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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with figures on clouds, cherubs and a flying putto in a sketched frame.

Bacchus and Ariadne

James Thornhill, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a classical statue of Pallas Athene with helmet, spear and shield on a tiered pedestal.

Statue of Pallas Athene

Possibly Jan van Nost, the younger, n.d.

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a funerary monument with allegorical figures, a portrait medallion, flags, and an inscri

Design for an Unexecuted Funerary Monument for the First Duke of Marlborough

John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Pen and wash design for stage scenery with classical columns, a globe held by a kneeling atlas figure, and a chariot with hor

Design for Stage Scenery (Hampton Court) with Mythological Figures

James Thornhill, 1695/1734

Sketches of Figures and Heads

Pieter de Molijn, n.d.

Pen and wash design for a wall decoration with Corinthian columns, a wooded scene of figures, and cherubs in a lower frieze.

Wall Decoration with Story of Egeria & Numa Pompilius

James Thornhill, 1695/1734

Red chalk drawing of intertwined nude figures draped over a rounded form, shaded in soft red tones on cream paper.

Allegory of Lust

Attributed to Daniel Mytens, the elder, n.d.

Blue lithograph sheet music cover showing three robed riders on horseback with a banner, titled Les Rois Mages.

The Three Wise Men

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Christ child with a kneeling saint, angels above and a bearded figure at left.

Madonna and Child Adored by Saint Francis

Style of Pietro Novelli, n.d.

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a woman in a headscarf, head turned to the side, with white highlights on the cloth.

Female Head

Thomas Frye (, n.d.

Profile Portrait of Boy

the elder Daniel Mytens, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of a seated female allegorical figure in classical drapery holding a book.

Wisdom: Unexecuted Design for the Monument to the First Duke of Marlborough

John Michael Rysbrack, c. 1733

Cornelis Schut

After Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classically draped woman leaning on a tall urn beside a pedestal.

Fate with Urn

John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing draped female figure turning left, one hand raised to her shoulder.

Standing Female Figure Turning to the Left

John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing classical female figure in draped robes holding a caduceus.

Standing Allegorical Figure with Caduceus (Peace?)

John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing draped female figure with one arm raised outward, on cream paper.

Standing Female Figure with Right Arm Raised

John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of robed figures under arches, one pointing, in an oval frame, by James Thornhill.

Saint Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

James Thornhill, c. 1714

Pen and wash study of two classical temple facades with allegorical figures on clouds and reclining figures in side panels.

Study

James Thornhill, c. 1719

Pen and wash drawing of a narrow courtyard with a wooden staircase, timber walls, and an archway opening to a distant buildin

Yard of an Old House

Cornelis Saftleven, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a muscular hybrid figure with a human face, curly hair, scaled legs, tail, and clawed hands.

Study of the Figure of Agnello Brunelleschi

William Blake, c. 1826

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing draped female figure pointing outward to the left.

Standing Female Figure Pointing to Left

John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Print of an ornate altarpiece with Virgin and Child, four saints in niches, and God the Father above.

Altarpiece with the Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg and Saints Christopher, Mary Magdalen, Florian and Catherine Stand…

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1519/38

Pen and wash drawing of nude and draped female figures gathered together, some seated and some standing, in a classical scene

Nymphs Bathing

Possibly Giulio Testone, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a seated female saint with a staff and a winged cherub on clouds, with a dragon below.

Saint Margaret

Godfried Maes, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a sleeping man on a bed attacked by winged demons while a figure watches from a doorway.

The Man Tormented by Dreams

Possibly after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1812

Sepia wash drawing of a standing figure gesturing beside helmeted soldiers and a spear-bearing guard on a pale sheet.

Beheading of Male Saint in Presence of Roman Ruler

Attributed to Cornelis Schut, I, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Cupid holding a lamp over the sleeping Psyche on a bed, with draped curtain and mountains.

Cupid and Psyche

Anthoni Schoonjans, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man with white hair, framed by a laurel wreath and a banner inscribed Le Vieux Papa Mich

Le Vieux Papa Michel

Michel Joseph Speeckaert, 1771

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound nude figure on a pedestal, with two archers aiming arrows at him.

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Bartholomeus Spranger, n.d.