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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a draped woman with bowed head leaning on a pedestal, with white highlights on her cloak.

Study of a Draped Woman Leaning on a Pedestal

François Boucher, 1759/61

Drawing of a winged figure with a halo seated on a globe inscribed ETERNITAS, holding a candle, on blue-grey paper.

Allegory of Eternity

Giorgio Vasari, 1544/45

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds, and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Fontebasso, c. 1750

Pencil drawing of two women seated in a furnished parlor beside a fireplace, one reclining in a tufted armchair.

Comtesse Charles d’Agoult (born Marie de Flavigny) and Her Daughter Claire d’Agoult

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1849

Night street etching with a woman in a long gown in the foreground, a glowing lamp, hotel and cafe signs, and crowds below.

The Raid

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Ink architectural elevation of a Roman Doric order with fluted columns, entablature, and detail moldings on the right.

Orders of Architecture, Roman Doric Order from Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy, Elevation

Carl J. Furst, April 1, 1870

Ink architectural drawing of a Greek Ionic column, capital and entablature with dimension lines, titled Minerva Polias in Ath

Orders of Architecture, Greek Ionic Order from the Temple of Minerva Polias, Athens, Greece, Elevation

Carl J. Furst, May 23, 1870

Architectural elevation drawing of a Renaissance Doric column and entablature with dimension notes, by Carl J. Furst, 1870.

Orders of Architecture, Renaissance Doric Order from Vincenzo Scamozzi, Elevation

Carl J. Furst, June 5, 1870

Japanese woodblock print of three women by a blossoming tree, two kneeling at a table with paper and brush, one standing.

No. 1 (ichi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Three women in striped kimono gather mulberry leaves from a tree, one carrying a woven basket, beside a ladder and stool.

No. 2 (ni), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Three women tend silkworms on trays of mulberry leaves in a workshop, one kneeling to chop leaves in a wooden basin.

No. 3 (san), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Three women in kimono work with silkworm cocoon trays in a wooden workshop, with a woven basket at right.

No. 4 (shi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Four women in kimono sort mulberry leaves on a mat in a room with blinds, from Utamaro's sericulture woodblock print.

No. 5 (go), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Three women in kimono handle wooden trays of silkworm cocoons beside calligraphic text in a Japanese woodblock print.

No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Woodblock print of three women in a tatami room tending silkworms on paper, with a pine branch and calligraphy above.

No. 7 (nana), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Japanese woodblock print of women and children on a veranda with moths, a lattice window, and a pine branch.

No. 8 (hachi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Three women reel silk from cocoons over a brazier beside a wooden frame, with hanging skeins and text cartouches above.

Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry, No. 9 (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa, ku)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798-1800

Ukiyo-e print of women in kimono handling silk cloth at a wooden tub and bamboo pole, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

No. 10 (ju), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Woodblock print of two women in kimono working at a silk-reeling frame, with calligraphy in the upper margin.

No. 11 (juichi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Hand-colored print of stylized ferns, leaves and dark berry clusters in pink, grey, green and ochre on a pale sheet.

Plate, from New Suite of Notebooks of Ideal Flowers for Use by Draftsmen and Painters

Anne Allen, c. 1795

Title page with a colorful oval garland of flowers and leaves framing handwritten French text, marked No. 4.

Title Page, from New Suite of Notebooks of Ideal Flowers for Use by Draftsmen and Painters

Anne Allen, c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of three women operating a wooden loom, one kneeling in a floral kimono at right.

No. 12 (juni), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Watercolor of an elderly sculptor working on a small statue beside a seated nude model in a studio of classical sculptures.

Preparation for the Academy - Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus

Thomas Rowlandson, 1805

Etching of a family group: two seated women reading a book, with a man in a wide hat and other figures behind them.

The Artist and His Family

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1794/95

Black chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, muscles modeled with hatched shading, mounted in a gilt border.

Study of a Standing Male Nude

called Cavaliere d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1595/96

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lidded urn supported by two draped female figures on a scrolled pedestal.

Antique Carved Marble Candelabra Base

Andrea di Lione, 1642/44 or 1647/51

Drawing of allegorical figures on clouds with a robed figure ascending above, in brown ink and red chalk.

Allegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin V

Benedetto Luti, 1700

Black and white chalk study of a muscular nude man raising a club overhead, on tan paper.

Hercules Raising his Club: Study for “Hercules and Cacus”

François Lemoyne, 1717

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Christ Child with saints in clouds, an angel pouring from a vase toward souls below.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory,…

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1690/1710

Drawing of The Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table beneath billowing curtains and a hanging chandelier.

The Last Supper

Pieter de Grebber, n.d.