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

Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of five foot soldiers marching right with long pikes on their shoulders, dated 1632.

Foot Soldiers

Adriaen Brouwer, 1632

Pen and wash sketch of peasant figures around a barrel, with a seated man, a bending figure, and a standing man with a cane.

Peasant Scene

Attributed to Willem van de Velde, I, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of two men in cloaks and hats, one with a staff, beside a woman carrying a jug and a child.

Two Soldiers, Woman with Jug and Child

Adriaen Brouwer or possibly after, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a herdsman pointing beside a horseback rider, with cattle, goats, dogs and hills in a rural landscape.

Cows, Sheep, Goats Being Herded, Herdsman Giving Directions to Traveler on Horseback

Abraham Begeyn, n.d.

Sita

Odilon Redon, c. 1893

Charcoal sketch of a rider on a walking horse, facing left, with smudged shading on cream paper and a red Degas signature.

Horse and Rider

Edgar Degas, 1887/90

Blue pencil sketch of a standing nude figure with head turned, one arm across the chest, on pale paper.

Man in Ballet Costume Wearing a Turban

Style of Amedeo Modigliani, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a bearded man in a white smock working on a clay sculpture of nude figures in a studio.

Portrait of the Sculptor Auguste Rodin in his Studio

Jean-François Raffaëlli, c. 1889

Seated Male Nude

John Singer Sargent, 1917/21

Medieval illuminated manuscript leaf with four framed scenes of figures, including an angel, under Gothic arches.

Scenes from the Miracles of St. Peter, from a Bible Historiale or Pictorial New Testament

Unknown artist, c. 1350

Medieval manuscript leaf with four painted scenes of Christ's cross, Crucifixion, Descent, and Entombment under Gothic arches

Leaf from a Picture Cycle: Christ Carrying the Cross, The Crucifixion, The Descent from the Cross, and the Entombment

active in Northern France French Painter, 1325/50

Medieval illuminated leaf with four framed scenes of Christ's resurrection appearances and red-blue French captions.

Leaf from a Picture Cycle: Christ Appearing to the Three Marys, Christ and the Pilgrims on the Road to Emmaus, Doubti…

active in Northern France French Painter, 1325/50

Manuscript miniature of a haloed saint kneeling at an altar as armed men approach, framed by a gold and floral border.

The Murder of Thomas Becket, page one, from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, 1430/40

Four haloed saints, two of them bishops with mitres and a crosier, painted within a decorative illuminated letter E.

Two Saints and Two Bishops in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 1335/1400

Brown ink sketch of three youths in overlapping poses, one kneeling and others leaning, with a head turned upward at top righ

Three Youths in Prayer

Guglielmo Caccia, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded king on a dais receiving a crowned queen in a colonnaded hall with guards and courtiers.

Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba

Cesare Rossetti, n.d.

Drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, attendants and horses in an architectural se

Adoration of the Magi

Benedetto Caliari, 1590/98

Brown ink and wash drawing on blue paper of a hooded woman holding the body of a dead man across her lap.

Pietà

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude man on a cross surrounded by soldiers, with a robed figure in clouds above.

Study for Saint James Saving an Innocent from the Flames

Lazzaro Tavarone, 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged angel above two seated figures, one reading a book.

Allegorical Subject (Angel above Two Sibyls)

Luca Cambiaso, 1560/65

Pen and brown ink drawing of a chaotic battle with mounted horsemen, rearing horses, and fallen soldiers among shields and sw

Battle Scene with Horses and Men

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1517

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded papal saint in ornate vestments gazing upward, hand on a tiara, with a cross beside him.

Papal Saint

Attributed to Giovanni Antonio Burrini, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of two women and a dog in a landscape with trees, a river with a boat, and a cottage.

Naomi Counseling Ruth Near the Farm of Boaz

Attributed to Michel Corneille, the Younger, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing monk in a hooded robe holding a book and staff, looking upward.

Standing Monk Holding a Book and Staff

Bartolomeo Cesi, c. 1590

Pen and ink study sheet with nude figures, an armored warrior, a trident bearer, and a central shield-shaped cartouche.

Study for a Thesis Conclusion Presented to the Duke of Mantua

Ludovico Carracci, 1616/19

Red and black chalk drawing of a smiling winged angel holding a flute, with flowing drapery and hatched wings.

Angel Holding a Flute

Circle of Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino, 1580

Pencil sketch of robed figures gathering around a seated woman and kneeling child beside a canopied bed.

Queen of Edward IV parting with the Duke of York by Order of Richard III

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of the Marriage of St. Catherine with the Virgin, Christ Child, angels and columns.

Marriage of St. Catherine

Attributed to Ermenegildo Costantini, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of soldiers and robed figures gathered before a seated ruler on a raised throne under a canopy.

Saint Peter Brought before Nero

Ercole Setti, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a standing draped male figure with bowed head and hatched shading.

Study of Levi

Alonso Berruguete, 1526/32