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Art Institute of Chicago

663 works

Dark nocturnal print of a cathedral dome and spires silhouetted over a city skyline with lights reflected in water.

St. Paul's

Joseph Pennell, 1894

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a mitred saint and two infants beneath a draped canopy.

Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist and Ecclesiastic Saint

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, n.d.

Circular engraving of Christ crowned with thorns presented to a crowd of soldiers and onlookers before a Gothic city.

Ecce Homo, from The Passion

Master S, 1500/25

Pencil-like lithograph of a shaded archway with a worker at a bench and figures standing near a doorway in a village street.

The Tyresmith

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Sepia drawing of men training horses outside a thatched barn beneath a bare tree, with a dog and distant hills.

Horse Training

Wilhelm von Kobell, 1788

Reddish-brown print of a sleeping young woman with tilted head, closed eyes, and curled hair on a pillow.

Head of a Young Woman Asleep

Jean-Baptiste Lucien, 1787/95

Engraving of soldiers in helmets and armor marching with figures carrying a tray of vases and urns.

Triumph of Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Trophies

School of Andrea Mantegna, c. 1495

Lithograph of a standing man in a cloak gesturing toward a seated ragged figure with spectacles in a barren landscape.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Man the Masterpiece of Creation

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Pen and chalk drawing of Christ before Pilate showing a robed figure on steps surrounded by a crowd in an interior.

Christ before Pilate

called Jacopo da Pontormo Jacopo Carucci, 1522/23

Monochrome print of two seated men in dark coats and hats, one wearing a top hat, rendered in loose inky strokes.

The Two Connoisseurs

Edgar Degas, c. 1880

Drypoint portrait of a seated woman in a high-necked blouse beside a small table with a bowl, by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 190

Drypoint Number Three: Portrait

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909

Gray wash drawing of a rocky promontory with arched ruins, cascading water, and a hilltop building under a pale sky.

Rocky Promontory with Ruins and Cascades (recto); Sketch of Cliff with Buildings (verso)

Attributed to Giles Edme Petit, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a lamb with legs tied to a shepherd's crook, head lowered over rocky ground, on brown paper.

Lamb Bound to Shephard's Crook (recto); Seated Academic Male Nude, From Back, Turning Right (verso)

School of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, n.d.

Pen and ink study of two muscular male nude figures in twisting poses, with faint preliminary sketches on paper.

Studies for Thieves on the Cross (recto), Sketch of Figures (verso)

Attributed to Pietro Testa, n.d.

Two boys with gear stand by a red and blue rowboat on a beach, with a sailboat on the sea behind them.

The Return, Tynemouth (recto) Study (verso)

Winslow Homer, 1881

Studies for Distribution of Eagles: The Archi-Chancelier, Cambacérés and the Archi-Trescrier, Lebrun

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Red chalk drawing of a bearded standing figure in draped robes holding a book and a staff on toned paper.

Apostle (recto); Standing Female Figure (verso)

Circle of Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a youth with lowered eyes wearing a pink cap, rendered in black and red chalk on grey paper.

Head of Youth in a Pink Cap

Follower of Jacopo Bassano, n.d.

Watercolor of a tall tree with several resting deer on a green meadow beneath it, with distant trees and a pale sky.

Family of Deer under a Tree

Attributed to Robert Hills, 1790-1844

Colored drawing of a reclining nude man with a cupid above him, two women beside a tree, and classical architecture behind.

Allegory of Love: Scorn

after Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling man in court dress pleading with women in a colonnaded courtyard.

Louis XIV Pleading with Louise de La Vallière at the Carmelite Convent at Chaillot

Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine, 1780/1800

Pen and watercolor drawing of two helmeted soldiers with plumed crests facing each other in close conversation.

Two Helmeted Soldiers Conversing

Possibly Giuseppe Passeri, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a woman on a donkey holding a child, with a guide and four men beside a rocky cliff.

Holy Family Passing Four Men

Attributed to Leonard Bramer, 1660/69

Pencil sketches on blue paper of jockeys riding galloping racehorses, with two horses running together below.

Sketches of a Jockey

II George Alken, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a lavender shell-shaped bowl with spiral ends on a baluster stand, against a cream background.

Purple Shell on a Stand

Giuseppe Grisoni, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of a lioness looking back over a pale carcass against a misty grey-brown background.

Lioness with her Family

Sawrey Gilpin, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Christ child with several men gathered in adoration beside a stone column.

Adoration of the Shepherds

possibly after Guido Reni, n.d.

Hand-colored print of a woman gathering flowers beneath a tree with two young men, a dog, and a rural landscape.

Summer, also called The Small Summer

George Baxter, 1849

Lithograph of a Gothic spired monument beside a path, trees at left, and a castle ruin on a distant hill.

Ruin of Godesberg with the so-called High Cross of the Rhine

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, 1823

Print of Roman soldiers, trumpeters and standard bearers in a triumphal procession, with banners showing battles and besieged

Triumph of Caesar

Andrea Andreani, 1599