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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Pen and ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin and Child at left and a procession of riders and soldiers.

Adoration of the Magi

Possibly Lattanzio Gambara, 1560/80

Brown wash drawing of hunters and dogs attacking a large elk on rocky ground, with sketched figures in the background.

Tartars or Russians Hunting an Elk

Attributed to Samuel Howett, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bishop, kneeling figure, Madonna with child, angels, and reclining nude figures in the foreground.

Damnation of Heresy

after Pietro Testa, 1630/31

Brown wash drawing of hounds attacking a fox in tall grass, with two more dogs watching from the upper right.

Hounds with Fox

I Guillaume Coustou, 1800/10

Brown and grey wash drawing of a long-haired man holding a sheet of paper within an oval frame above a scrolled console.

Portrait of Pietro Testa

after Pietro Testa, after c. 1645

Pencil sketch of a village lane with timber cottages, tiled roofs, brick chimneys and a shrub at center.

Water Lane, Watford

Attributed to William Henry Hunt, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary on a donkey holding the infant Christ, led by a bearded man in a cap.

Flight into Egypt

Attributed to Cornelis Bisschop, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a couple in 17th century dress before a classical stone archway framed by trees in a park.

Couple in 17th Century Dress Standing Before Entrance to Park

Charles de Anson, 1864

Pen and wash drawing of a baroque funerary monument with a reclining female figure, draped curtain, putti and flaming urn.

Project for a Monument

the younger Edward Pierce, c. 1695

Ink and wash drawing of winged angels playing lute and guitar among clouds, with putti around them.

Musician Angels

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo plate pattern with two allegorical women and a cartouche reading UTICA.

Pattern for China Plates (Utica)

George Knapton, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a seated saint, kneeling figures, and a papal figure with angels floating among clouds above.

Saint called to Papal Chair

Attributed to Domenico Mondo, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of four male portrait heads with a handwritten inscription and signature dated 1876.

Four Small Portrait Heads

William Hunter Kendal, 1876

Brown wash drawing of a robed female figure with a lion and lamb, flanked by two winged putti on pedestals.

Allegorical Female Figure with Lion, Lamb, Two Putti

Baron Frederic Leighton, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a winged angel holding a laurel branch above her, on a shaded base.

Seated Woman Crowned by Angel

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of three lions, one standing and two reclining, on a pale ground with faint hills behind.

Three Lions

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Brown ink sketch of a reclining male nude seen from behind, long hair falling down, one leg stretched out diagonally.

Reclining Male Nude, from Behind

Attributed to Ferraù Fenzoni, c. 1591

Pencil sketch of a resting lioness lying down with head turned left and long tail curling behind her.

Lioness

Edwin Landseer, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a young chimpanzee standing upright, holding a long stick and looking toward the viewer.

Orangutang

Attributed to Edwin Henry Landseer, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure rising among sleeping soldiers, with a horse and banner at left.

Study for the Resurrection

Santi di Tito, c. 1574

Two brown ink and wash studies of a nude male figure, Saint Sebastian, with arms raised, on aged paper.

Two Sketches of Saint Sebastian

Giovanni Battista Trotti, n.d.

Chalk drawing on blue paper of an elderly bearded man looking up to the right, in black and red chalk.

Head of a Bearded Man, Looking Up to Right: Study for Saint Catherine of Alexandria Disputing with the Pagan Priests

called Il Cigoli ( Ludovico Cardi

Brown wash drawing in an oval of an elderly man raising a knife as a winged angel grips his arm beside a kindled altar.

Sacrifice of Isaac

After Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto, c. 1656

Black chalk drawing of a cow's head facing forward, with curved horns, large eyes, and shaded muzzle on cream paper.

Head of Cow

After Paulus Potter, n.d.

Lady with Vase

Baron Frederic Leighton, 1865

Grey wash drawing of the Trinity with Christ carrying a cross, surrounded by angels and cherubs in clouds.

The Trinity with Christ Bearing the Cross

Raffaello Vanni, n.d.

Pencil and ink sketch of a rocky Scottish coastline with a large offshore rock formation and cliffs under a cloudy sky.

The Bars from Tantallon, Scotland

William Leighton Leitch, 1863

Pencil sketch of a calm river view with a sailboat, leafless trees in the foreground, and hills and buildings beyond.

Helensburgh, Scotland

William Leighton Leitch, 1869

Three Roman Soldiers

After Giambologna, n.d.

Pencil sketch on tan paper of two Doric temples on a plain with mountains and clouds behind them.

Pesto

William Leighton Leitch, n.d.