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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Grey wash drawing of a robed man kneeling on rocks in a mountain wilderness, with a small distant figure on the slope.

Man Praying in Wilderness

Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of two Roman altars with Latin inscriptions, carved birds, and classical moldings.

Sketches of Inscribed Bases of Roman Columns

Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Brown ink and grey wash drawing of a muscular nude man kneeling by a furnace with a helmet and hammer nearby.

Print Study: Male Nude Kneeling beside a Furnace (Vulcan)

Louis Chéron, c. 1680-1720

Black chalk drawing of a young man resting his chin on his hand, with white highlights, in a pensive pose.

Bust of Young Man Resting Chin on Hand

Bernard Picart, c. 1720

Pen and grey wash drawing of a formal garden with a fountain, arcaded walls, clipped trees and distant mountains.

Formal Garden with Fountain in Foreground

Bernard Picart, n.d.

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of a seated woman with long hair gazing upward beside a rock and staff.

Magdalen in the Desert

Attributed to François Perrier, n.d.

Brown ink and wash landscape drawing of a rocky hill, a stone house, a tall pine and a distant town by water.

Mountainous Coastal Village

I Pierre Patel, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of two armored knights on horseback, one with a plumed helmet raising a lance, with distant riders

Knights on Horseback

Charles Parrocel, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of cavalry soldiers with swords charging amid rearing horses and fallen men on a battlefield.

Cavalry Skirmish

Attributed to Joseph François Parrocel, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Diana reclining in a chariot pulled by deer through clouds, with a crescent in her hair.

Diana in Her Chariot

Joseph François Parrocel, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Family beneath a palm tree, with a bearded man reading a book beside the Virgin and Child.

Holy Family

Possibly Eustache Le Sueur, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a fortified castle with a tall tower and arched gate beside a large tree on a dirt path.

Italianate Landscape with Castle

Circle of Adriaen Frans Boudewyns, n.d.

Drawing of figures praying around a burning altar, with animals, a tent and a rainbow in the background.

Noah's Sacrifice

After Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a standing man in classical armor and flowing cloak, holding a staff, on tan paper.

Statue of Louis XIV

Possibly after Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, II, n.d.

Blue wash drawing of a man in a long wig and dark satin robe, standing beside a column and draped curtain.

Portrait of Gédéon Berbier du Metz

Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling warrior before bearded robed priests, with armored soldiers, a horse and a city behi

Alexander Before Highpriest

Jacques Stella, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a kneeling veiled woman, a monk with rosary, and a barefoot man.

Madonna and Child with Three Saints

Possibly after Pierre Subleyras, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing with studies of draped female figures in seated and reclining poses on a light ground.

Sketches of Four Draped Female Figures (for Pendentives)

Possibly Pierre Subleyras, n.d.

Red chalk drawing on blue-gray paper of figures gathered around a table, some gesturing, with a framed mount around it.

Group of Figures Around Table

Attributed to Sébastien Bourdon, n.d.

Drawing of a young girl presented to a priest on temple steps, with cherubs in clouds above and kneeling onlookers.

Presentation of the Virgin

François-Alexandre Verdier, n.d.

Pencil drawing of three horses galloping across a grassy field with a sketched tree in the background.

Three Horses Running

Possibly after Carle Vernet, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with scrolled cartouches, putti, and seated and reclining figures.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Lazzaro Tavarone, 1590/1614

Self-Portrait

Horace Vernet, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a turreted stone building beside a river, with boats, figures and a steep hill behind.

Town on the Meuse

Arnauld de Vuez, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of figures fishing by a stream beneath a large tree, with a tower in the distant landscape.

Landscape with Figures by Stream

Pierre Joseph Wallaert, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a woman's head tilted upward, gazing to the upper left, with soft shading and curly hair.

Head of a Woman with Face Upturned

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1873-77

Woman's Head in Profile to Left

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1873-77

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with a fish-like tail, head bowed, one arm bent across her body.

Seated Female Nude

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1873-77

Draped Standing Male Figure

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1873-77

Profile of Daniel Chodowiecki

Adrian Zingg, 1773