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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Sepia wash drawing of Ananias collapsing dead before bearded apostles on a platform, with a crowd reacting on a checkered flo

Death of Ananias

John Constable, 1795

Brown wash drawing of a cave with a nude figure lying wounded, an old man beside him, and a knight and woman on a ledge.

The Cave of Despair

Henry Fuseli, c. 1769

Ink and wash drawing of muscular Hercules raising a club while struggling with grimacing horses, attributed to Henry Fuseli.

Hercules Killing the Mares of Diomedes

Henry Fuseli, 1800/05

Grey wash drawing of a cloaked rider on a rearing horse below, with reclining and seated figures around a stone slab above.

Odin in the Underworld

Henry Fuseli, 1770/72

Brown wash drawing of a dead warrior on a shore, mourned by a draped woman in a rock niche, with a winged figure above.

Thetis Mourning the Body of Achilles

Henry Fuseli, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a male figure with raised arm seen from behind, with a fragment of an old man's head at upper left.

Male Figure with Left Arm Raised Seen from the Back, and Fragment of Old Man

Henry Fuseli, 1770/75

Brown wash drawing of craggy rocks and shrubs reflected in calm water, with a tree on the left cliff.

Rocks and Water

Attributed to or after Jacob Philipp Hackert, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a chaotic cavalry battle with armored soldiers, horses, raised spears, and banners.

Battle of the Milvian Bridge

Johann Heintz, 1612

Ink and watercolor drawing of a classical stone gateway with Ionic columns and a sculpted niche, with a road and trees beyond

Monumental Entrance to Cemetery

Attributed to James Malton, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a couple embracing on a sofa while a swordsman watches from behind a curtain.

Paolo and Francesca

Attributed to Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1811

Pencil drawing of Constantinople seen from a hillside, with rooftops, a crowded harbor of ships, mosques, and a tall tower.

Constantinople

Attributed to David Roberts, n.d.

Sketch of a Last Judgement scene with crowded nude figures rising through clouds above a distant horizon line.

Last Judgement

Jacob Jordaens, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of bearded Jupiter in billowing drapery among clouds, with an eagle and a seated woman beside him.

Study for Jupiter Hurling Thunderbolts

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin lifting a cloth over a sleeping Christ Child, with young John the Baptist kneeling beside th

Virgin and Sleeping Christ Child with the Infant John the Baptist

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Monochrome drawing of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles seated at a long table draped in a white cloth.

Last Supper

Albrecht Schmid, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a classical sacrifice scene with soldiers, a robed priestess on steps, and a winged figure above.

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Philippe Joseph Tassaert, 1766

Pen and brown ink drawing of a battle between centaurs and armored warriors on rearing horses, with fallen figures below.

Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs

Antonio Tempesta, c. 1600

Pen and wash drawing of a heavenly glorification with saints on clouds, a banner, and angels above.

Glorification of Saint

probably after Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Side View of Man o' War

Willem van de Velde the Elder, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of a ruined classical temple with Corinthian columns, an arched doorway, and fallen stones in the foregrou

Temple at Tivoli

Jacob van der Ulft

Monochrome drawing of a massive gnarled old tree with sprawling branches, two small figures in a boat beneath it, in a forest

Old Tree in the Billah - Sherwood Forest

John Rawson Walker, n.d.

Monochrome drawing of a ruined castle on a rocky shore under stormy clouds, with waves crashing and birds flying overhead.

Ruined Castle by the Sea

John Rawson Walker, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of crowded riverside with boats, fishermen, and figures outside the Salutation Inn.

Outside the Salutation Inn, Greenwich

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur carrying off a figure, with wings and a flowing drapery, on a pale sheet.

Rape of Deianira

After Luca Cambiaso, after c. 1575

Sepia watercolor of a misty mountain peak with sunlit snowy slopes above rocky boulders in the foreground.

Misty Mountains

Attributed to William West, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman watching two nude archers shooting an arrow in a wooded landscape.

Woman Shooting an Arrow, with Two Companions

Juan Cristobal, 1584/94

Ink and wash drawing of Apollo with the Muses, nude and draped women gathered around a lyre player beneath trees.

Apollo and the Muses

Juan Cristobal, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of cattle and sheep under a tree, a seated woman spinning at right, mountains and a tower behind.

Pastural Landscape with Woman Spinning

Juan Cristobal, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Mercury handing an infant to nymphs in a wooded landscape beside a stream.

Mercury Bringing Bacchus to be Raised by the Nymphs

Juan Cristobal, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of two travelers on a path beside a large tree, rocks and shrubs, with a hazy valley beyond.

Travelers in a Landscape

Juan Cristobal, n.d.