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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Pencil study of a seated classical male nude holding a sword, with a round shield at his feet, after antique sculpture.

Study after Antique Sculpture of Seated Figure with Sword and a Shield

John Downman, 1774

Indian miniature painting of Kama aiming a love arrow at meditating Shiva beside a lotus pond, with a royal court scene below

Kama Shoots a Love Arrow at Shiva, from a copy of the Song of Gauri (Gita-Gauri)

Unknown artist, c. 1675-1680

Japanese woodblock print of two women and two men under a blossoming plum branch beside a green hedge.

Umeyashiki, from the series "Collection of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho shu)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Woodblock print of two women and a samurai walking beneath cherry blossoms, one woman holding a birdcage.

Asuka no Suika, form the series "Eight Scenes of Edo (Koto hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall below a stone arched bridge and hilltop buildings framed by trees.

View of Tivoli with the Bridge Over the Anio Waterfall

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1620

Pencil sketch sheet with four studies of animals: a klipspringer on rocks, a musk deer, a chamois, and a walking lion.

Chamois, Musk, Klipbok and Lion

Thomas Uwins, n.d.

Sketch of a Gothic building with a carved spire and arched entrance, with two figures on a cobbled street.

Palace of Justice, Rouen

Possibly after Frederick Nash, n.d.

Symmetrical ornamental drawing with putti, griffins, scrolling foliage and a central armored figure above a blank tablet.

Decorative Design with Putti and Griffins

Attributed to Alfred George Stevens, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with wash of an elderly bearded man with tousled hair wrapped in a dark cloak.

Bust of Old Man

Samuel Shelley, 1776/1808

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining man smoking a pipe while women and a child carry heavy baskets across a Shetland landscape

The British Squaw, Shetland Islands

Linley Sambourne, 1894

Pencil sketch of a woman in a bonnet and a girl reaching toward a stone basin on a column in a church interior.

Lady and Girl in Church

Attributed to Frank Stone, n.d.

Woodblock print of a willow-lined river at dusk with boats and two hooded women on a wooden landing.

Oumayagashi, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reading a letter and one adjusting a hair ornament.

Two Beauties Reading a Letter

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1780/1800

Vertical Japanese print of two women in kimono by a bamboo fence, looking up at a blossoming plum tree.

Two Women Viewing Plum Blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Black ink print of Shoki the Demon Queller, a fierce bearded figure in robes holding a sword, in tall narrow format.

Shoki the Demon Queller

Utagawa Toyoharu, Mid-to late 18th or early 19th century

Etching of a wooded rocky gorge with a hunter and dog beside a stream, with distant hills under a cloudy sky.

A Subiaco, from Malerisch Radierte Prospekte aus Italien

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1792

Pencil drawing of Christ being lowered from the cross by a ladder, with mourning women and a distant city silhouette.

Descent from the Cross with a Silhouette of Jerusalem in the Background

Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp, 1852

Etching of a wooded ravine with a large tree, a rocky stream, boulders, and small figures beside a pale cliff.

A Civita Castellana, from Malerisch Radierte Prospekte aus Italien

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1793

Woodblock print of a hawk perched on a rock beside a blossoming plum branch on a pale vertical sheet.

Hawk on a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1773-1828

Vertical ukiyo-e print of a woman in a pink kimono with gold hair ornaments carrying a child on her back.

Choemon Carrying Ohan on His Back

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Pen and brown ink sketch of a barefoot vendor with rosaries and prints, with a church dome and tower behind him.

Vendor of Rosaries and Sacred Images

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, c. 1660

Engraved oval portrait of bearded Hector of Troy in a helmet, framed by ornate scrollwork, lizards, birds and grotesque figur

Hector of Troy, plate one from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Engraved oval portrait of Alexander the Great in a helmet, framed by ornate scrollwork, birds, mice, and fruit garlands.

Alexander the Great, plate two from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Julius Caesar, plate three from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Engraved portrait of a bearded warrior in a helmet with an ornate decorative border, labeled Josue Dux.

Joshua, plate four from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Engraved portrait of King David crowned and playing a harp, framed by lion, lamb, bear, flowers and birds.

King David, plate five from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Engraved portrait of Judas Maccabeus, a helmeted warrior with sword, framed by ornate scrollwork, fruit, birds and animals.

Judas Macabee, plate six from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Engraved portrait of Charlemagne with crown and sword, framed by an ornate border of animals, birds and flowers, dated 1594.

Charlemagne, plate seven from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Engraved portrait of King Arthur in armor and helmet, framed by cherubs with trumpets, flower urns and ornamental scrollwork.

King Arthur, plate eight from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Godfrey of Bouillon, plate nine from The Nine Worthies

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594