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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Four small Tibetan painted panels showing seated lamas in gold robes against red backgrounds with blue arches.

Four Miniature inscribed portraits of four Lamas

Unknown artist, 14th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt, with Mary and the Child on a donkey and an angel pointing.

Flight into Egypt

Attributed to Giovanni Baglione, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man with wavy hair looking upward, wearing a draped garment knotted at the chest.

Bust of Saint or High Priest

Attributed to Guercino, c. 1645

Ink and wash drawing of a man with curled hair, dark coat and white cravat, seen three-quarter view against a hatched backgro

Self-Portrait

After Sir William Beechey, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a young man in a buttoned coat with a rod across his shoulders, inscribed Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton.

Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton

Attributed to George Perfect Harding, n.d.

Loose painted portrait of a red-haired woman with a ruffled collar, with pencil sketches on brown paper below.

Mme Lili Grenier (recto); Landscape with Church (verso)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1885/88

Brown wash drawing of a pagan sacrifice with a robed priest, burning altar, kneeling figures, a dog, and palm trees.

A Pagan Sacrifice

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645-50

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a seated woman in a red jockey jacket and cap, leaning on a railing, on tan paper.

La Macarona in the Costume of a Jockey

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a narrow Middle Eastern street with domed architecture, carved balconies, and figures with a

Egyptian Street Scene

Charles François Eustache, 1842/47

Watercolor and pen drawing of the Raising of Lazarus: Christ raises his arm as a wrapped figure emerges from a tomb before a

The Raising of Lazarus

Benjamin West, 1780

Pencil sketch of riverside water mills and gabled buildings on tan paper, with loose hatching for shadows and water.

Water Mills in Meaux

Camille Pissarro, c. 1898

Brown ink drawing of two standing women in draped classical robes, one raising an arm, on a pale sheet.

Two Standing Female Figures (Studies after Classical Statuary)

Andrea Boscoli, 1580/84

Pen and watercolor sketch of three women in lace headdresses and hooded shawl, one with a woven basket.

Three Servant Women

Constantin Guys, n.d.

Dark blue and brown watercolor with loose ink lines suggesting swirling figures and a pale white form at center.

The Witches' Sabbath (recto); Sketches of Centaurs (verso)

Auguste Rodin, 1883/89

Saint Cecilia

After Carlo Dolci, n.d.

The Veil

Fernand Khnopff, c. 1887

Brown ink and wash sketch of a nativity-style scene with kneeling figures, a standing figure with a staff, and an animal.

Finding the Scottish Regalia (recto), and Study, Queen Victoria and First Parliament (verso)

David Wilkie, c. 1835

Head of the Swooning Virgin: Study for the Deposition (recot) Base of Column (verso)

Federico Barocci, 1568/69

Pencil sketch of a recumbent lioness with head raised and tail curling, drawn on pale cream paper.

Seated Lioness

Antoine-Louis Barye, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a lioness lying on the ground beside a tree with its tail stretched out behind it.

Lioness Lying near a Tree

Antoine-Louis Barye, n.d.

Pen drawing of a nude crouching figure with a huge round head bearing a small skull, hands over the groin.

Crouching Midget

Aubrey Beardsley, 1892/98

Pen and red chalk drawing of three figures supporting a slumped nude man, with smaller sketches and angel studies.

Three Figures Supporting a Man, Smaller Sketch of the Same, and Studies for the Blinding of Elymas

Taddeo Zuccari, c. 1558

Loose watercolor and pencil sketch of a hilltop chateau and village, a dirt road, dark trees and blue hills.

Chateau, Cote Saint Andre (recto) Empty Cart and Shed with Other Sketches (verso)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1882

Watercolor sketch of a rural road with a large tree, an ox cart, a wooden cross and distant hills under a pale sky.

Ornacieux (recto and verso)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1879

Caricature of a Man Standing by Desk (recto); Sketch of Male Head in Profile (verso)

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Pencil caricature of a standing man in a bowler hat with an exaggeratedly large nose, drawn on pale paper.

Caricature of a Man with a Large Nose

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Caricature of Eugène Marcel

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Pen and brown ink sheet with multiple sketched studies of nude figures, including bodies on a cross and mourners in groups.

Studies for the Deposition

Aurelio Luini, c. 1555

Pen and grey wash drawing of a ruined classical temple with Corinthian columns, fallen stones and small figures.

Capriccio: A Ruined Classical Temple

Canaletto, n.d.

Graphite drawing of a woman with curly hair, pearl necklace and draped shawl, shown in half-length bust view.

Bust of Angelique Mongez

Jacques-Louis David, 1806