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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Pen and wash drawing of three veiled women approaching a tomb where a winged angel points upward.

Three Maries at the Tomb

Arthur von Ramberg, 1841

Pencil drawing of a nude woman seated between two older men who lean toward her, with an architectural background.

Susanna and the Elders

Antonio Viviani, 1822

Brown monochrome print of a mother and haloed infant surrounded by five figures, with a winged figure arching above.

Nativity (Mother and Child Surrounded by Five Figures)

Paul Gauguin, c. 1902

Lithograph of a young tiger lying on the ground playing with its mother, who approaches from behind, against a dark leafy bac

Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother

Eugène Delacroix, 1831

Lithograph of a bagpiper in a long cloak and hat playing beside a small dog near a stone wall and arched doorway.

The Piper, plate one from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig, lace collar and studded armor, set in a stone plinth frame.

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully, n.d.

Pen and ink study of muscular male nudes with raised arms and clenched fists, with faint underdrawn figures behind.

Study of a Nude Seen from the Back, and Two Studies of an Arm (recto); Nude Seen from the Back, with Subsidiary Studi…

Perino del Vaga, c. 1528

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young warrior in scale armor lifting a curtain, seen from behind.

Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain

Francesco Salviati, 1550/55

Drawing of a bearded man in a yellow doublet extending his right arm toward the upper left on blue-grey paper.

Bearded Man with his Right Arm Raised

Giuseppe Porta, 1562/64

Black chalk and white highlight study of a sleeping male nude slumped across the sheet, one arm raised over his head.

Sleeping Male Nude, perhaps for the Drunkenness of Noah

Paris Bordone, c. 1550

Study drawing of a praying Virgin with draped cloth and angels, in brown wash and chalk over red grid lines.

Study for the "Madonna of the Rosary"

Federico Barocci, c. 1589

Drawing in red and black chalk of saints and angels rising through clouds toward the Virgin in the upper right corner.

Assumption of the Virgin

Federico Zuccaro, 1607/08

Brown ink and wash drawing of a city street with figures on stone steps before a columned palace entrance.

Sophronia Enters the Palace of Aladin

Andrea Boscoli, 1604/06

Pencil study of a bearded seated man draped in a cloak, one leg extended, on a stone ledge.

Study of a Kneeling Saint

Orazio Samacchini, 1570/75

Brown wash drawing of Christ bound to a column while figures with whips and armed soldiers surround him in a stone interior.

The Flagellation of Christ

Palma il Giovane, by 1594

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fallen rider and startled horses under a beam of light from heaven, with a walled city.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Ludovico Carracci, 1587/89

Black chalk drawing of a reclining muscular male nude, Hercules, with studies of a head and foot on blue paper.

Study of Hercules Resting, with Separate Studies of His Head and Foot (recto); Rectangular grid design (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1595/97

Pencil sketch of a horse seen from behind with a second faint horse study at right, on pale paper.

Studies of a Horse

Edgar Degas, 1868/75

Japanese woodblock print of two courtesans in patterned kimono walking with attendants beside a pine tree and bamboo.

The Courtesan Komurasaki of the Tamaya Parading with Her Attendants

Gokyo, c. 1790

Red chalk drawing of winged angels and putti playing musical instruments among clouds.

Music-Making Angels

Possibly attributed to Vittorio Maria Bigari, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd around a central figure raising his arm, with a wrapped body below, by Salvator Rosa.

Raising of Lazarus

Salvator Rosa, early 1660s

Black chalk drawing of a nude youth seated and bending forward, clasping one raised leg, with curly hair and a bowed head.

Nude Youth in the Pose of the Spinario

Peter Paul Rubens, 1610/16

Brown wash drawing of the Last Supper, Christ and apostles around a table beneath an arched window and hanging lamps.

The Last Supper

Peter Paul Rubens, late 1613 or early 1614

Brown wash drawing of two philosophers among skulls and chains, with a draped figure on a pedestal and onlookers at left.

Democritus and Heraclitus Laughing and Sorrowing over the Follies of the World

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1742/43

Etching of an ornate arched doorway in Venice with barred windows and dark water reflections in the foreground.

Doorway, Venice

Joseph Pennell, 1884

Grey wash drawing of Venice's Doge's Palace and tall columns with market vendors and pedestrians on the piazza.

The Riva degli Schiavoni Seen from the Market at the Pier

Canaletto, after 1755

Red chalk drawing of Ulysses and Circe with a winged Mercury above, a reclining man, and animal figures at lower left.

Ulysses Before Circe, Mercury Behind

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1766

Black chalk study of a male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on tan paper with white highlights.

Study for a Herm

Charles Le Brun, 1674/78

Pen and brown wash drawing of an elephant in ornate trappings with studies of a pedestal, ram head, and putto head.

Studies after Andrea Mantegna, Giulio Romano, and the Antique

Nicolas Poussin, 1635/40

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse with bridle and saddle, study of Bucephalus by Pierre Puget.

Study of Bucephalus for the Relief "Alexander and Diogenes"

Pierre Puget, 1675/76