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Art Institute of Chicago

5,126 works

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a turbaned horseman with a sword on a rearing horse, with soldiers behind him.

Haitian Horseman (Scene from the "French Colonial Wars")

Attributed to Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault, 1823

Charcoal drawing of a woman riding a donkey with a basket while a man walks beside them across a flat field.

The Departure for Work

Jean-François Millet, 1857

Pencil sketch of a reclining muscular male nude seen from behind, head turned, beside a wooden bench.

Hercules Resting

Paul Cézanne, 1897

Pencil and watercolor drawing of two seated women and a standing young woman beside a fireplace in an interior.

Mme. Michel Musson and Her Daughters, Estelle and Désirée

Edgar Degas, January 6, 1865

Red chalk study of a seated muscular male nude looking upward, holding a staff, with arm and hand studies at right.

Hercules Seated, study for Hercules and Omphale

François Lemoyne, 1724

Sketch of three skeletons in shrouds looming over a chaotic bacchanal of writhing figures, drawn in pencil and wash.

Triumph of Death: Three Skeletons Invading a Bacchanal Orchestrated by a Magician or an Evil Demon

Henry Fuseli, 1770-71

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas Lawrence, n.d.

Arched grey wash drawing of the Last Judgment with clouds, angels, a central enthroned figure and many nude figures below.

The Last Judgment

called Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of an armored soldier, a seated veiled figure with a cup, and a robed man inside a tent.

Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip

Benjamin West, c. 1770

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town with a large building on a rocky, tree-covered hill, labeled Narni, May 1826.

View of Narni

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1826

Loose landscape of green fields, yellow shrubs, trees and distant smokestacks under a dark blue cloud.

Landscape with Smokestacks

Edgar Degas, c. 1890

Pencil and wash drawing of a hooded seated figure in an arched niche, with a kneeling reader and a standing nude figure besid

The Spirit of Knowledge

Henry Fuseli, 1798

Sepia drawing of a river with sailing boats, trees, strollers on a path, and a distant city skyline with church towers and a

View of Dresden from Pieschen

Adrian Zingg, c. 1805

Watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a blue cap and draped gown holding a vase of flowers against a grey wall.

The Little Blue Cap

James McNeill Whistler, 1893/95

Drawing of armored warriors and a grieving woman among fallen figures beneath arched Romanesque arcades, with a crowned man a

The Nibelungen's End - The Death of Kriemhild

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1845

Pen and brown ink study of the Virgin and infant Christ with kneeling figures and cherubs gathered in clouds above.

Study for 'The Dream of Saint Joseph'

Pietro Testa, 1635/37

Brown-toned drawing of the Virgin and Child in glory with angels above and three saints below in a landscape.

Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints Sebastian, John the Evangelist, and Roch

Pasquale Ottino, c. 1610

Red chalk drawing of a young man with wavy hair facing forward, with a separate study of a hand below.

Self-Portrait

II John Flaxman, c. 1779

Watercolor of a rock arch on the left, waves on a pale sea, and two small figures on a rocky shore.

View at Étretat

Paul Huet, c. 1827

Brown ink drawing of two nude winged figures, Daedalus and Icarus, rising into the sky beside a bare tree branch.

Daedalus and Icarus

called Giulio Romano Giulio Pippi, early 1530s

Grey-blue drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds, surrounded by angels and cherubs in an arched composition.

Saint Francis of Assisi Adoring the Virgin and Child

Denys Calvaert, 1607

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling woman before a seated ruler with soldiers, framed by classical figures and putti.

Woman Kneeling Before a Ruler

Circle of Federico Zuccaro, 1566-67

Pen and brown ink drawing of an oval landscape with a large tree, a resting holy family group with a donkey, and a distant ci

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Agostino Carracci, c. 1590

Red chalk drawing of a colonnaded hall with a stepped platform, draped canopy, soldiers with spears, and robed figures.

Pilate Washing His Hands

Jacques Callot, 1631-1634

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with large trees, an arched stone bridge, cattle, and small figures.

A Wooded River Landscape with Jacob, Laban, and His Daughters

Claude Lorrain, 1661

Pen and brown ink drawing of travelers on horseback and on foot beneath a large tree, with resting figures in a wooded landsc

Landscape with Travelers

Valerio Spada, early 1630s

Brown ink and wash study sheet of several seated and reclining male figures, some with walking sticks, on a pale ground.

Study Sheet with Seated Figures

Alessandro Magnasco, 1705/15

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flower bouquet in an urn on a plinth, with red chalk underdrawing.

Flowers in an Urn Decorated with Putti, on a Plinth

Jan van Huysum, early 18th century

Pen or chalk drawing of a thatched farmhouse with chickens, a wheelbarrow, and two children under a tree.

Farm Courtyard

François Boucher, c. 1750

Pastel portrait of an older man with white hair and a slight smile, wearing a dark coat against a dark background.

Portrait of Claude Charles Deschamps

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1779