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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Brown ink drawing of a sun chariot in clouds above a seated woman, a pointing youth, and a classical landscape with buildings

Study for the Omen of the Future Greatness of Augustus: Left Portion

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Illuminated manuscript initial R showing the Virgin holding a red book, surrounded by kneeling haloed saints in gold and blue

The Virgin Adored by Saints in a Historiated Initial "R" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 15th century

Medieval painted initial P showing the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Christ in a manger, animals and angels on gold.

The Nativity in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, c. 1390

Medieval manuscript page of two columns of Latin text with a decorated pink and green initial letter at lower left.

Bifolia from a Vita Sanctorum, or Lives of the Saints

Unknown artist, c. 1150

Illuminated initial A showing the Virgin Mary ascending between two angels while apostles kneel around an open tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "A" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 15th century

Illuminated initial showing a bearded prophet with a halo, holding a scroll, framed by blue and red ornament on gold.

Prophet in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Gradual

Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci, 1392/99

Medieval prayerbook page with a decorated gold and blue initial G, blackletter text and leafy floral borders.

Illuminated Initial "G" from a Prayerbook

Unknown artist, 15th century

Medieval manuscript page with Latin text, a blue and gold decorated initial, and green and blue foliate borders.

Illuminated Initial "H" from a Psalter or Breviary

German or Southern Netherlandish, c. 1450s

Illuminated initial E showing three haloed women in a landscape with gold sunburst sky, framed by green foliage and gilt deco

The Three Marys at the Tomb in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 1470/80

Illuminated initial P with a haloed friar in grey habit holding a crucifix, surrounded by gold and blue foliate border.

Saint Francis in a Historiated Initial "P"

Unknown artist, 1375/99

Illuminated manuscript page with a painted saint in a gold initial, square chant notation and a floral border.

Saint Peter in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Gradual

Unknown artist, 15th century

Miniature of Christ's body being laid in a stone sarcophagus, mourners around it, a medieval city behind, c. 1480.

The Entombment (Stabat Mater Prayer), from a Book of Hours

circle of Jean Colombe, c. 1480

Study of Perseus and Andromeda in blue-toned gouache, with a nude figure and a winged-helmet hero among swirling curved forms

Perseus and Andromeda, study for The Doom Fulfilled

Edward Burne-Jones, 1875

Head of a Woman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1890

Illuminated choirbook page with square musical notes, a historiated initial D showing Christ and a Pharisee, and ornate flora

Page from a Choirbook with Christ and a Pharisee in a Historiated Initial “D”

Unknown artist, 1430/90

Pencil sketch of a mother holding a naked infant close, their heads touching, on tan paper.

Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1921

Charcoal sketch of a seated male nude with both arms raised overhead and legs spread on a curved mound.

Seated Male Nude, Arms Uplifted

John Singer Sargent, 1917/21

Soft pastel landscape of a dark tree line, green field, and layered grey-blue clouds under a pale sky.

Paysage

François-Louis Français, c. 1850

Charcoal sketch of several legs and feet at different angles on cream paper, signed lower right.

Sketches of Legs and Feet

John Singer Sargent, 1917/21

Watercolor and pen sketch of a nude garden statue seen from behind beneath tree branches, with rooftops beyond a fence.

Garden View

Henri Stanislas Rouart, c. 1880

Four haloed saints stand inside a large pink and gold historiated initial with a city and blue sky behind them.

Four Saints in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook or Antiphonal

Unknown artist, 1460/80

Pencil sketch by Eugène Delacroix of a reclining woman in an arched interior, with smaller figure studies at the right edge.

Woman Dying(?), Man in Bedroom, Two Sketches of Same

Eugène Delacroix, n.d.

Pencil studies of lions: a snarling lion head and body at upper left, a reclining lion with mane at lower right, and small sk

Studies of Lions

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1829

Pen and ink sketch of two nude women and a pencil study of a carved Marquesan earplug on aged paper.

Two Tahitian Women and a Marquesan Earplug

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Drawing of a standing female nude in white and dark chalk on tan paper, head turned upward, signed by Arthur B. Davies.

Standing Female Nude

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1882/93

Dark watercolor landscape with tree masses on both sides, a distant church spire, and pale water reflections below.

Landscape

William Morris Hunt, n.d.

Manuscript leaf with two columns of black and red Latin text and blue and red decorated initials with penwork.

Illuminated Manuscript Leaf

Unknown artist, c. 1450

Head of a Woman and Head of a Bearded Man

Édouard Manet, 1880

Watercolor of a hillside villa with a tower and terrace near Tivoli, under a large white cloud and blue sky.

Near Tivoli

Thomas Jones, 1777

Two pen and ink sketches of a weeping woman in draped robes, one seated with head bowed and hands to her face.

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

Benjamin West, n.d.