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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fairy castle on a rocky outcrop among trees, with birds in a cloudy sky.

Fairy Castle in Landscape

Attributed to Alfonso Parigi, n.d.

Pen and blue wash drawing of Saint Bibiana before an altar and a seated Jupiter statue, with soldiers and musicians.

Saint Bibiana Refusing to Sacrifice to Jupiter

Antonio Grano, n.d.

Pen drawing of a forest with a waterfall and two figures near rocks, tall trees framing a distant valley.

Forest Scene with Waterfall and Two Figures

Attributed to Johann Samuel Bach, n.d.

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing with a large central tree, small figures, and distant hills.

Figures in Hilly Landscape

Style of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged angel above a seated woman gazing up beside a sleeping child and urn.

Angel Appearing to Hagar and Ishmael

Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois, 1780

Pencil drawing of a rocky landscape with a waterfall, a large tree, a ruined tower and small figures in the foreground.

Figures in a Rocky Landscape with Waterfall

Attributed to Johann Samuel Bach, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a rider galloping a horse with hounds running through brush beside a tree in an open field.

Fox Hunt

Attributed to Henry Alken, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with brown wash of classical female figures in an oval composition, one draped figure beside a dark curta

Diana and Her Attendants

Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a beheading scene with a plumed executioner, a kneeling man and a vaulted interior.

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Style of Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude woman and a standing man with a cherub seated on a rock at lower left.

Venus and Paris

Attributed to Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a classical scene with crowds, a mounted rider, columns and buildings under trees.

Triumph of Alexander

Possibly François Chauveau, n.d.

Circular brown ink and wash drawing of Venus and Adonis with a reclining nude, a dog, and sketched foliage.

Venus and Adonis

Attributed to Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, both with soft modeling and white highlights.

Madonna and Child

After Jan Gossart, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of plumed soldiers beside a stone column, with kneeling figures at a ledge.

Standing Soldiers and Kneeling Figures

after Taddeo Zuccaro, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of two figures struggling in an interior, with a sketched head in the upper right corner.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Possibly Giuseppe Passeri, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a thatched cottage with a church tower and castle ruins behind it, two figures at left.

Cottages and Spires

Possibly after Samuel Prout, n.d.

Pencil drawing of two young women in conversation at a table, one wearing a large draped turban and buttoned bodice.

Two Young Women, One Wearing Turban, in Conversation

After Guercino, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a youth leading a horse beside a bearded man and onlookers among trees.

Story of Niobe: Youth with Horse; Worshippers

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a siege with a soldier raising a sword, smoke, a ruined fortress, and crowds of troops.

Siege of Fortress

Attributed to Jan Luyken, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Saint Francis of Assisi flanked by two bearded monks, all gazing upward, with rope belts.

Saint Francis of Assisi, with two Monks of his Order

After Guido Reni, after 1611/12

Brown wash drawing of shepherds adoring the Christ child beneath classical architecture, with a donkey and a statue in a nich

Adoration of the Shepherds: Upper Half

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two horsemen with a falcon and hunting dogs beneath trees and clouds.

Falcon Hunt

Possibly after Bernard van Orley, n.d.

Pen drawing of a tavern scene with men seated and standing around a table, a mug, and a reclining figure at right.

Tavern Scene

After Adriaen van Ostade, n.d.

Red chalk drawing on a circular sheet showing two grotesque heads with hatched shading and a collector's mark.

Two Devils

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Head of Pythagoras

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Pen and red chalk sketch of the Virgin, infant Christ, a crowned female saint, and a bearded man in a religious scene.

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

After Guercino, n.d.

Pen drawing of a boy on a stool pointing at pastries while a pastrycook watches, with a caption listing his large order.

Something Like a Holiday

After John Leech, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing female Justice holding a sword and scales against an arched niche.

Justice

Bernardino India, 1550/69

Brown ink and wash drawing of a knight in plumed helmet and armor on a horse with tasseled caparison, holding a lance.

Cavalier in Tournament Costume on Horseback

Circle of Niccolò dell' Abbate, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man and a turbaned woman holding a nude infant on ochre paper.

Family Group: Ozias, King of Judah, Nursed by his Mother

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.