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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Watercolor landscape of a wagon convoy and soldiers passing a castle on a hill, with seated figures and trees in the foregrou

Lancaster: Peace and War

David Cox the elder, 1842

Oval drawing of tall trees, a reflective pond, two seated figures, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Figures by a Pond

Henri Joseph Constant Dutilleux, 1855/60

Charcoal and chalk drawing of women with jars and cattle on a path before thatched huts and bare trees.

Aquemoun, Algeria

Gustave Achille Guillaumet, c. 1865

Pastel drawing of a sailboat with two figures on water beneath a dreamy sky of orange, red and blue clouds.

Flower Clouds

Odilon Redon, c. 1903

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a man's head turned upward, mouth open, with windswept hair against grey paper.

Head of Vengeance

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1804

Two Maoris

Paul Gauguin, 1896/97

Sketch in chalk on tan paper of a nude woman seen from behind, head bowed, arm raised, with drapery at her legs.

Crouching Woman

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Two bearded men in robes stand in arched niches of a pavilion, framed by a gold-patterned border with deer and trees.

Album Page with Two Sheikhs

India and Iran, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722) and Mughal empire (1526-1857), 16th/17th century

Mughal painting of two dogs by a river, one with meat, beside a bridge and a terraced stone city with palm trees.

The Greedy Dog

Unknown artist, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), late 16th century

Album page with two small portraits at top, two standing figures below, and a gold border of flowers and birds.

Page from the St. Petersburg Album

India and Iran, Portraits: Top left: Iran, c. 1740; top right: Iran, c. 1748; bottom left: India, 18th century; bottom right: India, 18th century; Calligraphy: Iran, late 16th century; Borders: Iran, mid-18th century

Indian miniature of a ruler on a throne watching dancers in a walled garden with palace pavilions and a night sky.

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden

Unknown artist, Late 18th century

Illuminated manuscript page of Pentecost with the Virgin and apostles under golden haloes, framed by ornate foliage border.

The Pentecost, from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Illuminated Book of Hours page with blue initial, Latin text, floral borders, and small knight and bird creatures.

Text Leaf from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Medieval illuminated antiphonary leaf with square musical notation, a decorated initial, foliate border and kneeling figures.

Abraham Drawing the Children of Israel to His Breast, and Christ with Kneeling Monks, from an Antiphonary

Flemish or Southern England, 1330/40

Medieval illuminated initial G showing a praying haloed figure climbing a ladder toward two figures in clouds, with angels be

The Ascension of St. Dominic in a Historiated Initial "G" from a Gradual

Unknown artist, 1325/50

Illuminated manuscript border with flowers, grapes, a snail, a dragonfly, a bird and gilded scrollwork on gold and red.

Illuminated Border with Snail, Insect, Bird, Grotesques and Flowers from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, 15th or early 16th century

Vertical manuscript border with red roses, blue scrolls and gold grotesques, plus a Latin inscription on blue.

Illuminated Border with Flora and Grotesques from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, 15th or early 16th century

Vertical illuminated border with gold scrolling vines, blue flowers, a blue grotesque creature and a gold animal head on red.

Illuminated Border with Grotesques and Flora from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, 15th or early 16th century

Line drawing of Minerva descending behind Achilles, who draws a sword, while seated figures in classical dress look on.

Minerva and Achilles

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pen drawing of classical gods in council, with an enthroned bearded king, an eagle, and a maiden offering a cup.

The Council of the Gods

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two men holding a chain that binds a figure lying on the ground, with handwritten labels below.

Othus and Ephialtes Holding Ares Captive

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pen drawing of three draped female figures leading horses across a starry sky, in a classical style.

The Hours Taking the Horses from Juno's Car

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pencil drawing of Juno in classical dress pointing toward a sun chariot with horses and rays, with a handwritten Pope quotati

Juno Comanding the Sun to Set

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Line drawing of Thetis seated on a throne, with Vulcan and two attendants at right, from Flaxman's Iliad series.

Vulcan and Thetis

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pencil drawing of Mercury holding a caduceus facing draped Calypso beside a pedestal and bench, with an Odyssey quotation bel

Mercury and Calypso

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Line drawing of a lyre player performing for seated and standing draped figures in a classical interior.

The Song of Demodocus

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pen drawing of the giant Polyphemus seated with a cup while Ulysses pours wine beside a tree.

Polyphemus Begging Ulysses for More Wine

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pencil drawing of Apollo and Diana flying over a classical city with temples, a pyramid and ships at the shore.

Apollo and Diana

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Pencil drawing of three women embracing as winged harpies swoop around them among clouds.

The Harpies and the Daughters of Pandarus

II John Flaxman, n.d.

Line drawing of an archer aiming his bow beside shielded warriors and fallen figures in a classical frieze composition.

Ulysses Killing the Suitors

II John Flaxman, n.d.