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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, with a furrowed brow and curling hair and beard.

Study for Head of Laocoon

Attributed to Andrea Appiani, the elder, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior confronting a seated man by a tent, with soldiers and a walled city behind.

Scene from the Iliad: Confrontation of Two Warriors

Possibly Vincenzo Camuccini, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing Roman warrior with plumed helmet, spear, and tasseled armor skirt.

Standing Roman Warrior Holding Staff

Possibly style of Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a plumed warrior in a cloak holding an oval decorated shield, extending one arm outward.

Standing Warrior with Shield

Attributed to Stefano della Bella, 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery holding a lyre, gazing upward.

Allegorical Figure of Temperance

After Giuseppe Caccioli, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Penitent Magdalene gazing upward beside a skull, with three winged putti in clouds above.

Penitent Magdalene

Attributed to Sebastiano Conca, n.d.

Drawing of a Roman triumph with soldiers, a mounted rider, captured arms, an inscribed tablet and a temple in the background.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. II

after Andrea Mantegna, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman-style triumphal procession with armored soldiers, carried vessels and a column statue.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. VI

after Andrea Mantegna, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a young man in a dark beret with wavy hair and a mustache, looking toward the viewer.

Raphael

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman by a tree with an infant and several draped women around a stone basin.

Birth of Adonis

Possibly after Giulio Romano, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a crowd around an ox sacrifice, a man raising an axe, and a haloed figure gesturing on a tiled floor.

The Sacrifice at Lystra

School of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Red and black chalk drawing of a youth with bowed head and closed eyes, gray hair falling across the forehead.

Head of Youth Looking Down

Attributed to Matteo Rosselli, n.d.

Illuminated manuscript leaf with a painted Assumption of the Virgin in a gilded border beside Gothic chant text on red staves

The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial from a Gradual

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Pen and ink sketch of a seated draped woman holding a child, with rough figure studies and architectural lines beside her.

Sketches of Virgin and Child, Seated Figure, and Landscape

Attributed to Vincenzo Tamagni, c. 1530

Pencil drawing of a Medusa head with snake hair, framed by fruit garlands and wings in a decorative frieze.

After Carving with Medusa Head

the Elder Virgilius Solis, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a sea horse, a mermaid, and a triton-like male figure with fish tails, on aged paper.

Fountain Figures

After Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1600-1699

Pen and brown ink drawing of two curly-haired putti embracing a lamb on toned paper.

Two Putti with Lamb

School of Leonardo da Vinci, n.d.

Pale watercolor design of a tall monument with winged Victory, cherubs, a column with anchor, and allegorical figures and ani

Design for a Monument to Sailors

the younger John Bacon, n.d.

Brown ink sketch of a young boy with bowed head, leaning over a table as he writes or draws.

Boy Writing or Sketching

Thomas Jones Barker, c. 1830

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling woman reaching toward a fire while two winged figures descend from clouds above.

Althaea

Henry Pierce Bone, 1821/22

Serpent Women Around Globe

Edward Burne-Jones, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of four peasants: a standing man and woman with a child, facing a seated figure resting his chin on his ha

Four Peasants

Augustus Wall Callcott, n.d.

Pencil drawing of masted sailing ships moored on a canal, with a church tower and houses along the far bank.

Edam

Edward William Cooke, c. 1850

Seated Woman in Profile

R.A. Richard Cosway, n.d.

Pen and graphite sketch of a stone street with steps, an arched passage, and a ruined Gothic church spire behind.

Dunfermline

William Leighton Leitch, March 2, 1847

Pen and ink drawing of a woman in a classical gown seated in a Roman-style chair, with a footstool and hatched shading.

Woman Seated in Roman Chair

John Downman, c. 1770-1800

Ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in drapery looking up and a seated bearded man with his head bowed in distress.

Man and Woman in Attitudes of Distress

Henry Tresham or after, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of four draped mourning women standing side by side, hands raised to their heads.

Design for a Funerary Monument: Four Draped Mourning Female Figures

John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated female figure in classical drapery holding a scroll, with architectural sketch lines.

Fortitude: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

John Michael Rysbrack, c. 1733

Brown wash drawing of sailing boats and a large ship on choppy water under a cloudy sky, with a figure on the shore.

Seascape

Jacob Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, n.d.