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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Monochrome drawing of winged female figures in clouds above a kneeling robed figure beside dark foliage.

Religions and Religion

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1888

Pen and ink drawing of a large clump of trees and grasses in the foreground, with a village and church spire in the distance.

Clump of Trees with a Village in the Distance

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1861

Watercolor of two fighting roosters on a sandy beach, one standing and one fallen, with the sea behind them.

The Cock Fight

Winslow Homer, 1885

Ink and wash drawing of a turbaned rider on a rearing horse, holding a decorated spear, by Frederic Remington.

"As They Threw their Animals Back upon their Haunches," illustration for An Arabian Day and Night, in Harper's New Mo…

Frederic Remington, n.d.

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a man's face with closed eyes, mustache, beard and long hair on tan paper.

Death Mask

the Younger Georg Christoph Eimmart, n.d.

Four evangelists in painted niches framed by a gold border of flowers, birds, and insects, with a papal coat of arms below.

The Four Evangelists, within a Border of Flowers, Birds, and Insects

Circle of Giulio Clovio, 1572

Pen and wash drawing of a horned demon with a trident pinning a nude figure amid flames, a scene of the damned in hell.

The Damned in Hell

Follower of,John Hamilton Mortimer, n.d.

Russian Peasant

possibly Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, n.d.

Watercolor of a stormy sea with red-sailed boats, large ships in the distance, a floating barrel, and seagulls.

Marine Scene

possibly or an imitator of Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a city while a crowd kneels and an angel hovers above.

Christ Entering Jerusalem

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1600/10

Pencil drawing of a rocky landscape with waterfalls, bridges, peasants and cattle in the foreground, and a distant castle.

Landscape with Waterfalls and Bridges, Peasants in the Foreground

the Elder Nicolaes Berchem, c. 1670

Watercolor sketch of a crowned seated woman with a cornucopia of flowers, attended by winged cherubs among clouds.

Allegory of Abundance (Sketch for a Ceiling Painting)

Attributed to Domenico Pozzi, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man with outstretched arms beside an X-shaped cross, with a soldier and kneeling figure.

Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Attributed to Domenico Pozzi, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in conversation beneath classical columns within a spandrel-shaped frame.

Doubting Thomas (Spandrel Design)

Attributed to Domenico Pozzi, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated figure receiving a kneeling man before courtiers and armed guards under a canopy.

Papal Audience

Possibly Domenico Pozzi, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of two resting women and two dancing satyrs in a garden with a stone pedestal and trees.

Two Women Resting and Two Satyrs Dancing

Claude Gillot, c. 1700-15

Pencil sketch of a valley with wooded mountains, a winding dirt road, fences, farm buildings and a large tree in the foregrou

Mist on the Mountains

Jervis McEntee, n.d.

Woman in Profile, Turned Right

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1898/99

Pen and brown ink study of three standing figures in cloaks and hats, two women and one man in a wide hat.

Two Studies of a Roma Woman and a Roma Boy in a Large Hat

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1605

Grisaille watercolor of two draped figures beside a pillar and a winged griffin relief on a pedestal.

They had Arrived Before a Pillared Porch

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Pencil sketch of a dredge boat with a tall smokestack and angled machinery beside a small rowboat on water.

A Dredge

Charles Meryon, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a lashed wicker and wooden float on water, with a woven hull and crossing pole frame.

A New Zealand Float

Charles Meryon, n.d.

Pale watercolor sketch of a white horse galloping with a rider, a gallows on the right and a crescent moon at left.

Death on a White Horse

Possibly Henry Fuseli, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a stone bridge and ruined tower with figures and shrubs in a hilly landscape.

Bridge and Ruined Tower

Johann Christoph Erhard, n.d.

Framed Persian manuscript page with a painted polo game of mounted horsemen on blue ground beside calligraphic text.

A Polo Game: Page from a Kulliyyat (Collected Works) of Sa'di

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), 16th century, c. 1585

Pastel and drawing of three women with fans in a theatre interior, one in a pink dress and one in orange, by Degas.

Singers on the Stage

Edgar Degas, 1877/79

Pastel drawing of a village corner with pale houses, a pond with ducks, figures by a doorway, and autumn trees under blue sky

A Corner of Moret-sur-Loing

Alfred Sisley, 1895

Pen and wash drawing of mourners gesturing in the foreground and Christ carrying the cross up a hill in the distance.

The Virgin, the Holy Women, and Saints John, James and Joseph of Arimathea, with Christ on the Way to Calvary

Antonio Carracci, n.d.

Watercolor of two people in a small sailboat on a misty river beside autumn trees and a grassy bank.

Beverly N.J.

Thomas Moran, 1880/89

Pencil sketch of two seated women in hats and a faint third figure, with guide lines, on tan paper.

Madame Lisle and Madame Loubens

Edgar Degas, 1869/72