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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Etched portrait of a young man with wavy hair and a collared shirt, gazing directly at the viewer on pale paper.

René De Gas, the Artist's Brother

Edgar Degas, 1861-62

Black chalk drawing of a muscular nude bearded man standing beside a tall cross, one hand gripping its upper bar.

The Risen Christ

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, 18th/19th century

Mme. Ledieu

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, c. 1820

Woodblock print of a winding road climbing green hills past willow trees, with two travelers and a distant thatched roof.

Hill at Fujikawa (Fujikawa sakamichi), section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Black woodblock print with pale stylized pine trees and a small square seal with Japanese characters in the lower right.

Miya, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Woodblock print of pagodas, temple roofs and pines above wavy pink water, with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal.

Yokkaichi, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Red chalk drawing of a woman's head bowed with lowered eyes, framed by loosely sketched drapery on cream paper.

Woman's Head

Bernardino Poccetti, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular seated bearded Hercules statue leaning on a club beside a lion's head.

Statue of Seated Hercules

Style of Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Pen drawing of the Madonna seated with the Christ child, a chained monkey and a bird beside them.

Madonna with the Monkey

After Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a veiled Mater Dolorosa with a reclining figure and a child among soft clouds.

Mater Dolorosa

Pierre Subleyras, 18th Century

Female Head in Profile, Facing Right

After workshop of Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Stippled portrait of a woman with curled hair and a sheer veil, turned three-quarters toward the viewer on tan paper.

Mme. Horace Vernet

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1818

Brown wash drawing of an allegorical title page design with a seated writer, a helmeted figure with spear, a winged putto and

Design for Title page: Clio Taking Dictation from Minerva

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Pencil landscape drawing of a tall tree with a man and cows in a field and distant hills.

Landscape with Tree, Man, and Cows

Attributed to Sir George Howland Beaumont, August 7, 1765

Pencil sketch in an oval of three nude figures, one winged, with a handwritten note below the drawing.

Three Nude Figures

Possibly by John Brown, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in classical drapery holding a theatre mask.

Melpomene

Possibly after Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pencil drawing of Gothic church interior with pointed arch, tracery window, stone tomb with effigy and heraldic shields.

Broughton Church

Style of Samuel Prout, 1830/40

Pen drawing of the Holy Family with two angels, a seated Virgin holding the Christ child, and putti at lower right.

Holy Family with Two Angels

after Francesco Albani, 1609/10

Brown wash drawing of a crowded mythological scene with nude figures, winged horses, sea monsters and a radiant central light

Chaos

Joshua Cristall, 1805

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a standing man in a long brown coat with a mustache, one hand on his hip.

S. Terrason

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1849

Soft lithograph portrait of a child's head turned left, dark hair loosely shaded, signed Renoir on cream paper.

Claude Renoir, Turned to the Left

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Loose ink sketch of two women, one leaning over a ledge with foliage, the other beside a grapevine, on pale paper.

Woman with Grapevine, 3rd variant

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with a female saint and infant Saint John the Baptist beside a building.

Holy Family with Female Saint and Infant Saint John the Baptist

Giuseppe Santi, n.d.

Study for Detail: Saint Veronica

Attributed to Domenico Piola, c. 1680

Little Girl Standing at Desk and Writing

Edmund Thomas Parris, c. 1827

Red chalk drawing of Neptune with a trident driving sea horses through waves, with figures embracing at lower right.

Triumph of Neptune

Possibly after Simon Vouet, n.d.

Black and white chalk drawing of an old bearded man with wild wavy hair and long beard, gazing forward on grey paper.

Bust of Old Bearded Man

Style of or after Antonio Cavallucci, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure leaning on a long staff, with a second leg sketched below on cream paper.

Academic Male Nude Leaning on Staff

Style of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, n.d.

Head of Comity

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, c. 1750

Graphite drawing of a half-length figure in a striped head wrap and draped cloth, gazing sideways on tan paper.

Half-Length Figure

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.