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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Pastel sketch of a beach with sailboats on calm water and figures beside a beached boat under a pale sky.

Beach with Fishing Boats (recto); Landscape with Farmer Plowing a Field (verso)

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1870/79

Sepia drawing of a nude man standing by a bed with a reclining veiled woman, a hooded watcher, and cherubs behind.

The Discovery (recto), Two Sketches of Standing Male Figures (verso)

Henry Fuseli, 1767/69

Woodblock print of three women by the sea on rocks, one with a fishing rod, one with a parasol, with a mountain behind.

Fishing at Iwaya, Enoshima

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1790

Hand-colored print of a cavalry battle in a town street, with smoke, fallen horses, soldiers and a row of tall buildings.

Pursuit of the French Through Leipzig

John Augustus Atkinson, 1813

Japanese woodblock print of three women in grey and pink kimono dancing among chrysanthemum flowers.

Seiro niwaka zensei asobi: Hana no mitsugi sorou tebyoshi

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Brown and white wash study of draped female figures, an elderly head, and a classical statue on blue paper.

Sheet of Sketches for a Monument to Dante (recto); Cupid and Psyche (verso)

Isidore Pils, c. 1808

Print of a mother in a patterned white dress tenderly embracing a baby seated in a yellow floral armchair.

Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1890-91

Pen drawing of a monastery with tiled roofs on a rocky hill, with palm trees and small figures on a path.

Monastery on the Slope of a Rocky Hill

called Fra Bartolommeo Baccio della Porta, 1508/09

Brown ink and wash sheet with studies of turbanned men, including a large head study and a group of seated figures.

Sketches of Turbanned Men (recto); Fragment of a Figure and Sketches of Foliated Architectural Ornament (verso)

Attributed to Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of six figures in period costume on a street, including men, women and a child, by Giovanni Battista Piran

Sheet of Sketches: Six Figures

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1768/78

Ink and wash study of a standing man raising his arm on a podium while a crowd gestures around him and clergymen stand at lef

Study for The Oath of the Tennis Court: Bailly Standing on the Desk, Asking for a Vote

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, c. 1804-05

Pen and wash drawing of crowds with raised arms, seated figures and embracing men in multiple study groupings.

Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court (recto); Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court: Group with Maupetit d…

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, c. 1804

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a young woman in a white dress holding a book, on tan paper.

Sketch of the Portrait of Constance Pipelet (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Jean Baptiste François Désoria, after 1797

Pen and ink sketch of a mounted rider, robed figures, and an ornate scabbard and sword on pale paper.

Sketches of the Emperor John VIII Palaeologus, a Monk, and a Scabbard

Pisanello, 1438

Drawing of a nude woman standing by a column and jar, with a serpent at her feet, in brown and red wash.

Pandora

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer seen from behind, arm raised holding reins, with the horse's hindquarters and tail.

Mounted Officer from the Back

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil sketch of three draped classical figures, one holding a scroll and another pointing, with the word Perugia written at

Sketch of Three Classical Figures

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man in draped robes beside a swaddled child reaching outward.

Seated Man and Swaddled Baby

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Horse's Head

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Profile of Napoleon

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil sketch of a man's head and shoulders in a high-collared military coat, on pale paper.

Study

Jacques-Louis David, 1811/1812

Charcoal sketch of a curly-haired man's head and shoulders turned to the right on a pale sheet.

Bust of a Man, Head Turned to Right

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Head of a Man, Left Profile

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil sketch of a smiling man with curly hair and a jabot at his neck, drawn in loose lines on pale paper.

Bust of a Man with a Jabot

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Studies for Distribution of Eagles: The Archi-Chancelier, Cambacérés and the Archi-Trescrier, Lebrun

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Study for Distribution of Eagles, Prince Eugène de Beauharnais

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil sketch of a woman's head and shoulders, facing forward, with curled hair piled high on an off-white sheet.

Sketch of a Woman's Head

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Bust of Caroline Bonaparte, Princess Murat, Queen of Naples

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Sepia ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child and haloed figures.

Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Three Sketches: Buildings by Canal with Boats, Landscape with Buldings on Hillsid…

Francesco Guardi, c. 1770

Color print of two women taking tea at a table, one in a black coat and blue hat holding a cup and saucer.

Afternoon Tea Party

Mary Cassatt, 1890-91