobleman

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly man with an umbrella watering a plant in heavy rain, labeled April.

An April Fool

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a standing woman, a bearded man in a hat, two small head studies, and faint background figures.

Farewell Zorns (recto); Farewell Deerings (verso)

Anders Zorn, 1880/1920

Young Man Looking Upwards with Outstretched Arms (recto); Woman Holding Mirror (verso)

Francesco Podesti, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling woman seen from behind in a headdress, one arm reaching outward, on aged toned paper.

Kneeling Figure from the Back (recto); Three Half-length Studies of Veiled Female Figure (verso)

Andrea Boscoli, 1595/1600

Brown and blue wash drawing of a robed man presenting a vessel to a seated laurel-crowned ruler beside soldiers and a dog.

Magician Making a Prediction to an Emperor (recto); Male Nude Carrying a Load (verso)

Attributed to Luca Giordano, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of Moses raising a brazen serpent on a pole as people writhe and kneel below, with a distant city.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent (recto); Ornamental Base (verso)

Recto attributed to Tommaso Vincidor, 1530 (recto); 1600/99 (verso)

Two boys with gear stand by a red and blue rowboat on a beach, with a sailboat on the sea behind them.

The Return, Tynemouth (recto) Study (verso)

Winslow Homer, 1881

Pastel and chalk study of a standing woman in a dark gown and bonnet against vertical blue strokes on brown paper.

Study for "Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs. Louis Huth" (recto); Study for "Symphony in Flesh Color and…

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1872

Pencil drawing of three stylized butterflies with curling antennae and shaded wings on a cream paper sheet.

Three Butterflies

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1890

Pen and ink sketch of a butterfly with hatched wings and handwritten annotations on a cream sheet.

Butterfly (recto); Fragment of Butterfly (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, 1898/99

Pen sketch of a butterfly with hatched wings and a long curling tail, with handwritten notes beside it.

Butterfly "Encountered" (recto); Sketch for Tailpiece (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, 1898/99

Pen and ink sketch of a stylized flower with hatched petals, curling tendrils and a long curving stem on pale paper.

Butterfly (recto); Study of Butterfly (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, 1898/99

Watercolor of two deer on a grassy hill beside pine trees, with a lake and blue mountains in the background.

North Woods Club, Adirondacks (The Interrupted Tete-a-Tete)

Winslow Homer, 1892

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a billowing robe, sheltering from rain and lightning beside a tree.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as a Thunder Goddess in the Play Onna Narukami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the…

Attributed to Katsukawa Shunshô, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a fish-patterned orange kimono holding a lantern box and carrying pole, against a blue b

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Abe no Muneto Disguised as a Peddler of Buckwheat Noodles, in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword beside a maple tree and screen.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shinokobe Shoji Yukihira in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black robe biting cloth and holding a sword under a pine tree in rain.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in t…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a shaggy straw cloak holding a bamboo staff, with a wooden bucket, on a green ground.

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Beggar in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a figure in a black kimono holding a yellow parasol with pink blossoms, by Katsukawa Shunsho.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, early 1780s