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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Brown wash drawing of a haloed saint gazing upward, with a cherub, attendants holding a cross, and an altar in the background

San Carlo Borromeo Adoring an Image of the Birth of the Virgin

Sigismondo Caula, 1684/87

Brown and grey watercolor of ruined Roman arches and stone piers with light entering through vaulted openings.

Interior View of the Coliseum

Attributed to Lodewijk Toeput, c. 1580

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with long hair looking upward, holding a scroll, with a cross-shaped staff behind him.

Saint John the Baptist

After Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a robed saint on a cloud interceding over plague victims below, with a city and angels above.

Saint Cajetan of Thiene Interceding for Victims of the Plague

Style of or after Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of hunters with a dog on a rocky riverbank, framed by trees, with a tower on cliffs across the water.

Hunters with Dog Beside River

Attributed to Marco Ricci, n.d.

Black and white chalk drawing of a seated female nude leaning on draped cloth, legs stretched diagonally across the sheet.

River Nymph

Style of Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a draped figure on a pedestal flanked by two nude men, one gesturing and one holding a laurel garland

Study for Allegory of Faith and Silence

Bartolomeo Cesi, 1500/95

Graphite and chalk drawing of a robed woman with clasped hands standing on a serpent within an arched frame.

Immaculate Conception

Attributed to or the style of Tommaso Conca, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a lion's head with a full tousled mane, with a faint paw study at lower right.

Lion's Head

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Two Riders

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Pencil and wash sketch of two horses rearing toward each other, with faint outlines of more horses in the background.

Horses Fighting

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Pencil study of several dog legs and paws in different poses on pale paper, with shadows beneath.

Dog Paws

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Cow

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Lion

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Pencil sketch of several greyhounds standing and lying around a seated keeper on a pale sheet.

Greyhounds and Their Keeper

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a woman seated by a stone fireplace in a rustic room with a cat and a dog.

Woman in a Rustic Interior

Style of William Alexander, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a peasant walking with a pole over his shoulder, carrying a basket, with plants on either side.

Peasant Carrying Bucket

After Sebald Beham, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of nude mythological figures in a landscape beside a tree, with a plumed figure at center.

Judgement of Paris

Otto van Veen, n.d.

Brown ink wash landscape with trees framing a path leading to a house on a distant hill.

Landscape with House in Distance

Possibly Ferdinand Kobell, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of women gathered around an infant in a basket, with a crowned figure standing at left.

Finding of Moses

After Giovanni Francesco Penni, 1518/19

Brown wash drawing of a rider on a horse herding cattle and sheep past a tree and rocks.

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep

Follower of Claes Pietersz. Berchem, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of herdsmen driving cattle and sheep past two women, with a ruined castle on a hill.

Herdsmen, Cattle and Sheep Passing Two Maidens, with Ruined Castle on Hill Above

Follower of Claes Pietersz. Berchem, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of the Raising of Lazarus with a figure rising from a tomb beside standing witnesses and classical architec

Raising of Lazarus

Style of Marco Benefial, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bearded patriarch with a sword facing a kneeling figure and a crowd of onlookers.

Patriarch and Youths

Attributed to William Young Ottley, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a draped female figure raising a round disc, with flowing robes and bare feet, on pale paper.

Temperance

Attributed to Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, 1521/56

Pen and wash drawing of a wreathed figure on a donkey led by putti, with a chariot procession and town in the background.

Triumph of Bacchus with Drunken Silenus on Donkey

Cesare Pollini, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a toga-clad man in a columned interior with attendants, a basin, and a dog in the foreground.

Death of Seneca

Attributed to Mathieu Ignace van Brée, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored warriors, a horse, spears and round shields in a cavalry battle scene.

Cavalry Skirmish (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)

Giorgio Vasari, 1558/59

Brown wash drawing of a muscular nude man raised arm beside a draped figure bent low, standing on a stone base.

Study after The Dying Gaul Killing His Wife and Himself

Probably Jan de Bisschop, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a cow resting on the ground with its head turned right, showing curved horns and folded legs.

Cow

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1769/1822