New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Art Institute of Chicago

24,101 works

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing mourners lowering Christ's body on a slab, with grieving women kneeling belo

The Entombment of Christ

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, 1595/1600

Study after Nature

Attributed to John Downman, 1774

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in flowing robes, one sleeve raised, standing barefoot on a pale sheet.

Study for a Robed Male Saint

Nicolas Mignard, c. 1644

Grey wash drawing of a mythological procession with a chariot, dancing figures and annotated colour notes.

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

After Annibale Carracci, after 1600

Watercolor of a valley with cottages by a river, rolling wooded hills and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

Valley with Cottages

Attributed to William Bennett, c. 1840

Watercolor of a tall tree with several resting deer on a green meadow beneath it, with distant trees and a pale sky.

Family of Deer under a Tree

Attributed to Robert Hills, 1790-1844

Engraved print of a crowned king seated on a throne holding a scepter, within a braided border labeled RE VIII.

The King, plate eight from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Brown and blue watercolor of women bathing beside a wooded pond, with a seated figure and a sheep in the foreground.

Women Bathing in Pond

John William Taverner, 1765/70

Grey wash drawing of sailing boats on a lake with trees and houses along the shore.

Sailing Boats on Lake with Houses near Shore

Possibly Thomas Hearne, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of nude women bathing and drying by a pond beneath large trees, with a rocky outcrop at right.

Women Drying Selves by Pond

John William Taverner, 1740/50

Engraving of a standing doge in a long cloak and tall hat, framed by a diamond-patterned border.

The Doge, plate seven from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraved print of a standing merchant in a pleated robe and headdress reading a small book, framed by a twisted rope border.

The Merchant, plate four from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in draped robes pointing with his right hand, leaning on a stone pedestal.

Standing Man, Pointing with Right Hand

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Watercolor of a sunlit path beside a calm river, lined with tall trees and reeds under a pale sky.

Tranquil Park Scene

Follower of William Turner, n.d.

Hand-coloured print of fashionable Parisians strolling in the arcaded Palais Royal gallery past shop windows, 1787.

Promenade of the gallery of the Palais Royal

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1787

Engraving of the Muse Polyhymnia playing a lyre in a landscape, with a sphere at her feet and an inscribed border.

Polyhymnia, plate fifteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Design for Medallion of King Canute

the younger Robert Smirke, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a robed man raising his arm skyward among kneeling figures, with a crowd and a lamb on a hillside.

Samuel's Offering: Lesson 10

George Robert Lewis, 1810/20

Engraving of a standing knight in pleated tunic and cape holding a sword, with a small attendant beside him, in a rope border

The Knight, plate six from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Rams' Skulls

George Hayter, n.d.

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated male nude with a small sketch of an archer in the lower left.

Seated Male Nude with Sketch of Nude Archer

George Hayter, 1808

Engraving of a woman with long hair playing a curved horn in a hilly landscape, labeled Melpomene XVII.

Melpomene, plate seventeen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of the muse Clio standing on a swan over water, with long wavy hair, a draped gown and a hilly landscape behind.

Clio, plate nineteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Pen and watercolor drawing of the dead Christ mourned by figures, with angels and cherubs carrying a cross in the clouds abov

Church of the Capuchins Parma

William Kent, September 1714

Pen and brown ink drawing of mourners lowering a body onto an inscribed tomb, with three crosses on a distant hill.

The Entombment of Christ

after Andrea Mantegna, n.d.

Erato, plate fourteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Colored drawing of a reclining nude man with a cupid above him, two women beside a tree, and classical architecture behind.

Allegory of Love: Scorn

after Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, n.d.

Brown watercolor of a Gothic hall with a man lifting a crown over a seated young couple, an elderly woman watching nearby.

Edwy and Elgiva

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, n.d.

Watercolor of boys peering into a peepshow box held by a man on a city street, with a church spire behind.

Boys at Peepshow in Street

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, n.d.

Sepia watercolor of a large tree over resting sheep, a woman at left, and a man sketching at lower right.

Man Sketching and Woman with Herd of Sheep Beneath Tree

Samuel John Stump, c. 1830