New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Lady Before a Prie-Dieu

Possibly after Leone Leoni, n.d.

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Madonna and Child above a seated figure beside a reclining body in a rocky landscape.

Sketches of Madonna and Child, Flaying of Marsyas

Style of Gaspare Diziani, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a ruined castle tower behind trees, with two figures on a stone terrace beside a balustrade.

Heidelberg Castle

Style of Samuel Prout, c. 1830

Brown wash drawing of a bearded robed saint seen from behind, carrying a tall staff over his shoulder.

Saint James Major

after Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, n.d.

Drawing of a young woman in a veil and long dress standing before a cottage and shrubs in a landscape.

Young Woman from Frascati

After Nicolas Vleughels, 1700s

Red chalk drawing of a bearded older man holding a staff with a leafy branch, draped in a cloak.

Saint Joseph

Possibly after Tommaso Conca, n.d.

Red chalk wash drawing of a seated classical woman reading a manuscript beside a lyre and scroll.

Eulerpe or Clio

Possibly after Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a kneeling ecclesiastic figure in a flowing cloak, head bowed, on tan paper.

Kneeling Ecclesiastic Saint

Corrado Giaquinto, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing armored man holding a falcon on one raised hand and a helmet at his hip.

Saint Florian

Attributed to Alessandro Turchi, called L'Orbetto, 1600/10

Loose wash and chalk sketch of a seated Madonna bending over a child on toned paper.

Madonna and Child

Possibly Giovanni Antonio Guardi, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing man in a wide-brimmed feathered hat, cloak, and ruffled costume, one arm outstretche

Standing Man

Possibly Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a young boy's head, eyes lowered, with loose wavy hair.

Young Boy's Head

Style of Guido Reni, n.d.

Three Bearded Male Heads, Two in Profile to the Right

Circle of Bernardino Lanino, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of robed men seated around a long table in a dim interior with a hanging lamp.

Last Supper

Circle of Franz Anton Maulbertsch, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of three figures, one holding a cross, with a severed head on the ground.

Three Figures with Severed Head on Ground

Circle of Marcantonio Bassetti, 1600/20

Red chalk drawing of an older bearded man's head with curly hair and long flowing beard on pale paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 1700/1799

Pencil portrait of a bearded man in a skullcap, white collar and buttoned cloak, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Portrait Bust of a Cardinal

Style of Claude Mellan, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman's head turned left, hair piled high in curls, with soft hatched shading.

Head of Woman, Turning Left

Style of Angelica Kauffmann, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bearded saint holding a sword beside three draped standing figures and a cherub, on an octagonal shee

Saint Paul and Three Other Standing Figures

Attributed to Count Antonio Maria Zanetti the Elder, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a female saint ascending on clouds, attended by angels and cherubs with a palm frond.

Ascension of Female Saint

Martino Altomonte, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a crowned man and an armored warrior before soldiers, with domed city buildings behind.

Illustration to Scene from the Liberation of Jerusalem (Gerusalemme Liberata)

After Bernardo Castello, 1585/90

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and a lamb in a wooded landscape, with cherubs among the tr

Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Antonio Burrini, 1700-1799

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a winged putto seated on clouds, arms outstretched and gazing upward.

Putto Seated on Clouds

Denys Calvaert, 1600/12

Brown wash drawing of a timber mill with waterwheel beside a river, a sailboat, and a clapboard building at right.

Marlow Mill

After William Alexander, n.d.

Pen-and-ink drawing of a youth with flowing hair reading an open book held in both hands.

Seated Youth Writing in Book

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 17th/18th century

Pen drawing of a forest with a waterfall and two figures near rocks, tall trees framing a distant valley.

Forest Scene with Waterfall and Two Figures

Attributed to Johann Samuel Bach, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged angel above a seated woman gazing up beside a sleeping child and urn.

Angel Appearing to Hagar and Ishmael

Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois, 1780

Pencil drawing of a rocky landscape with a waterfall, a large tree, a ruined tower and small figures in the foreground.

Figures in a Rocky Landscape with Waterfall

Attributed to Johann Samuel Bach, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a beheading scene with a plumed executioner, a kneeling man and a vaulted interior.

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Style of Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude woman and a standing man with a cherub seated on a rock at lower left.

Venus and Paris

Attributed to Pietro Dandini, n.d.