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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Red chalk drawing of two bearded male figures with muscular torsos supporting heavy loads on their heads, signed J. Goujon.

Atlantis

Jean Goujon, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a standing draped woman holding a trumpet and flowers, looking over her shoulder, on a pale sheet.

Standing Draped Female Figure Carrying Trumpet, Flowers

Circle of Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular figure pulling down a collapsing classical temple onto a crowd below.

Death of Samson

Probably Italian, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Deposition of Christ showing a dead figure held by grieving women and a hooded mourner.

Deposition of Christ

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur rearing with a club amid armored warriors and fleeing figures in a wooded battle.

Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs

Possibly after Jean Le Pautre, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures on a hillside looking up at a figure ascending to heaven, with angels among clouds.

Blessed Ascending to Heaven

Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of figures gathered around rocks and trees, with a man striking a rock in the center.

Moses Striking the Rock

Attributed to Luca Giordano, n.d.

Grey-green drawing of an Italianate landscape with a church and buildings on a cliff, framed by trees.

Italianate Landscape with Church on Cliff

Attributed to Gaspard Dughet, n.d.

Sketch of the Trinity and Virgin in clouds above a crowd of saints, including a bishop and crowned figure, in grey chalk.

Trinity with the Virgin, and Ten Saints

called Maso da San Friano Tommaso Manzuoli, c. 1565

Pen and ink sketch of classical male figures, including a helmeted warrior with a shield and a reclining nude.

Sketches of Six Classical Figures

Possibly Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man with a cross staff and lamb beneath a tree, with robed figures to the right.

Saint John the Baptist

the younger Ercole Graziani, c. 1748

Brown ink wash drawing of a running Roman warrior in a tunic and billowing cloak, one arm pointing upward.

Running Roman Warrior, Pointing Upwards with Right Hand

Philippe Louis Parizeau, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a city, crowds waving palm fronds, classical buildings behind.

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

the Younger Michel Corneille, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus reclining with grapes as putti play beside him in a shady grove with a distant landscape.

Bacchus and Putti in Shady Grove

Possibly after Nicolas Chaperon, 17th Century

Brown wash drawing of Ceres with a torch confronting an old woman as a boy turns into a lizard by a doorway.

Ceres Changing the Mocking Boy into a Lizard

School of Fontainebleau, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the sea god Neptune standing on a shell, holding a trident and pointing, with billowing drapery.

Neptune

Follower of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Pen and brown wash sketch of a winged figure flying above clouds, with faint red grid lines visible across the sheet.

Iris

Circle of Domenico Piola, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of two nude male figures seated on dolphins flanking a central urn, with shields and scrolls.

Design for Overdoor: Two Ignudi with Dolphins and Shields

Circle of Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a bishop in a mitre and another bearded saint.

Madonna and Child with Two Male Saints

Giacomo Bambini, n.d.

Pencil drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John pointing upward below in an arched niche.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Tommaso Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano, after, n.d.

Seated Draped Woman in Profile

after Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of two standing draped women with a small child, mounted within red ruled borders.

Two Female Figures with Child

Ascribed to Valerio Belli, 1530/45

Head of a Youth

called Il Pomarancio Cristofano Roncalli, 1595/1605

Pale sheet with a brown wash arch across the top and a thin drawn border, the lower part of the sheet not visible.

Saint James the Great

called Giovanni Stradano Joannes Stradanus, 1590/1605

Brown ink drawing of a saint and armed figures in a wooded scene, with a bearded man in the foreground.

Study for the Death of Saint Peter Martyr

Circle of Giorgio Vasari, c. 1571

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude male figure with draped cloth over one shoulder, after an antique statue.

After the Antique: Statue of Paris

Attributed to Giulio Clovio, n.d.

Graphite drawing of a seated woman with bowed head, hand raised to her face, and heavy draped fabric falling around her.

Seated Female Figure

Edward Burne-Jones, 1873

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a curly-haired winged angel draped over a large billowing scroll.

Angel with Scroll

Attributed to Sebastiano Conca, n.d.

Drawing of allegorical figures on clouds, including Justice with scales, a helmeted woman with a lion, and a nursing mother w

Allegorical Ceiling Decoration with Justice, Charity, and Fortitude

Follower of Stefano Pozzi, n.d.

Grey wash study of an elderly robed man bending to rescue a youth on the ground, with a boat and sea behind.

Study for Saint Philip Neri Rescuing a Drowning Youth

called Il Pomarancio Cristofano Roncalli, 1596/99