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Art Institute of Chicago

24,101 works

Engraving of a winged youth holding a dragon aloft in a sparse landscape, framed by a braided border.

Genius of Time, plate 32 from Genii and Virtues

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling man in court dress pleading with women in a colonnaded courtyard.

Louis XIV Pleading with Louise de La Vallière at the Carmelite Convent at Chaillot

Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine, 1780/1800

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man in green walking a plank onto a boat while figures watch on a hillside shore.

Man Mounting Plank to Boat

after Leonard Bramer, 1660/69

Brown wash drawing of artists and onlookers gathered by an easel outside a stone building, with a distant city.

Artists and Amateurs

John Partridge, 1832

Watercolor of two women on stone steps before an ornate carved stone doorway with an iron lantern.

Two Women in a Doorway

Lawrence Carmichael Earle, 1882

Etching of Mont Saint-Michel abbey on its rocky island, with figures crossing wet tidal sands in the foreground.

Mont Saint-Michel

Axel Herman Haig, 1882

Engraving of a winged figure in classical drapery holding up a radiant sun with a face, framed by a rope border.

Genius of the Sun, plate 31 from Genii and Virtues

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with bearded saints and cherubs in clouds, on grey-blue paper.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Carlone, n.d.

Engraving of a winged youth holding a celestial globe with stars, standing before a row of trees.

Genius of the World, plate 33 from Genii and Virtues

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a singer and a bearded lute player in turbans beside sheet music and an inkwell.

Singer and Lute Player

Mary Trevor, 1818

Pen and watercolor drawing of two helmeted soldiers with plumed crests facing each other in close conversation.

Two Helmeted Soldiers Conversing

Possibly Giuseppe Passeri, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a minstrel playing a lute near a horse, with a round stone tower and tree in the background.

Blondel and Richard Coeur de Lion

Mary Trevor, 1826

Sepia wash drawing of men shearing sheep in a barn, with fleece on the floor and wooden beams overhead.

Shearing the Sheep

Attributed to Henry Singleton, c. 1820

Watercolor of a woman in folk costume holding hands with a barefoot boy on a dirt road across an open plain.

Woman in Native Costume with Boy on Road

After Bartolomeo Pinelli, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a horseman, a bull and dogs in foreground, a crowd approaching a walled city under hills.

Danans Right to the Crown on Argos Confirmed

Attributed to Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with wash of rocky rapids and trees, with a resting figure and a dog in the foreground.

Warrior and Dog Resting by Rocky Rapids

Attributed to Franz Kobell, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a woman on a donkey holding a child, with a guide and four men beside a rocky cliff.

Holy Family Passing Four Men

Attributed to Leonard Bramer, 1660/69

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large tree with a seated man and dog beside a river, with distant hills.

Man and Dog Seated Below Trees by River

Attributed to Paul Sandby, n.d.

Watercolor of children stealing preserves from jars in a kitchen while an older servant watches from the doorway.

Stealing the Preserves

Thomas Rowlandson, 1815/20

Pen and ink drawing of Oberon and Titania with a fairy procession, a lion, musicians and a floating figure under stage curtai

Oberon and Titania, from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a ruined farm house with a sagging roof, propped by a tree trunk and wooden supports.

Farm House in Ruins

Possibly Michael "Angelo" Rooker, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a large tree, small figures by a stone bridge, a river, and a classical ruin on a hill.

Figures in Idyllic Italianate Landscape

Attributed to Franz Kobell, n.d.

Watercolor of a ruined stone abbey with a pointed archway and wooden gate, framed by leafy trees under a cloudy sky.

Abbey Ruin

the elder Samuel William Reynolds, n.d.

Watercolor of a path under ivy-covered Gothic arches with a round castle tower in the distance, Conway Castle, 1849.

Conway Castle

the younger Thomas Miles Richardson, 1849

Watercolor trompe l'oeil of pinned printed papers, engravings and a carnation card on a wood-grain board.

Cantate: Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Trompe l'oeil watercolor of pinned printed pages, engravings and a pink rose on blue card against a wooden board.

Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Notices and Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Trompe l'oeil drawing of pinned printed pages, an engraved old man writing, and text sheets on a pale wooden background.

Aphorismi Politici: Trompe l'Oeil with Posted Notices and Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Pencil and watercolor portrait of a man with curly light hair in a dark high-collared coat and white cravat, on aged paper.

Rev. Henry Moncrief Wellwood

Attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn, n.d.

Winged female figure flying through clouds, holding two sleeping infants, drawn in pen and watercolor.

Night Carrying Sleep and Death

After Domenichino, n.d.

Engraving of Terpsichore playing a lute, with long hair, flowing robe, and a distant landscape with water and town.

Terpsichore, plate thirteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465