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Art Institute of Chicago

3,349 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of herdsmen driving cattle and sheep past two women, with a ruined castle on a hill.

Herdsmen, Cattle and Sheep Passing Two Maidens, with Ruined Castle on Hill Above

Follower of Claes Pietersz. Berchem, n.d.

Black and red chalk drawing of a seated woman holding an infant, with an older child kneeling behind her.

Woman and Children

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head tilted down, eyes lowered, wearing a loose headscarf, on tan paper.

Head of a Woman

Attributed to Antonio Cavallucci, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of draped men and women carrying barrels and bundles in a horizontal procession.

Men and Women Carrying Barrels and Bundles

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a wooded river landscape with villas, a church, a waterfall, and resting figures.

Men and Women Resting in Wooded Landscape with River, Villas, Church

Style of Hendrik Hondius I, n.d.

Sketch of Standing Man with Uplifted Arm

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Graphite drawing of the dead Christ on a stone slab, supported by a grieving woman with mourners standing around him.

Lamentation

Giulio Clovio, 1540/68

Brown wash drawing of a ruined classical portico with caryatids, a fountain, ivy, and a colonnade receding into a garden.

Portico in Ruins

Cecilie Arens, 1799

Pen and ink drawing with red wash of a funereal cartouche with skeletons, a skull, and sketches of skeletal figures.

Funereal Cartouche with Inscription and Sketches of Skeletons and Ornamental Details

Baccio del Bianco, 1628

Pen and wash drawing of a symmetrical architectural façade with arched bays, pediments, figural reliefs and garland swags.

Design for a Façade Decoration

Circle of Girolamo Genga, c. 1548

Sepia watercolor of a man and child walking a tree-lined path past a small cottage, c. 1800.

Man and Child on Tree-Lined Path

Lady Harriet Dalrymple, c. 1800

Face of an Old Man with Eyes Closed

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Head of Bearded Man in Profile to Left

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of a company of mounted horsemen with raised lances advancing across an open ground.

A Company of Horsemen

After Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, c. 1510

Pen and brown ink sketch of two women in drapery pulling a load over clouds, with faint graphite grid lines.

Two Women on Clouds, Pulling a Load

Circle of Bernardo Castello (Italian, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of King Solomon judging two women over a child, with a soldier raising a sword.

Judgement of Solomon

School of Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Seated Woman in Profile, to Right

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop standing above two seated saints who clasp hands, with a faint red chalk grid.

Saint Clement Flanked by Saints Sebastian and Roch

Andrea Lilli, n.d.

Woman in Profile, Pointing with Left Hand

After Guercino, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of Christ healing a lame man, with a haloed figure, a crowd, a horseman and a distant town.

Christ Healing the Lame Man

After Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a young man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a flat cap and high collar, gazing to the side.

Portrait Bust of a Young Man

After Alessandro Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli, after 1829

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman leaning over a child reaching up from her lap.

Seated Woman Playing with Child in Her Lap

Follower of George Romney, n.d.

Head of Old Man in Profile to Right

Possibly Follower of Simone Cantarini, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of cannons on a carriage, kegs of powder, an anchor, and men in hats gathered nearby.

Men with Cannons, Kegs of Powder and an Anchor

I Willem van d Velde, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two cavalrymen fighting on rearing horses, one with a plumed helmet and raised sword.

Skirmish between Two Cavalrymen

Attributed to Francesco Simonini, n.d.

Triangular pen and wash drawing of a pediment with a winged central figure, flower garlands, putti and a dog.

Pedimental Design for a Wren Building

Possibly by Grinling Gibbons, 1741/86

Drawing of a young woman in a veil and long dress standing before a cottage and shrubs in a landscape.

Young Woman from Frascati

After Nicolas Vleughels, 1700s

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing man in a wide-brimmed feathered hat, cloak, and ruffled costume, one arm outstretche

Standing Man

Possibly Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Four Men in Conversation

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th/19th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated nude beside a satyr playing a lyre in a wooded landscape with small background figures.

The Judgement of Midas: Apollo and Pan

Circle of Jacopo Zanguidi, called Bertoia, n.d.