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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Pencil sketch of a standing male figure holding a severed head and a cord, on pale paper.

David with the Head of Goliath

called Il Cavalier d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1591/93

Red chalk drawing of an old man with closed eyes and a headscarf, in three-quarter view on cream paper.

Head of an Old Man

After Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin holding dead Christ above clouds, with three saints and a dog below.

Pieta, with Saints Francis, Roch, and Third Male Saint

Style of Pietro Antonio di Pietri, n.d.

Pen and brown wash sketch of a man seated on a lion, reaching toward its head.

Man Mounting Lion

Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Head of Young Man, in Profile to Right

Style of Benedetto Luti, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the ruined Colosseum and a distant arch in Rome, with a large tree and seated couple in the foreground.

View of Roman Colosseum and Arch of Titus, with Couple in Foreground

Attributed to Giuseppe Fini, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of mythological figures, putti and clouds in an oval ceiling composition.

Ceiling with Bacchus, Ariadne, Diana and Minerva

Attributed to Filippo Pedrini, 1795/1800

Pencil and wash drawing of a round stone tower above trees, with a cottage and three figures on a dirt path below.

Cheltenham Cottage, Hoxfield

Walter Arnee Frank, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a turbaned rider on a white horse led through a street past spearmen and onlookers.

Triumph of Mordecai

Giuseppe Piattoli, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with brown wash of two seated figures under a tree on a rocky hillside, with faint ruled lines.

Two Men Seated under Tree on Hillside

Circle of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of an architect in a dark cloak showing designs to a patron and an assistant beside him.

Architect Submitting Designs to Patron

Francesco Fontebasso, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a two-story house with chimneys among trees, with a low rail fence and shrubs in the foreground.

House with Garden

William John Gray of Salisbury, n.d

Caricature of Man Writing

Carlo Marchionni, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of Tobias and an angel walking through a landscape, framed by an ornate rococo border with fruit.

Vignette of Tobias and the Angel

Style of Henry Fuseli, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of Roman ruins with columns, arches, palm trees and small draped figures under a cloudy sky.

Ruins of Roman Forum, with Figures

called Battista Vicentino Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, c. 1550

Brown wash drawing of a tropical shoreline with palm trees, sailing ships, arched buildings and figures at the water's edge.

South Sea Island

Lorens Gottman, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two winged putti embracing, with drapery swirling above them on pale paper.

Spandrel Decoration with Two Putti

After Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of rustic figures resting and drinking beside barrels and a ladder outside a building.

Rustic Scene: Men, Women and Children Resting and Drinking Outside Building

Giorgio Giacoboni, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a town square with a church and bell tower, a column in the foreground, and figures on a hill.

View of Piazza in Fiesole

Giuseppe Gherardi, n.d.

Red and graphite drawing of a seated scholar in a cap and gown gesturing with his hands, with Latin text below.

Duns Scotus

Attributed to Federico Zuccaro, c. 1560

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a nude statue on a pedestal among trees on a lawn.

Statue on Lawn in Epsom

George Henry Harlow, 1809

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint embracing a crucifix, with a skull at her feet in a curtained interior.

Beata Humbelina with Crucifix

Possibly Johann Christoph Lischka, c. 1700

Three oval grey wash sketches on tan paper: a river bridge, a harbor with sailboats and cliffs, and a shore with figures.

Two Views of Ports, one View of River with Bridge

Alexandre Thiollet, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a ruffled collar and long gown in an armchair, on a sketchbook page with handwritten notes

Sketchbook

Jacques-Louis David, 1809-10

Brown wash drawing of an older man with long wavy hair and a cravat, signed B. Franklin at lower left.

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1778

Chalk drawing of a bearded old man in a ruff collar, mounted within a green and gold decorative border.

Portrait of a Bearded Old Man

Attributed to Claude Mellan, c. 1650

Brown ink and watercolor drawing of tall cypress trees with swirling foliage, a small building and hills at left.

Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Double page of Persian calligraphy framed by a blue border with gold-painted animals, dragons, a phoenix and trees.

The Illuminated Border of Animals, double page from a copy of the Gulistan of Sa'di

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), 16th century

Pastel drawing of a harlequin in a multicolored diamond costume leaning on a stick beside a crouched figure and green foliage

Harlequin

Edgar Degas, 1885

Charcoal sketch of a dark tree mass above a riverbank with farm buildings, reflections in the water, and a small boat.

Landzicht Farm: Compositional Study

Piet Mondrian, c. 1905