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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Lithograph of a seated figure in a robe gesturing to a standing young man as an attendant holds back a curtain in an ornate r

Mephistopheles Receiving the Student, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of men in period dress drinking around a table in a tavern, with a fire burning in the foreground.

Mephistopheles at the Students' Inn, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of Faust offering his arm to Marguerite on a medieval street, with Mephistopheles behind them and timber-framed ho

Faust Trying to Seduce Marguerite, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of a cloaked man with a staff bowing to two women at a draped table in a curtained interior.

Mephistopheles Visits Martha, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of a seated woman in a dim room with a spinning wheel, crucifix, chest and potted plant.

Marguerite at the Spinning Wheel, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of Mephistopheles and Faust fleeing down stone steps at night, with a sword and ruined arches in the background.

Mephistopheles and Faust Fleeing After the Duel, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of a kneeling woman in a church recoiling from a dark figure gesturing at her, with clergy and congregation behind

Marguerite at the Church, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of Faust and Mephistopheles climbing a rocky mountain path under pines, with snowy peaks behind them.

Faust and Mephistopheles in the Harz Mountains, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Lithograph of a man embracing a seated woman in a prison cell as a horned figure gestures from the doorway.

Faust in Marguerite's Prison Cell, from Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Sketch of a Last Judgement scene with crowded nude figures rising through clouds above a distant horizon line.

Last Judgement

Jacob Jordaens, n.d.

Etching of tipsy figures stumbling down a stone staircase in a gothic hall, with onlookers and armored men in the background.

The Happy Drunkards

Gustave Doré, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin lifting a cloth over a sleeping Christ Child, with young John the Baptist kneeling beside th

Virgin and Sleeping Christ Child with the Infant John the Baptist

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Lithograph of a man struggling with a large eagle beside a stone tower, with ruins and smoke in the background.

The Hunters of Eagles' Nests

Gustave Doré, 1857

Pen and wash drawing of a heavenly glorification with saints on clouds, a banner, and angels above.

Glorification of Saint

probably after Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Etching of a standing man in a top hat and dark cloak with a bottle on the ground beside him.

The Absinthe Drinker

Édouard Manet, 1867-68 or 1874

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur carrying off a figure, with wings and a flowing drapery, on a pale sheet.

Rape of Deianira

After Luca Cambiaso, after c. 1575

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, Mary, Saint John, a kneeling woman, and a skull at the base.

Crucifixion

Georg Pencz, 1547

Engraved frontispiece portrait of Christopher Columbus in an oval medallion surrounded by floral and animal ornament.

Christopher Columbus, frontispiece from volume 5 of Theodor de Bry's America

Attributed to Johann Theodor de Bry, 1595

Grey wash drawing of a funerary monument with an empty circular medallion, draped curtain, cherub and inscribed base reading

Funerary Monument

Possibly Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Pen and ink study sheet with several horse legs and hooves drawn at different angles, shaded with hatching.

Sketches of Horses' (or Dromedaries') Legs (recto); Columns (verso)

Follower of Leonardo da Vinci

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling Madonna beside a column, with the infant Christ sprawled on a cloth in the foreground.

Madonna and Child

Benevenuto Tisi da Garofalo, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a female bust with curled hair and draped cloth on a scrolled pedestal.

Bust of a Woman

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, 1555/65

Male Head in Profile

Attributed to Baldassare Peruzzi, n.d.

Two Evangelists Conversing

After Luca Cambiaso, after 1570

Pen and ink sketch of two standing men, one carrying a bundle of wood, beside tree trunks on a pale sheet.

Abraham and Isaac

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Pen and brown ink drawing of muscular nude male figures working at a forge, with a raised hammer and workbench.

Vulcan's Forge

Attributed to Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Pen and brown ink drawing of crew crowded on a sailing ship's deck with rigging and masts, another ship behind.

Crew Abandoning Ship (recto) Sketches of Corinthian Columns (verso)

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1600

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude men flogging a bent central figure, with hatched ground lines beneath them.

Flagellation of Christ

School of Luca Cambiaso, 1570/90

Sketches of Heads

After Luca Cambiaso, c. 1565

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint John the Baptist preaching to a crowd of kneeling and seated figures, with a lamb at righ

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1584