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Art Institute of Chicago

663 works

Japanese woodblock print of a figure throwing beans from a box beside a large bird, with handwritten verses in the margins.

Asahina Saburo throwing beans

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a young girl's head with wavy hair, turned slightly and gazing directly at the viewer.

Head of a Girl with Fixed Eyes

By or after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a sleeping cat curled in a woven wicker basket on a pale cushion.

Cat Asleep in Basket

Auguste André Lançon, n.d.

Japanese print of two dancing karako children with fans and chrysanthemums, framed by calligraphy and a patterned border.

Two dancing karako, from the series "Happiness and Long Life for the Mimasu Group (Mimasu fukurokuju)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1823

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and green hood beneath cherry blossoms, with a sword.

The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa," performed at the Kawarazaki…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1827

Woodblock print of a round rust-colored bird cage with a bird inside, beside irises and a flowering branch, with calligraphy

Bird cage and flowers

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, early 19th century

Engraving of the Nativity in a ruined colonnade, with Mary kneeling by the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, and angels among

The Stable in Bethlehem

Jean de Gourmont, c. 1520-40

Etching of workers at a canal lock beneath an iron footbridge, with factory chimneys and smoke in the distance.

Lock of the Canal Saint-Martin, plate six from Le Long de la Seine et des Boulevards

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1890, published 1910

Red chalk drawing of a seated draped woman turning her head while holding a large urn on her shoulder.

Draped Woman Holding Urn

François-Alexandre Verdier, n.d.

Graphite and white chalk drawing on green paper of the Virgin with the Christ Child and kneeling adorers in a nativity scene.

Adoration of the Shepherds

After Parmigianino, n.d.

Grey wash sketch of a seated figure extending an arm to a standing man beside draped canopy and kneeling figures.

Family of Darius before Alexander

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Pittoni, the younger, n.d.

Pencil and chalk sketch of a Gothic church spire, rooftops, and a stone bridge arch beside a riverbank with bare trees.

Saint Mary's Bridge, Derby

Augustus Oakley Deacon, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a domed church interior with Corinthian columns, arched niches, balconies and a coffered ceiling.

Interior of Domed Church

James Gandon, n.d.

Weeping Queen

Possibly John Watson Gordon or after, n.d.

Loose ink sketch of a rearing horse and a reclining figure, with a handwritten inscription by Benjamin Robert Haydon in the l

Sketches Related to Painting of Marcus Curtis

Benjamin Robert Haydon, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a sleeping infant reclining on a cloth, head tilted back, one hand raised to the chest.

Sleeping Christ Child Holding Cross

Attributed to Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Graphite portrait sketch on tan paper of a man's head turned right, eyes looking upward, with loose curling hair.

John Flaxman

Possibly after Ozias Humphry, n.d.

Profile of Male Head, Crowned with Laurel Leaves

Attributed to Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo plate pattern with two allegorical women and a cartouche reading UTICA.

Pattern for China Plates (Utica)

George Knapton, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a robed female figure with a lion and lamb, flanked by two winged putti on pedestals.

Allegorical Female Figure with Lion, Lamb, Two Putti

Baron Frederic Leighton, n.d.

Two brown ink and wash studies of a nude male figure, Saint Sebastian, with arms raised, on aged paper.

Two Sketches of Saint Sebastian

Giovanni Battista Trotti, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of Hercules with a club, a standing nude woman, a putto, and a draped reclining figure.

Hercules and Iole

After Annibale Carracci, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman on a bench with three sketched head studies beside her.

Woman Seated on Bench and Three Sketches of Heads

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a mourning figure leaning over an urn beside a seated woman in classical drapery.

Sketch for a Funeral Monument

the Elder John Bacon, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a woman and child riding a donkey beside a man, with dogs, horses and cattle around them.

Woman and Child on Donkey, Man, Dogs, Horses

After Nicolaes Berchem, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of a rocky path with a horseback rider and a walking figure beside tall trees.

Landscape with Two Figures, One on Horseback

Attributed to Johann Christophe Dietzsch, n.d.

Pencil sketch of an elderly couple walking with sticks, the man in a wide-brimmed hat and the woman in a headscarf.

Elderly Peasant Couple

after Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Loose pen and ink sketch of three putti with wings on a pale paper mounted within a ruled border.

Three Putti

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a sleeping young woman with tilted head, closed eyes and a frilled lace cap against a pale background.

Head of Sleeping Girl

Pieter Gaal, 1800

Circular grey wash drawing of a seated Madonna with the Christ Child, infant John the Baptist and another child.

The Madonna with the Christ Child, with the infant John the Baptist and another Child (Caritas)

Attributed to Joachim Anthonisz. Wtewael, c. 1595-1605