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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Grey wash drawing of a funerary monument with an empty circular medallion, draped curtain, cherub and inscribed base reading

Funerary Monument

Possibly Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of men playing boules outside a village tavern with a thatched roof and a seated spectator.

Men Playing Boules Outside Tavern

After David Teniers the Younger, n.d.

Pen and ink study sheet with several horse legs and hooves drawn at different angles, shaded with hatching.

Sketches of Horses' (or Dromedaries') Legs (recto); Columns (verso)

Follower of Leonardo da Vinci

Ink and wash drawing of cattle, sheep and a goat resting beside a tree, with a round tower on a rocky hill behind.

Landscape with Herdsman and Sheep, Goat, Cattle

Johann Heinrich Roos, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling Madonna beside a column, with the infant Christ sprawled on a cloth in the foreground.

Madonna and Child

Benevenuto Tisi da Garofalo, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a female bust with curled hair and draped cloth on a scrolled pedestal.

Bust of a Woman

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, 1555/65

Male Head in Profile

Attributed to Baldassare Peruzzi, n.d.

Brown ink sketch of a muscular seated male figure holding a large tablet, on an oval-cropped sheet with a faint study beneath

Seated Male Figure with Large Tablet (recto); Figure Study (verso)

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, n.d.

Two Evangelists Conversing

After Luca Cambiaso, after 1570

Pen and ink sketch of an armored man, several horses, and decorative scrollwork on aged paper.

Sketches of Men, Horses, and Decorative Design

Attributed to Pietro Sorri, 1596/98

Pen and brown ink drawing of two muscular figures ascending, one carrying the other amid swirling drapery, on a grey mount.

Two Figures Ascending

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, 1560/70

Pen and ink sketch of two standing men, one carrying a bundle of wood, beside tree trunks on a pale sheet.

Abraham and Isaac

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Pen and brown ink drawing of muscular nude male figures working at a forge, with a raised hammer and workbench.

Vulcan's Forge

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Pen and brown ink drawing of crew crowded on a sailing ship's deck with rigging and masts, another ship behind.

Crew Abandoning Ship (recto) Sketches of Corinthian Columns (verso)

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1600

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude men flogging a bent central figure, with hatched ground lines beneath them.

Flagellation of Christ

School of Luca Cambiaso, 1570/90

Sketches of Heads

After Luca Cambiaso, c. 1565

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint John the Baptist preaching to a crowd of kneeling and seated figures, with a lamb at righ

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1584

Red chalk drawing of a long-haired woman gazing upward in prayer beside a skull, open book, and rocky landscape.

Penitent Magdalene

After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of Christ beside a nude sick man among onlookers, with tall Corinthian columns and an arcade behind.

Christ Healing the Sick at the Pool of Bethesda

after Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, 17th century

Pencil sketch of worshippers kneeling and gesturing around a pedestal holding a bull statue, with figures on a hill behind.

The Israelite Adoration of the Golden Calf

Attributed to François Roettiers, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crowned seated figure holding a sceptre and book, with a chalice and host drawn below.

Seated Figure with Crown, Holding Sceptre and Book, with Host Below

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Pen and wash design of a ceiling corner with architectural panels, a seated man, and tumbling putti among scrollwork.

Design for Corner of a Ceiling Decoration

Lazzaro Tavarone, 1590/1614

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining female nude resting on draped cloth and a cushion.

Reclining Female Nude

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing male figure in a draped garment, one arm extended outward.

Standing Male Figure

called Jacopo da Empoli Jacopo Chimenti, c. 1600

Graphite figure study of a seated young girl with one arm raised and the other hand gripping cloth, on aged paper.

Seated Girl

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped woman holding a child, with a winged figure blowing a trumpet in an oval below.

Woman with Child, and Pheme

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Pencil sketch of three winged angels in flowing drapery on aged paper, with handwritten inscription at right.

Angels Appearing to Abraham

Possibly after Lodovico Carracci, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of two seated monks in hooded robes, one looking out and one turned toward a ledge.

Two Monks

Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Putto

Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a seated youth looking upward, with sketched legs and fragmentary figure studies on aged paper.

Seated Youth and Sketch of Legs

Attributed to the circle of Domenichino, n.d.