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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in checkered kimono and headcloth, holding a pipe to his mouth against a gray background.

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two bald men with topknots, one in a checked green kimono and one in a red robe, by Sharaku, 1794.

The actors Nakajima Wadaemon (R) as Bodara Chozaemon and Nakamura Konozo (L) as Gon of the boat-keeper Kanagawaya

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Etching of a painter at an easel in a beamed studio lit by a window, with two figures working in the background.

The Painter

Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1647

Sketch of a woman in a plumed fur hat and long skirt walking, with a faint figure at left, on cream paper.

At the Ice Palace

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man standing, raising a blade and holding a severed head, on a hatched grey ground.

Standing Academy

Andrea Boscoli, c. 1587

Lithograph of a bearded man in a double-breasted coat seated in an armchair, resting one hand on a book.

Charles Chandellier

Paul Gavarni, 1842

Engraved print of a woman in a headscarf lighting a rocket beside a large fire and a spoked wheel.

Woman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Sieg…

Cornelis Dusart, 1695

Woodblock print of a seated nobleman and attendant under a pine, with Mount Fuji and a shoreline behind them.

Yamanobe no Akahito, from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1842

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated male nude with raised arm on blue-grey paper.

Seated Male Nude (recto); Sketches of Hand and Boy'd Head (verso)

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a ceiling spandrel with a robed figure, an eagle, and winged putti above clouds and arches.

Saint John the Evangelist

After Domenichino, after 1627

Sepia wash drawing of a horned, bearded faun holding a cornucopia, with a reclining putto in the lower left.

Seated Faun Holding Cornucopia (recto); Sketch of Tree and House (verso)

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Watercolor of a veiled woman in a golden robe holding a blue parasol, with two veiled companions and trees behind her.

One of the Ladies of the Harem (recto); Fragment of a Landscape (verso)

Constantin Guys, 1854/56

Pen and ink sketch of a hussar in a fur busby and braided jacket, hand on hip, holding a sabre.

Hussar (recto) Man with a Top Hat and Bandaged Head (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe seated on a black ox, with a Japanese name cartouche at upper right.

Actor Sawamura Gennosuke Riding on Ox as Sugawara no Michizane

Utagawa Toyokuni, Early 19th century

Brown and grey ink and wash drawing of a rider on a rearing horse, sketched on a pale ground.

Horseman (recto); Horse and Rider (verso)

Auguste Rodin, 1889

Half-Length View of Female in Profile to Left (recto); Half-Length view of Figure in Three-Quarter Profile (verso)

Attributed to Jacopo Confortini, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a standing boy in a loose shirt with one hand in his pocket, drawn over faint grid lines.

Young Man Standing (Léon Leenhoff) (recto); Sketch of Standing Boy (verso)

Attributed to Édouard Manet, 1864/65

Sheet of Sketches: Men and Women

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a formal garden with tall poplars, a standing statue, sculpted basins and a curving path.

View of the Park at Versailles: Stairway and Two Poplars

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a garden with an arched bridge, columned portico, tall poplar and stone steps.

View of the Park at Versailles: Arched Bridge with Columned Approaches

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pencil sketch sheet with a group of standing men, two draped women, a seated figure, and a floating figure.

Sheet of Sketches: Crowd and Individual Figures

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a garden terrace with balustrade, two sphinx statues, a stone urn, and trees under a grid overlay.

View of the Park at Versailles: Balustrade with Two Sphinxes Urn

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pencil landscape sketch with trees, a body of water, small buildings on the far bank, and loose clouds on cream paper.

Sheet of Sketches

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a garden stairway leading to a terrace with arched architecture, a column, and tall poplar trees.

View of the Park at Versailles: Stairway to Terrace with Temple and Column

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a formal garden with a stone staircase, balustrade, statue, large trees, and distant classical building.

View of the Park at Versailles: Stairway with Two Pairs of Sphinxes

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Faint pencil sketches of two park scenes on pale paper, showing trees, a diagonal path and shrubbery.

Two Sketches of a Park

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a garden with two sphinxes, a fountain, a standing couple, and a curved colonnade beneath trees.

View of the Park at Versailles: Two Sphinxes and a Couple Near a Collonade

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pencil sketch of an equestrian statue on a pedestal among trees, with a balustrade and arched structure at right.

View of the Park at Versailles: Equestrian Statue Among Trees

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of ruined fluted columns, an open iron gate, trees and a seated figure in a garden landscape.

View of the Park at Versailles: Ruined Columns and an Open Iron Gate

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a hat and pleated skirt beside a man with a cane, with trees behind them.

The Descent from the Summit: Jean Martin Steadies Hélène, the Banker’s Daughter (Illustration for Edmond Renoir’s “L’…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881