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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Drawing of a garden balustrade above a reflecting pool, with tall trees and a lattice fence behind.

Lattice Work and Reflecting Pool at Arcueil

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1744/47

Brown ink drawing with white highlights of a muscular Roman soldier in a plumed helmet holding a shield in a landscape.

Roman Soldier

Paolo Farinati, c. 1545

Red chalk drawing of a nude man leaning on a spade with a grey drapery at his waist, sketched landscape behind.

Man with Spade

After Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino, n.d.

Brown wash drawing on blue-grey paper of a woman with crossed arms, curled hair and shawl, with a tree at right.

Woman Three-Quarter Length with Crossed Arms

Possibly after Anthony van Dyck, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted soldier with raised arm and a small face behind his shoulder, mounted in a blue-grey border.

Roman Soldier and Woman

Attributed to Ercole Procaccini, the younger, n.d.

Pen drawing of Mercury with winged helmet and staff beside draped Minerva, with a cherub and clouds, on tan paper.

Scene with Mercury and Minerva

School of Fontainebleau, n.d.

Pen and wash sketch of Mercury handing an infant to a group of nymphs, with a standing nude figure at right.

Mercury Entrusting Infant Bacchus to Nymphs

Style of François Boitard, 1690/1715

Head of a Horse

Style of Charles Parrocel, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a standing bearded prophet holding a scroll and a book, drawn over a faint grid.

Standing Prophet with a Book and Scroll

Taddeo Zuccari, 1562/66

Pen and ink drawing of Constantine offering a tiara to Pope Sylvester in a columned hall, with attendants and onlookers.

Study for the Emperor Constantine Offering the Tiara to Pope Sylvester

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Holy Family with Saint Francis and the infant John the Baptist on a tan paper.

Holy Family with Saint Francis of Assisi and the Infant John the Baptist

After Jacopo Cavedone, after 1612

Graphite drawing of a standing bearded male nude seen from behind, with faint notes and small sketches on tan paper.

Academic Nude, Seen from the Back

Paul Cézanne, 1862

Charcoal drawing of woodcutters in a forest, with a man atop a large log on a trestle and workers around cut logs.

The Woodcutters

Gustave Courbet, 1860

Loose charcoal sketch of a seated man in a cap leaning forward to write on a small sheet on his knee.

The Clothing of the Prisoner of war

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1915

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man in a long flowing robe, one arm extended, on grey-blue toned paper.

Noah

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, late 16th/early 17th century

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated woman with drapery and a folio resting on her lap.

Seated Woman with Folio Resting on Her Lap

Style of Mario Balassi, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a horse pulling a hansom cab past a street lamp, with a coachman and a top-hatted passenger.

Whistler in a Hansom Cab

George Louis Pamella Busson Dumaurier, n.d.

Engraved print of Saint John the Baptist standing in a landscape with trees and a distant tower, dated c. 1505.

Saint John the Baptist

Giulio Campagnola, c. 1505

Graphite drawing of a male nude seen from behind, standing on a block with both hands raised to his head.

Male Nude

Gustav Klimt, January 29, 1880

Pencil drawing of a bishop holding a domed reliquary, with a study of a female saint's bust and hands at upper right.

A Bishop Carrying a Reliquary with a Skull and Study of Two Hands Holding a Reliquary of a Female Saint

School of Eustache Le Sueur, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a tired man slumped in a chair with a dog and boots on the floor beside him.

The Tired Sportsman

Style of William Hogarth, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a bearded man standing with his arms tied behind his back, shown from the rear.

Figure with Arms Tied Behind His Back

Attributed to Vincenzo Dandini, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a young man showing a sword to two women in a draped interior, with handwritten caption below.

Look at This Sword, Was it to Be Resisted?, from Eleanora: from the Sorrows of Werter

possibly Haggitt, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a rocky gorge with cliffs, a stone wall, a cottage, and a ruined tower on a ledge.

Crags and Horses in Highlands

Henry Hill, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a young peasant woman in a headscarf and apron, holding a basket and pointing to the left.

Italian Peasant Girl

Possibly Jacob Philipp Hackert, n.d.

Hand-colored print of travelers camped by a campfire in a moonlit forest, with a covered wagon and horses beside tall trees.

View By Moonlight, Near Fayetteville, plate three of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

John Hill, 1819/21

Engraving of the seated Cumaean Sibyl holding a scroll of Latin verse, with a banner reading Sibylla Cumana above.

The Cumaean Sibyl

Attributed to Francesco Rosselli, 1480/90

Charcoal drawing of a nude figure with arm raised beside a tall flower, with the word QUICKBORN lettered across the top.

The Flower of Pain

Edvard Munch, 1898

Pencil and white chalk portrait of an elderly woman in a lace bonnet and dark dress, hands folded, on tan paper.

Portrait of Mrs. Jeremiah Chandler

Eastman Johnson, 1847

Watercolor sketch of a nude woman with arm raised, standing on a rock beside a stream against blue washes.

Pape moe

Paul Gauguin, 1893/94