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Art Institute of Chicago

5,126 works

Sepia drawing of the risen Christ holding a banner above startled and sleeping soldiers beside a tomb.

Resurrection of Christ

Giacinto Boccanera, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male nude holding an open book, with draped cloth and a rocky base sketched beneath him.

Standing Male Nude (Saint Jerome?) with Book

Luca Cambiaso, 1550/59

Red chalk portrait of a curly-haired young man in an oval frame, with a Latin inscription on drapery below.

Study for Portrait of Giorgione

Filippo Germisoni, c. 1724

Pencil sketch of a formal garden with a stone staircase, balustraded terrace, urns, tall trees and a distant obelisk.

Staircase and Terrace in Formal Garden

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a columned portico with receding arches, small figures in the distance, and a paved foreground.

Portico

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a porch with three pointed Gothic arches, slender columns, and trees framing the scene.

Porch with Gothic Arches

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a dark umbrella walking a wet tree-lined path in rain.

Summer Shower

Alfred Sacheverel Coke, 1875/99

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of a seated bearded man in heavy drapery, one arm raised, on a toned paper ground.

Seated Bearded Figure (Prophet?)

Attributed to Ferraù Fenzoni, c. 1591

Red chalk drawing of a shepherd offering his hand to a seated shepherdess with a small dog beneath a tree.

Shepherd, Shepherdess and Little Dog in Wooded Setting

N. Delage, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of thatched cottages and a large tree on a hillside, with two seated figures in the foreground.

Cottages and Trees on Hillside

Thomas Monro, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornamental circular basin design with a winged figure, scrollwork and floral garlands.

Design for a Platter or Basin

Unknown artist, n.d.

Sepia watercolor of a man and child walking a tree-lined path past a small cottage, c. 1800.

Man and Child on Tree-Lined Path

Lady Harriet Dalrymple, c. 1800

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of figures at a stone doorway beside a pyramid, with cypress and pine trees.

Nocturnal Burial Near Pyramid

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Face of an Old Man with Eyes Closed

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, with furrowed brow and curling hair and beard.

Head of Laocoon

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Head of Bearded Man in Profile to Left

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a stern male head with curly hair, study of an ancient portrait bust in three-quarter view.

Ancient Portrait Bust of Vespasian

Vincenzo Dandini, n.d.

Head of Venus de Medici

Vincenzo Dandini, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a father embracing a kneeling son beside a pillar, with robed figures standing nearby.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Attributed to Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, 1536/40

Sepia wash drawing of a company of mounted horsemen with raised lances advancing across an open ground.

A Company of Horsemen

After Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, c. 1510

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto leaning on a tablet, with drapery behind his legs.

Standing Putto Holding Tablet

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a woman with bowed head and closed eyes, hair drawn back, with loose drapery lines on pale paper.

Half-Length View of Madonna

Follower of Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of two women in drapery pulling a load over clouds, with faint graphite grid lines.

Two Women on Clouds, Pulling a Load

Circle of Bernardo Castello (Italian, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of Venus seated with a child Cupid on her lap, drawn on a circular sheet.

Venus and Cupid

Andrea Lilio, n.d.

Ink and brown wash drawing of a monk in a hooded robe, head turned sideways, hands clasped at the chest.

Monk Turning Sideways

Andrea Lilio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped woman with bowed head beside a wooden chair and open book on a ledge.

Virgin Annunciate

Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Pen and ink study of a standing female allegorical figure in drapery over a red chalk grid, c. 1600.

Allegory of Painting

Andrea Lilio, c. 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a veiled, penitent woman seated beside a skull on a ledge, with a cross behind her.

Penitent Magdalene

Domenico Mondo, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded figure in robes beside a sphere and table, over a red chalk grid.

Allegory of Geometry

Andrea Lilio, c. 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a traveler with a staff in the foreground and buildings in the distance

Wooded Landscape with Traveler in Foreground

Attributed to Ercole Bazzicaluva, n.d.