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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Brown ink sketch of the Virgin and Christ child with cherubs among clouds, inside a ruled frame, with handwritten inscription

Holy Virgin

After Giovanni da Udine, called Giovanni dei Ricamatori, n.d.

Sketches of Woman's Profile

Frederick William Burton, 1863

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling robed saint with right arm raised and face turned upward, with red chalk lines.

Kneeling Saint Stephen with Upraised Right Arm

Attributed to Sabatini, called Lorenzino da Bologna, n.d.

Grey-toned sketch of trees, a hillside, and a low wall beside a path with small figures in an open landscape.

Hampstead

Possibly Margaret Sarah Carpenter, n.d.

Graphite and white chalk landscape drawing of a wooden stile, a large tree, a cottage and clouds on tan paper.

Landscape with Stile

Augustus Wall Callcott, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude male figure with raised arms and muscular torso, on aged paper with brown wash stains.

Crucified Christ or Marsyas

Follower of Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1585/95

Pencil sketch of mounted riders and a seated traveler resting beside horses, with figures sketched faintly in the background.

Resting Travelers

Augustus Wall Callcott, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a monk giving last communion to a kneeling figure, surrounded by robed attendants and an angel.

Monk Giving Last Communion

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1575/85

Brown wash drawing of nude David raising Goliath's severed head above his armored body on a battlefield.

David and Goliath

Alfred Edward Chalon, n.d.

Pen and red chalk sketch of robed figures gathered around a seated man in a columned interior.

Monastic Healing

Attributed to Pietro Malombra, n.d.

Ink and grey wash drawing of curved basalt columns at the Giant's Causeway with a small figure on the ridge and sea beyond.

Giant's Causeway

II John Clevely, 1772

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned female allegorical figure on a throne receiving a crowd of soldiers, cherubs and figures.

Study for Venice, Crowned by Victory, Receiving Her Subject Peoples

After Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Giovane, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a travel party with pack horses crossing a rocky valley below snowy mountains.

Expedition Party in Icelandic Landscape

II John Clevely, 1772

Grey wash drawing of Fingal's Cave with tall basalt columns, a rowing boat with figures on the water, and standing people.

Fingal's Cave

II John Clevely, 1772

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary, the infant Christ, kneeling figures, musicians, animals, and angels in

Nativity

François Boitard, n.d.

Pen drawing of a crowded open-air market with stalls, a horse-drawn cart, riders, and people in period dress.

Dutch Market or Fair

John Coney, c. 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop with crozier gesturing to a nude man between two robed figures in an arched interior.

Bishop Saint (Ambrose?) Exorcising the Devil

Attributed to Giovanni Battista della Rovere, called Il Fiamminghino, n.d.

Sepia watercolor of a woman carrying a baby along a path under a stormy sky, with ruins on a distant hill.

Woman with Baby Fleeing Across Moors

Possibly John Constable, n.d.

Female Head in Profile to Left

Circle of Giorgio Vasari, c. 1541

Pencil drawing of beached sailing boats, anchors and a church steeple on the dunes at Scheveningen.

Church at Scheveningen

Edward William Cooke, October 1838

Pencil sketch of a lighthouse on a stone pier with figures walking and small sailboats on the sea.

Dieppe, West Pier

Edward William Cooke, May 6, 1854

Monochrome wash drawing of a two-masted ship on choppy sea near a rocky cliff headland under a cloudy sky.

Off Whitby

Attributed to Edward William Cooke, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a plump standing putto seen from behind, with curly hair and hatched shading on the body.

Standing Putto Seen From the Back

Attributed to Bartolomeo Passarotti, 1570/75

Brown wash drawing of a sailing ship, small boats and a rowboat on calm sea, with a distant town and church spire.

Rye - South Coast Near Hastings

Attributed to Edward William Cooke, n.d.

Pen and brown ink study of a nude standing putto seen from behind, arm raised, on warm brown paper.

Standing Putto Seen from the Front: Study for the Virgin in Glory with Saints Petronius, Dominic, and Peter Martyr

Bartolomeo Passarotti, 1570/75

Pen and brown wash drawing of an interior scene with men, a rope, a chair, a fireplace and a dog.

The Hanging

Attributed to Abraham Cooper, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin and other figures, with a crown of thorns and nails below.

The Lamentation

Luca Penni, 1540/46

Grey wash drawing of a running horse with head lowered and a small spotted dog crouching below it on pale paper.

Running Horse and Dog

Attributed to Abraham Cooper, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a monument on a stepped pedestal above a curved sea wall section with handwritten annotations.

Bird's Eye View of Projected Monument

Attributed to Edward Henry Corbould, 1835/1905

Pen and ink drawing of a curly-haired young man with bowed head resting on his hand, draped in loose cloth.

Saint John the Evangelist in Meditation

After Guercino, 1800s