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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Black chalk drawing of a nude youth seated and bending forward, clasping one raised leg, with curly hair and a bowed head.

Nude Youth in the Pose of the Spinario

Peter Paul Rubens, 1610/16

Brown wash drawing of the Last Supper, Christ and apostles around a table beneath an arched window and hanging lamps.

The Last Supper

Peter Paul Rubens, late 1613 or early 1614

Brown wash drawing of two philosophers among skulls and chains, with a draped figure on a pedestal and onlookers at left.

Democritus and Heraclitus Laughing and Sorrowing over the Follies of the World

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1742/43

Grey wash drawing of Venice's Doge's Palace and tall columns with market vendors and pedestrians on the piazza.

The Riva degli Schiavoni Seen from the Market at the Pier

Canaletto, after 1755

Red chalk drawing of Ulysses and Circe with a winged Mercury above, a reclining man, and animal figures at lower left.

Ulysses Before Circe, Mercury Behind

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1766

Black chalk study of a male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on tan paper with white highlights.

Study for a Herm

Charles Le Brun, 1674/78

Pen and brown wash drawing of an elephant in ornate trappings with studies of a pedestal, ram head, and putto head.

Studies after Andrea Mantegna, Giulio Romano, and the Antique

Nicolas Poussin, 1635/40

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse with bridle and saddle, study of Bucephalus by Pierre Puget.

Study of Bucephalus for the Relief "Alexander and Diogenes"

Pierre Puget, 1675/76

Watercolor of a round columned temple on a cliff above dense trees and rocks under a blue sky with clouds.

View of the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli

François-Louis Français, 1844

Watercolor and pen drawing of a church interior with Ionic columns, an arched altar, and kneeling figures on a marble floor.

The Borghese Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1824

Pencil portrait of a young woman in a feathered bonnet, frilled collar and draped shawl, drawn on pale paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1812

Oval grayscale portrait drawing of a man with curly hair, white collar and dark coat, hand at his chest.

Portrait of the Artist Joseph Chinard

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1799/1802

Charcoal drawing of a nude man leaning over a large sleeping head with dark hair on a grassy slope.

Primitive Being

Odilon Redon, c. 1876

Graphite drawing of a standing male nude leaning against a pole with one arm raised to his head.

Academic Male Nude

Georges Seurat, 1877

Pencil sketch of a standing nude bather with one arm raised, beside trees and water under a cloudy sky.

Bather With Outstretched Arms (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)

Paul Cézanne, 1874/77

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a beret and fur cloak, framed by heraldic shields, putti and columns.

King Christian II of Denmark

Jacob Binck, about 1529

Engraved portrait of a young woman in a patterned dress reading a letter seated in a wooden chair.

Portrait of Mademoiselle Lavergne, Niece of Mr.Liotard

Jean Daullé, c.1746-63

Engraving of costumed dancers performing in a wooded landscape, with a seated woman in a ruffled gown at left.

The Carnival of Parnassus

Pierre François Basan, c.1759

Engraving of elegantly dressed couples dancing outdoors under trees beside an ivy-covered wall and a stone building, c.1750.

La Guinguette, Divertissment pantomine, du Theatre Italien (The Dance Hall, a Diverting pantomine, from Italian Theatre)

Pierre François Basan, c.1750

Engraving of a woman with a letter and a young man sealing it with candle wax at a draped table.

Woman Sealing a Letter

Etienne Fessard, 1738

Engraving of a blind man with a walking stick and cup, accompanied by a pug dog on a leash, beside stone pillars and a chair.

L'Aveugle (The Blind Man Begging)

Louis Surugue, c. 1753

Engraving of a woman in a bonnet peeling turnips in a kitchen, with copper pans, a bowl of water and vegetables on the floor.

La Ratisseuse (The Turnip Scraper)

François Bernard Lépicié, 1742

Engraved print of a classical statue with a serpent staff on a fluted pedestal, two cherubs, a coat of arms and foliage.

Two Lovers Giving Thanks to the Statue of Health

Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully, n.d.

Etching of Minerva in a helmet guiding two young artists with a palette and brushes near classical sculpture and columns.

Minerva Teaching a Young Artist, illustration for the Catalogue historique du Cabinet by Mariette

Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully, n.d.

Two women in kimono under cherry blossoms, one sweeping petals with a broom while the other looks up, with a poem above.

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of an acrobat balancing upside down on a tall ladder held by men in orange robes, with Mount Fuji behind.

Acrobats on a Ladder

Utagawa Toyokuni, 18th-19th century

Japanese woodblock portrait of a bald man with topknot holding a pipe beside a fan and tray, dark background.

Portrait of Santo Kyoden, the Master of Kyobashi (Edo hana Kyobashi natori)

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1795

Lithograph of two men talking in a doorway, one gesturing in a waistcoat, the other in a cap and overcoat.

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: And the judge's son told my wife

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Sepia watercolor of robed monks climbing a stone staircase under vaulted arches, with light streaming in from one side.

Monks on the Staircase of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli

François Marius Granet, c. 1826

Watercolor of a grove of tall trees by a dark river, with a red-roofed cottage at right and a cloudy sky above.

Grove of Trees (recto), Sketch of Aderley Church (verso)

Peter De Wint, c. 1830