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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Pen and ink sketch of Saint Andrew before a raised cross, with angels above and onlookers and a tower below.

Saint Andrew Adoring the Cross

Possibly after Giovanni Battista Gaulli, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of soldiers, a mounted rider with banner, and fallen figures in a scene of massacre.

Massacre of the Innocents

or after ( Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling bishop before a crowned ruler, a woman beside him, under a draped canopy.

Queen Intervening to Spare the Life of a Bishop Saint

Lazzaro Tavarone, c. 1634

Red chalk drawing of a veiled, draped figure at a sacrificial altar with rising smoke and sketched studies beside it.

After the Antique: Roman Officiant at a Sacrificial Altar

called Salviati Francesco de'Rossi, 1531/32

Brown wash drawing of Saint Joseph holding the Christ Child with bearded saints, a lion, and architectural drapery.

Saint Joseph and Christ Child, with Saints Mark and Anthony

School of Guido Reni, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of draped male attendants with flagons and pitchers in a shadowy architectural setting.

Fragment of a Composition: Attendants Bearing Flagons

Attributed to Biagio Pupini, called dalle Lame, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the risen Christ ascending over cloud, with an angel and startled soldiers below.

Resurrection of Christ

Style of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Saint Anne and Standing Woman with Salver

After Andrea del Sarto, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bearded herm figure with a draped cloth gathered at the chest, on a hatched background.

Term

After Annibale Carracci, after 1600

Pencil sketch of a robed saint borne aloft by angels above kneeling figures and a reclining body on a stone pedestal.

San Carlo Borraomeo Interceding for Plague Victims

Style of Sebastiano Conca, n.d.

Tall scenic wallpaper panel of a hillside city by a river, with boats and four figures in period dress on the bank.

Scenic Wallpaper Panel: Vues de Lyon

Printed by Sauvinet, 1821-25

Brown wash drawing of a haloed saint gazing upward, with a cherub, attendants holding a cross, and an altar in the background

San Carlo Borromeo Adoring an Image of the Birth of the Virgin

Sigismondo Caula, 1684/87

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with long hair looking upward, holding a scroll, with a cross-shaped staff behind him.

Saint John the Baptist

After Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a robed saint on a cloud interceding over plague victims below, with a city and angels above.

Saint Cajetan of Thiene Interceding for Victims of the Plague

Style of or after Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a draped figure on a pedestal flanked by two nude men, one gesturing and one holding a laurel garland

Study for Allegory of Faith and Silence

Bartolomeo Cesi, 1500/95

Graphite and chalk drawing of a robed woman with clasped hands standing on a serpent within an arched frame.

Immaculate Conception

Attributed to or the style of Tommaso Conca, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a draped female figure raising a round disc, with flowing robes and bare feet, on pale paper.

Temperance

Attributed to Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, 1521/56

Brown wash drawing of a muscular nude man raised arm beside a draped figure bent low, standing on a stone base.

Study after The Dying Gaul Killing His Wife and Himself

Probably Jan de Bisschop, n.d.

Black and red chalk drawing of a seated woman holding an infant, with an older child kneeling behind her.

Woman and Children

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head tilted down, eyes lowered, wearing a loose headscarf, on tan paper.

Head of a Woman

Attributed to Antonio Cavallucci, n.d.

Drawing of Abraham pointing as Hagar weeps beside a child, with trees, a well and a figure at an arched doorway.

Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael

Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert, 1750/1788

Pencil drawing of a muscular male nude with raised arms, apparently tied to a tree with drapery and foliage around him.

Male Nude Tied to Tree

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in flowing drapery gazing upward, with a long staff across her lap.

Cardinal Virtues or Saint Euphemia

After Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, 1750/1850

Sketch of Standing Man with Uplifted Arm

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a horseman on a pedestal flanked by two standing figures, with a small walking figure at lower left.

Sculpture of Horseman Accompanied by Two Standing Figures, with Sketch of One of Latter

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of an angel descending to a woman and child in a rocky wilderness beneath a tree.

Angel Appearing to Hagar in the Wilderness

Pietro Gualla, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family with infant Saint John and small angels, with a column at left.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

After Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Wash drawing of Apollo and Daphne with a nude nymph in flight, a draped figure above, and a reclining figure below.

Apollo and Daphne

After Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga, 1575/99

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Madonna and Child with angels above and bishop saints adoring below, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with Adoring Saints

called Il Moncalvo Guglielmo Caccia, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in drapery embracing a child who leans against her shoulder.

Madonna and Child

After Pierre Mignard I, n.d.