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Art Institute of Chicago

13,151 works

Red chalk drawing of a bearded saint with a winged lion and putti among clouds, after Domenichino.

Saint Mark

After Domenichino, after 1627

Illuminated page with a crowned kneeling figure, red-robed attendants, a walled city, heraldic shields and a gold inscription

Pope Pius II, frontispiece to a Constitution of the Sienese Church of the Year 1464

Unknown artist, 1464; possibly 19th century copy

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling bearded figure in an orange robe, head bowed, hands clasped to the chest.

Christ Kneeling

After Carlo Dolci, n.d.

Olive-green lithograph of a man in a top hat and a woman in a ruffled dress carrying a round box, on cream paper.

The Old Gentlemen

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894, published before 1910

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a table of vessels, and workers at a furnace in an arched forge interior.

Allegory of Fire (Venus in the Forge of Vulcan)

After Jacopo Bassano, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of seated figures by a river with moored boats, trees, and a fortified building on the far bank.

Figures Seated by a River

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a standing bearded figure greeting a kneeling veiled woman beneath a draped canopy, with angels above.

Resurrected Christ Appearing to His Mother

Attributed to Ottavio Vannini, n.d.

Head of a Monk

Attributed to Francesco Vanni, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a sun chariot in clouds above a seated woman, a pointing youth, and a classical landscape with buildings

Study for the Omen of the Future Greatness of Augustus: Left Portion

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

Medieval manuscript page of two columns of Latin text with a decorated pink and green initial letter at lower left.

Bifolia from a Vita Sanctorum, or Lives of the Saints

Unknown artist, c. 1150

Architectural attic floor plan with roof outline, window openings, a staircase, and handwritten room labels and dimensions.

Charles R. Larrabee House, Chicago, Illinois, Attic Plan

Edward Burling, c. 1863/64

Illuminated initial A showing the Virgin Mary ascending between two angels while apostles kneel around an open tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "A" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 15th century

Medieval prayerbook page with a decorated gold and blue initial G, blackletter text and leafy floral borders.

Illuminated Initial "G" from a Prayerbook

Unknown artist, 15th century

Medieval manuscript page with Latin text, a blue and gold decorated initial, and green and blue foliate borders.

Illuminated Initial "H" from a Psalter or Breviary

German or Southern Netherlandish, c. 1450s

Illuminated manuscript page with a painted saint in a gold initial, square chant notation and a floral border.

Saint Peter in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Gradual

Unknown artist, 15th century

Miniature of Christ's body being laid in a stone sarcophagus, mourners around it, a medieval city behind, c. 1480.

The Entombment (Stabat Mater Prayer), from a Book of Hours

circle of Jean Colombe, c. 1480

Study of Perseus and Andromeda in blue-toned gouache, with a nude figure and a winged-helmet hero among swirling curved forms

Perseus and Andromeda, study for The Doom Fulfilled

Edward Burne-Jones, 1875

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a white wig, ermine robes and gold chain, beside a column and curtain.

Earl Mansfield

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1786

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled shoulder-length hair, lace collar and velvet cloak, with coat of arms below.

Sir Jean Rouillé, Count of Meslay

Gerard Edelinck, 1702

Engraved half-length portrait of a man with long curled hair, wearing a cloak, sash and star-shaped order insignia.

Portrait of Michel Le Tellier, Minister of State

Robert Nanteuil, 1653

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and a white collar, inscribed on a pedestal dated 1661.

François de la Mothe

Robert Nanteuil, 1661

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair, lace collar and cloak, with inscription around the frame.

First Consul, Jean François Sarrazin

Robert Nanteuil, 1656

Engraved portrait of a man in dark coat and cravat with watch chain, with a heraldic crest and inscription below.

Sir Walter Scott Bart

William Walker, 1826

Etching of a Gothic church portal with carved saints, gargoyles, and a woman in a shawl standing before the doorway.

Entrance to Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris

Edgar Chahine, 1902

Etched portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and a loose buttoned shirt, signed A. Legros, 1880.

Portrait of the Artist

Alphonse Legros, 1880

Etching of tall trees along a grassy riverbank with horizontal hatching suggesting reflections in water.

Banks of the Saint-Pré

Alphonse Legros, c. 1885

Etching of the Gothic Law Courts building with a clock tower and spires, with small figures on a street below.

The Law Courts

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Head of a Woman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1890

Ink architectural drawing of ornamental plaster balcony details with scrolling foliage, columns, and dimension lines on tan p

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Illuminated choirbook page with square musical notes, a historiated initial D showing Christ and a Pharisee, and ornate flora

Page from a Choirbook with Christ and a Pharisee in a Historiated Initial “D”

Unknown artist, 1430/90