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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Red chalk drawing of a child's head turned upward, with curly hair and softly shaded features on pale paper.

Child's Head, Looking Upward

Possibly after Raphael Sanzio, called Raphael, 17th century

Brown ink sketch of the Virgin and Christ child with cherubs among clouds, inside a ruled frame, with handwritten inscription

Holy Virgin

After Giovanni da Udine, called Giovanni dei Ricamatori, n.d.

Sketches of Woman's Profile

Frederick William Burton, 1863

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling robed saint with right arm raised and face turned upward, with red chalk lines.

Kneeling Saint Stephen with Upraised Right Arm

Attributed to Sabatini, called Lorenzino da Bologna, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude male figure with raised arms and muscular torso, on aged paper with brown wash stains.

Crucified Christ or Marsyas

Follower of Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1585/95

Brown wash drawing of nude David raising Goliath's severed head above his armored body on a battlefield.

David and Goliath

Alfred Edward Chalon, n.d.

Female Head in Profile to Left

Circle of Giorgio Vasari, c. 1541

Pen and ink drawing of a plump standing putto seen from behind, with curly hair and hatched shading on the body.

Standing Putto Seen From the Back

Attributed to Bartolomeo Passarotti, 1570/75

Pen and brown ink study of a nude standing putto seen from behind, arm raised, on warm brown paper.

Standing Putto Seen from the Front: Study for the Virgin in Glory with Saints Petronius, Dominic, and Peter Martyr

Bartolomeo Passarotti, 1570/75

Pen and brown wash drawing of an interior scene with men, a rope, a chair, a fireplace and a dog.

The Hanging

Attributed to Abraham Cooper, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin and other figures, with a crown of thorns and nails below.

The Lamentation

Luca Penni, 1540/46

Pen and ink drawing of a curly-haired young man with bowed head resting on his hand, draped in loose cloth.

Saint John the Evangelist in Meditation

After Guercino, 1800s

Head of Boy Wearing Hat in Profile

Giovnni Battista Piazzetta, n.d.

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a young woman with hair pulled up under a headband, wearing a ruffled collar.

Portrait Bust of Young Woman

Frances Cotes, n.d.

Small pencil sketch of a standing figure and a crouching figure beside a tall vertical form, framed by faint architectural li

Actors

John Sell Cotman, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman with a palm branch, surrounded by putti, a lion, and a column.

Allegory of Victory

Domenico Piola, n.d.

Loose pencil and wash sketch of a seated figure in a cloak and wide-brimmed hat, with brown stains on paper.

Sketch of Actor Sitting

John Sell Cotman, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling Saint Anthony of Padua, cherubs, a book and a lily.

Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony of Padua

the younger Giovanni Battista Pittoni, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a cloaked man standing before faint architectural lines and an arched niche on tan paper.

Sketch of Actor Standing

John Sell Cotman, n.d.

Faint pencil landscape sketch on paper with brown wash stains, a ground line and sparse trees at the bottom.

Illegible Sketch

John Sell Cotman, n.d.

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono walking beside a stream with reeds, with calligraphy above.

Young Woman Walking Near a Stream

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1760

Pale blue drawing of the Virgin of Mercy with outspread cloak sheltering kneeling figures, with angels and a monstrance above

Virgin of Mercy (Madonna della Misericordia)

Attributed to Filippo Bellini, or his circle, c. 1590-1600

Pencil sketch of a large chestnut tree with a full canopy in a park, with smaller trees faintly visible behind it.

Ches[t]nut in Greenwich Park

Thomas Creswick, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of figures struggling on a staircase, a man holding a horse beside trees at the left.

Abduction of Helen

Joshua Cristall, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a nude woman with long hair beside a draped seated figure, with a waterfall, trees and serpents above

Ceres and Proserpine

Joshua Cristall, n.d.

Pencil sketch sheet by George Cruikshank with studies of Falstaff, Titania and Bottom, and handwritten labels.

Early Sketches for Falstaff, Midsummer Night's Dream

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing a kneeling man, a draped woman, a helmeted warrior, and a crowd of onlookers

Return of Agamemnon

After Francesco Primaticcio, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman seated on clouds, head turned, arms crossed, draped in loose folds on a buff sheet.

Woman Seated on Clouds

Attributed to Cristoforo Roncalli, called Il Pomarancio, c. 1600

Pen and ink comic sheet titled Sport, showing a plaid-suited hunter in a series of mishaps with birds, a dog, and a bull.

Sport

Percy Cruikshank, n.d.

Sol(?) Walker

II George Dance, n.d.