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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Pen and wash drawing of figures preparing a bull and goat for sacrifice at stone altars beside an urn.

Aeneas and His Companions Preparing Animals for Sacrifice

Avanzino Nucci, n.d.

Brown-toned print of a rider in a top hat leading two saddled horses past a stone wall and pillar.

Two Horses Walked by a Jockey

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of two women in striped and checked bathing costumes walking on a beach with a child, bathers in the distance.

“- Madame Prudhomme, let's not hurry, let's recall that dignity should preside over all acts of life... dignity alone…

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Pen and ink study sheet with several horse legs and hooves drawn at different angles, shaded with hatching.

Sketches of Horses' (or Dromedaries') Legs (recto); Columns (verso)

Follower of Leonardo da Vinci

Ink and wash drawing of cattle, sheep and a goat resting beside a tree, with a round tower on a rocky hill behind.

Landscape with Herdsman and Sheep, Goat, Cattle

Johann Heinrich Roos, n.d.

Lithograph of anxious dogs gazing up at an elderly man in a window beneath a Société Protectrice des Animaux sign.

The Dogs are Again Falling in Despair After Having Heard that There Will Be a New Dog Licence Tax After All, plate 17…

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Pen and ink sketch of an armored man, several horses, and decorative scrollwork on aged paper.

Sketches of Men, Horses, and Decorative Design

Attributed to Pietro Sorri, 1596/98

Brown wash drawing of hunters with a dog on a rocky riverbank, framed by trees, with a tower on cliffs across the water.

Hunters with Dog Beside River

Attributed to Marco Ricci, n.d.

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and a woman with a muff walking past bare winter trees, by Honoré Daumier, 1856.

“- You know my dear, you'll never believe this, but I think I would love to have some horse-meat for dinner tonight!…

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Pen and ink sketch of a lion's head with a full tousled mane, with a faint paw study at lower right.

Lion's Head

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a rider on a horse herding cattle and sheep past a tree and rocks.

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep

Follower of Claes Pietersz. Berchem, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of goats resting on rocky ground while a dog leaps toward a horned goat in the foreground.

Mountain Goats and Dog

Allwaert of Ghent, 18th century

Pencil and wash sketch of two horses rearing toward each other, with faint outlines of more horses in the background.

Horses Fighting

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of herdsmen driving cattle and sheep past two women, with a ruined castle on a hill.

Herdsmen, Cattle and Sheep Passing Two Maidens, with Ruined Castle on Hill Above

Follower of Claes Pietersz. Berchem, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a farmhouse, grazing cattle, and two hunters with dogs on a road beneath tall trees.

Hunters and Herd of Cattle Outside Country Estate

Follower of Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 18th century

Pencil study of several dog legs and paws in different poses on pale paper, with shadows beneath.

Dog Paws

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a shepherd offering his hand to a seated shepherdess with a small dog beneath a tree.

Shepherd, Shepherdess and Little Dog in Wooded Setting

N. Delage, n.d.

Pen and brown ink frieze of four nude satyr-like figures in lion skins playing pipes, within a double-ruled border.

Frieze of Satyrs Wearing Lion Skins and Playing Pipes

Possibly Lambert Lombard, n.d.

Lion

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a herder with sheep, goats, a cow and a dog in a stone stable interior.

Stable Interior: Herder Resting with Sheep, Cow, Goats and Dog

Attributed to Andrea di Lione, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a horse collapsing forward onto its front legs, with a cast shadow on the ground beneath it.

Falling Horse

Adam Frans van der Meulen, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a rider galloping a horse with hounds running through brush beside a tree in an open field.

Fox Hunt

Attributed to Henry Alken, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a youth leading a horse beside a bearded man and onlookers among trees.

Story of Niobe: Youth with Horse; Worshippers

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a pastoral landscape with seated couples and a nude man hunting under billowing clouds and trees.

Pastoral Scene: Men Hunting Birds, Couples Seated on Ground

Possibly after Bernard van Orley, n.d.

Pen and brown wash sketch of a man seated on a lion, reaching toward its head.

Man Mounting Lion

Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Daumier lithograph of bathers in shallow water, a woman with a parasol, a child, a dog, and clothing left on the shore.

Madame Greluche: “Oh, Gustave, how good! A real soothing warmth! Look at our son Loulou; the cute face he makes!” Mr.…

Honoré Daumier, 1839

Lithograph of a cuirassier in plumed helmet restraining a rearing horse, with mounted soldiers in the distance.

Cuirassier on Foot Restraining His Rearing Horse

Carle Vernet, 1817-36

Woodblock print of a grosbeak perched on a branch beside pink marvel of Peru flowers and blue-green leaves.

Japanese Grosbeak and Marvel of Peru (Ikaru, oshiroi no hana), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Woodblock print of a yellow-brown bird perched on a dark branch with blue-green wisteria leaves and vertical calligraphy.

Bird on silky wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s-1840s

Double page of Persian calligraphy framed by a blue border with gold-painted animals, dragons, a phoenix and trees.

The Illuminated Border of Animals, double page from a copy of the Gulistan of Sa'di

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), 16th century