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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Pen drawing of a seated official washing his hands while figures are led away past soldiers and an arched building.

Pilate Washing His Hands, with Christ Being Led Away

After Giovanni de Boulogne, called Giambologna, 1575-1599

Brown and grey wash drawing of washerwomen by a stream beside an arched stone bridge, with a large tree and ruins.

Washerwomen by Stream in Italianate Landscape

Possibly Andrea Locatelli, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a bishop holding a domed reliquary, with a study of a female saint's bust and hands at upper right.

A Bishop Carrying a Reliquary with a Skull and Study of Two Hands Holding a Reliquary of a Female Saint

School of Eustache Le Sueur, n.d.

Ink drawing of a dirt road lined with trees, with houses and telegraph poles visible in the distance.

Tree-Lined Road with Houses and Telegraph Poles in Distance

George-Ernest Colby, 1897

Pen and ink drawing of a bare tree on sandy dunes, with a distant factory and smokestack under a cloudy sky.

Industrial Town in Dunes

George-Ernest Colby, 1897

Pen and wash drawing of a tired man slumped in a chair with a dog and boots on the floor beside him.

The Tired Sportsman

Style of William Hogarth, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a bearded man standing with his arms tied behind his back, shown from the rear.

Figure with Arms Tied Behind His Back

Attributed to Vincenzo Dandini, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a castle on a rocky island with sailboats in a bay and a crowd of people on the shore.

Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall: Regatta Scene

J. G. Doyle, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of horses in a landscape, one standing by a tree and one lying down, with distant hills.

Landscape with Horses in Foreground

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of three women playing harp, flute and pipe among trees in a woodland clearing.

Nymphs Playing Musical Instruments

Attributed to Nicolas René Jollain, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of Venus and Adonis seated in an oval landscape with a cupid and dog at their feet.

Venus and Adonis

Attributed to Gennaro Landi, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a young man showing a sword to two women in a draped interior, with handwritten caption below.

Look at This Sword, Was it to Be Resisted?, from Eleanora: from the Sorrows of Werter

possibly Haggitt, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a rocky gorge with cliffs, a stone wall, a cottage, and a ruined tower on a ledge.

Crags and Horses in Highlands

Henry Hill, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a young peasant woman in a headscarf and apron, holding a basket and pointing to the left.

Italian Peasant Girl

Possibly Jacob Philipp Hackert, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a lake with a wooded island, steep mountains, and a cottage beside a large tree on the right.

Loch Lomond

Attributed to Haygarth, n.d.

Hand-colored print of Lynnhaven Bay with pine trees in the foreground, sailboats on calm water, and birds over a cloudy sky.

Lynnhaven Bay, plate one of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

John Hill, 1819/21

Hand-colored print of a stormy wooded creek with light green trees, a footbridge, and rocky banks near Augusta, Georgia.

Spirit Creek; Near Augusta, Georgia, plate two of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

John Hill, 1819/21

Hand-colored print of travelers camped by a campfire in a moonlit forest, with a covered wagon and horses beside tall trees.

View By Moonlight, Near Fayetteville, plate three of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

John Hill, 1819/21

Print of a dark landscape with tall trees and a road leading to a city with spires under a glowing, smoky sky.

Burning of Savannah, plate four of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

John Hill, 1819/21

Hand-colored print of sailing boats on a river beside a tall tree, with buildings and a windmill under a cloudy sky.

Norfolk; From Gosport, Virginia, plate five of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery

John Hill, 1819/21

Engraving of the seated Cumaean Sibyl holding a scroll of Latin verse, with a banner reading Sibylla Cumana above.

The Cumaean Sibyl

Attributed to Francesco Rosselli, 1480/90

Pencil and watercolor landscape of a canal with moored boats, a wheelbarrow pusher, bare trees, and a distant city skyline.

Amsterdam Skyline Viewed from the West

Piet Mondrian, c. 1899

Sepia drawing of a bewigged man greeted by a bearded figure in a wooded grove, with cherubs in a boat and a seated man in the

The Arrival of Jean-Jacques Rousseau to the Champs-Élysées

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1780

Charcoal drawing of a nude figure with arm raised beside a tall flower, with the word QUICKBORN lettered across the top.

The Flower of Pain

Edvard Munch, 1898

Etching of a large swallow-tailed butterfly surrounded by smaller butterflies, moths, beetles and a wasp on a pale ground.

Swallow-Tailed Butterfly and Twelve Other Insects, from Diversae Insectorum...Figurae

Wenceslaus Hollar, after 1644

Watercolor of a mountain valley in Wales with haymakers, a loaded cart, and birds circling under cloudy skies.

In Wales between Bangor and Capel Curig

Peter De Wint, 1830s

Pencil sketch of nude bathers in a forest setting, with figures standing, seated and reclining in loose contour lines.

Bathers in a Forest

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1895/97

Graphite drawing of a shipwreck scene with a seated woman cradled by another figure and nude men standing at right.

Viola Surviving the Shipwreck off the Coast of Illyria, from “Twelfth Night”

George Romney, c. 1776

Pen and wash drawing of a battle with mounted warriors, fallen men, a round chapel, and angels in flames above.

Defeat of Wittekind near Bürberg

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1835

Watercolor of a castle tower on a hilltop above a misty mountain valley, with a small figure on a path in the foreground.

Castle on Height near Geneva

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1836