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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Pen and wash drawing of a dense battle scene with nude and armored figures, rearing horses, and a faint squared grid.

Battle Scene

called il Cosci Giovanni Balducci, c. 1589

Caricature in brown ink and wash of a man with an oversized head seated at a piano, smiling, on gray paper.

Caricature of Piano Player

John Doyle, n.d.

Pencil sketch of St. George on a rearing horse lancing a dragon below, with a small figure at the right edge.

St. George and the Dragon

called Raphael School or imitator of Raffaello Sanzio, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a teal patterned kimono with a sword, standing under a drooping willow tree.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1760

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sculpted bust of a man with long curled hair, labeled Milton, in an arched niche.

Bust of Milton

Possibly John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Drawing of a seated woman in a crown and fur-trimmed gown, with an arched colonnade and curtain behind her.

Joanna of Aragon

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a female figure pulling aside a curtain, with drapery drawn above and around her standing form.

Female Figure Pulling Aside Curtain

William Etty, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a pale ghostly figure with outstretched arm above two dark figures beside a column.

Hamlet and His Father's Ghost

John Faed, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing male nude seen from behind, with handwritten notes and a collector's stamp at right.

Standing Male Nude

After Andrea del Sarto, 1680/99

Pen drawing of a bearded man's bust with curly hair and a banded headband, shown frontally against a cream background.

Bust of Bearded Man

John Flaxman or possibly after, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a nude young man holding a cross-topped staff in a rocky, wooded landscape.

St. John the Baptist

Circle of Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, n.d.

Grey-blue wash drawing of a cloaked male figure drawing a bow above a fallen lion on rocky ground.

Apollo Killing Lion

Possibly Guido Reni, n.d.

Ink sketch of a draped shrouded figure on a pedestal, with handwritten inscription about an autograph request below.

Visiting Card with Draped Monument, Artist's Inscription

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1852

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate pedestal with a relief of a woman in a chariot pulled by big cats, flanked by lions.

Pedestal with Relief of the Triumph of Ariadne

the Younger Giuseppe Maria Mazzuoli, n.d.

Ink sketch of two muscular warriors with large round shields fighting, one raising a fist high, on pale paper.

Combat of Two Greeks

Henry Fuseli, c. 1805

Pencil sketch of the Virgin Mary, a kneeling bearded man, the infant Christ and angels among clouds on tan paper.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Possibly Donato Creti, c. 1700

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a beige kimono and teal obi holding a white fan, with orange flowers behind.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1771

Red chalk drawing of a standing veiled woman in draped robes holding a bundle, on an arched-top sheet.

Standing Woman

After Andrea del Sarto, c. 1600

Lady Bridgeman

Probably John Brown, 1780/99

Pen and wash drawing of a wine harvest with barrels loaded on a mule, villagers, cherubs and a rustic house.

Wine Harvest

called Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti, n.d.

Drawing of a saint before a raised sword, with kneeling figure, angels, and a winged figure holding scales above, in blue-gra

Martyrdom of a Saint Interrupted by Justice

Pupil of Charles Joseph Natoire, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman and a seated youth with a lyre beside laurel branches.

Apollo and the Cumean Sibyl

After Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of helmeted soldiers gathered around a stone table with a skull, jug and a man holding a plate.

Soldiers Refeshing Themselves

Possibly after John Hamilton Mortimer, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing bearded man in a draped cloak, pointing with one hand, on tan paper.

Standing Bearded Man

Luca Giordano, n.d.

Line drawing of the Adoration of the Christ Child with saints and kneeling figures beneath classical arches and a landscape.

Adoration of the Christ Child, with Saints Joseph, Francis of Assisi, and Augustine, attended by Anton Galeazzo Benti…

After Francesco Raibolini, called Il Francia, c. 1820

Engraving of two veiled women and a young man gesturing in a columned classical interior with a staircase.

Olivia and Viola

William Hamilton, n.d.

Sepia wash landscape of a tall tree beside a winding road with travelers and distant hills.

Travelers on a Winding Road

Style of Alessio de Marchis, n.d.

Black chalk sketch of a standing man with folded arms on tan paper, with handwritten notes at upper right.

Lord Gray

Benjamin Robert Haydon, n.d.

Sketch of Horse with Notations

Benjamin Robert Haydon, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of two women with curly hair and draped clothing, with loose hatching in the background.

Portrait of Flora MacDonald

Attributed to George Hayter, n.d.