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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin seated in a veil, holding the nude Christ Child who reaches toward her.

Virgin and Child

After Guercino, n.d.

Graphite drawing of the dead Christ on a stone slab, supported by a grieving woman with mourners standing around him.

Lamentation

Giulio Clovio, 1540/68

Pen and wash drawing of a plumed warrior running forward and raising a curved sword overhead, with red grid lines.

Male Warrior Running with Drawn Sword

Attributed to Hubert Gerhard, c. 1600

Pen and brown wash sketch of a seated male nude with a bending draped figure and faint standing figures at right.

Male Nude and Other Figures

John Hamilton Mortimer, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a bearded saint with halo holding keys, within an arched frame.

Saint Peter

Possibly Pietro Novelli, n.d.

Drawing of a title page design with a draped curtain, putti, a guitar and a heraldic shield, framed by classical figures.

Design for Title-Page for Guitar Manual by Ferdinando Valdambrini

Unkown artist, c. 1646

Soft grey drawing of a reclining winged cupid resting on drapery in a wooded landscape with a lyre hanging from a tree.

Cupid in a Landscape

After Bartolommeo Schedoni, after 1611

Sketches After Sculptures and Reliefs, Mainly Egyptian

W.T. Agar, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a hilltop village above, and ruined stone arches and buildings with a seated figure below.

Views of Bethany and Bethlehem

After Francis Vyvan Jago Arundale, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of an overmantel design with a bust between two putti under drapery, with a handwritten note below.

Design for the Overmantel of a Chimneypiece with Bust of Pompilius Numa

James Thornhill, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a curly-haired man in an oval medallion above a heraldic cartouche and pedestal, on a squared grid.

Medallion Portrait of a Clergyman

Attributed to Bernard Picart, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of women gathered on stone steps beside a classical column, one kneeling near a basket.

Moses Saved from the Waters

Hubert Robert, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of an allegorical scene with a portrait medallion of a man in armor, angels, and a painter at an easel.

Title Page with Portrait of Viceroy of Naples

After Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with cherubs above and a hilly landscape behind.

Marriage of Saint Catherine

Domenico dalla Rosa, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a barefoot woman carrying a basket on her head past cottages in Galway, 1855.

Girl of Claddagh or Fishing Suburb, Galway

A. Bradstreet, 1855

Black and white chalk drawing of a fisherman in a hat and cloak seated on a lobster pot, leaning on a walking stick.

Fisherman Seated on Lobster Pot

Eugène Bléry, 19th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing woman in a ruffled cap and cloak, holding a walking stick, beside a shrub.

Pierrette

After Thomas Barker, n.d.

Pencil drawing of the Holy Family with infant Saint John and angels, seated before a stone pedestal and column.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels

After Lubin Baugin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with red wash of a funereal cartouche with skeletons, a skull, and sketches of skeletal figures.

Funereal Cartouche with Inscription and Sketches of Skeletons and Ornamental Details

Baccio del Bianco, 1628

Bardolphe

After John Hamilton Mortimer, n.d.

Sepia drawing of the risen Christ holding a banner above startled and sleeping soldiers beside a tomb.

Resurrection of Christ

Giacinto Boccanera, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male nude holding an open book, with draped cloth and a rocky base sketched beneath him.

Standing Male Nude (Saint Jerome?) with Book

Luca Cambiaso, 1550/59

Red chalk portrait of a curly-haired young man in an oval frame, with a Latin inscription on drapery below.

Study for Portrait of Giorgione

Filippo Germisoni, c. 1724

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a dark umbrella walking a wet tree-lined path in rain.

Summer Shower

Alfred Sacheverel Coke, 1875/99

Black chalk and white heightened drawing of a seated bearded man in heavy drapery, one arm raised, on a toned paper ground.

Seated Bearded Figure (Prophet?)

Attributed to Ferraù Fenzoni, c. 1591

Red chalk drawing of a shepherd offering his hand to a seated shepherdess with a small dog beneath a tree.

Shepherd, Shepherdess and Little Dog in Wooded Setting

N. Delage, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornamental circular basin design with a winged figure, scrollwork and floral garlands.

Design for a Platter or Basin

Unknown artist, n.d.

Face of an Old Man with Eyes Closed

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, with furrowed brow and curling hair and beard.

Head of Laocoon

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Head of Bearded Man in Profile to Left

Pietro Dandini, n.d.