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Art Institute of Chicago

657 works

Putti with Medallion

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Monochrome wash drawing of two fishermen hauling a net from a rowboat, with sailing ships on a calm misty sea.

Fishermen Pulling in Net on a Boat

Cornelis Ouboter van der Grient, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a harbor with a classical temple, sailboat, trees, and small figures on the shore.

Harbor Scene with Figures, Temple

George Smith of Chichester, n.d.

Pen drawing of a hooded elderly woman gathering plants at a stream beneath a tree, with a basket beside her, 1833.

...You Widow'd Solitary Thing

Possibly after Thomas Bewick, 1833

Pen and ink sketch of a figure on a road beside a gabled house, willow tree, canal, rowboat and bridge.

Figure on Road by House and Canal

Imitator of Jacob Henricus Maris, n.d.

Grey ink and wash drawing in a circle of Pluto's chariot pulling a woman from the waves past a rocky cave.

Rape of Proserpine

Hans Friedrich Schorer, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a gesturing figure in armor addressing a circle of listening bearded men.

Julius Caesar Addressing Senators

Workshop of Taddeo Zuccaro, 1560/62

Engraving of Tobias walking with a winged angel through a wooded landscape with a river and distant castle.

Tobias and the Angel

Hendrick Goudt, 1613

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded friar in a habit holding a nude infant seated on a ledge, with hatched shading.

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, n.d.

Pen drawing in a circle of a beheading in an arched interior, with onlookers in Renaissance dress and a banquet behind.

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Circle of Jörg Breu, the elder, c. 1530

Two Putti

Peter Cornelius, n.d.

Pen and gray wash drawing of a haloed man seated at a table with two women in an architectural interior.

Christ at the Table of Mary and Martha

After Johann Mathias Kager, n.d.

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining goat with foliage behind it.

Shegoat

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt, 1766/97

Brown ink sketch of a muscular seated male figure holding a large tablet, on an oval-cropped sheet with a faint study beneath

Seated Male Figure with Large Tablet (recto); Figure Study (verso)

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, n.d.

Pen and wash design of a ceiling corner with architectural panels, a seated man, and tumbling putti among scrollwork.

Design for Corner of a Ceiling Decoration

Lazzaro Tavarone, 1590/1614

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining putto with outstretched legs resting on clouds, on a torn sheet mounted on white boar

Putto

School of Ferdinand Bol, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of swirling hair strokes on pale worn paper, a fragment of a child's head study.

Head of a Child

Possibly Domenico Peruzzini, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of two women conversing outdoors beside a latticed window and trees.

Two Women Conversing Near House

Style of Richard Westall, 1790

Pen and ink drawing of a pope in a tiara embraced by a winged devil, with grotesque figures and fire around them.

Pope Embraced by Devil

Style of John Hamilton Mortimer, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a large arch with pillars and a vaulted interior, mounted on a brown card mat.

Sketch of an Arch

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated bearded man beside a steaming bowl, with a standing robed figure behind him.

Magician Healing Sick Man

Attributed to Felice Giani, n.d.

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated satyr with curly hair, seen from behind, on a rocky mound.

A Satyr Playing His Pipes

Possibly Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a peasant walking with a pole over his shoulder, carrying a basket, with plants on either side.

Peasant Carrying Bucket

After Sebald Beham, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bearded saint at a desk, with an angel and cherubs above and grimacing demons below.

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Possibly school of the Carracci Family, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a muscular seated male nude twisting his torso and looking upward, on aged paper.

Seated Male Nude

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a wooden washtub and a hooped barrel beside a plank wall, with a broom and stones on the floor.

Washtub and Barrel

Joshua Cristall, 1808/47

Brown ink drawing of Madonna and Child flanked by a crowned emperor and an armored saint with a lion, within a circle.

Madonna and Child with Holy Roman Emperor and Saint Adrian

H. Ballais, n.d.

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of figures at a stone doorway beside a pyramid, with cypress and pine trees.

Nocturnal Burial Near Pyramid

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of Venus seated with a child Cupid on her lap, drawn on a circular sheet.

Venus and Cupid

Andrea Lilio, n.d.

Sketch on toned paper of a seated draped female figure with a second figure and foliage above.

Seated Allegorical Female Figure

Possibly Lorenzo de' Ferrari, n.d.