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Art Institute of Chicago

13,158 works

Pen and red chalk drawing of three figures supporting a slumped nude man, with smaller sketches and angel studies.

Three Figures Supporting a Man, Smaller Sketch of the Same, and Studies for the Blinding of Elymas

Taddeo Zuccari, c. 1558

Caricature of a Man Standing by Desk (recto); Sketch of Male Head in Profile (verso)

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Pencil caricature of a standing man in a bowler hat with an exaggeratedly large nose, drawn on pale paper.

Caricature of a Man with a Large Nose

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Caricature of Eugène Marcel

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Madame Besnard

Albert Besnard, 1884

Pen and brown ink sheet with multiple sketched studies of nude figures, including bodies on a cross and mourners in groups.

Studies for the Deposition

Aurelio Luini, c. 1555

Pen and grey wash drawing of a ruined classical temple with Corinthian columns, fallen stones and small figures.

Capriccio: A Ruined Classical Temple

Canaletto, n.d.

Graphite drawing of a woman with curly hair, pearl necklace and draped shawl, shown in half-length bust view.

Bust of Angelique Mongez

Jacques-Louis David, 1806

Pen and watercolor sketch of a seated woman in a bonnet and blue dress holding a red-brown muff.

Woman with a Muff

Constantin Guys, c. 1860-1864 (?)

Caricature of Léon Manchon

Claude Monet, 1858

Caricature of a seated man in a fedora with a large red-brown cigar, drawn in chalk on tinted paper.

Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Pencil caricature of a walking man in a hat, smoking a pipe and carrying a satchel, on a tan sheet.

Caricature of Henri Cassinelli (“Rufus Croutinelli”)

Claude Monet, c. 1858

Faint watercolor bust of a woman with lowered head and blue-tinted hair, mounted on tan paper with a purple stamp.

Bust of a Tahitian Woman

Paul Gauguin, 1894

Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”)

Claude Monet, c. 1858

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Pont Neuf in Paris, showing arches, carved corbels, river and buildings.

View of the Pont Neuf

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1906

Pastel portrait of a smiling older woman in a blue dress with fur trim, resting by a harpsichord with sheet music.

Portrait of Madame Anne-Jeanne Cassanéa de Mondonville, née Boucon (1708-1780)

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, c. 1752

Etching of a stone arched bridge over a river, framed by trees, with a domed cathedral and factory chimneys on the skyline.

Over Waterloo Bridge, Church and Work

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man in a tricorn hat reading a document, on tan paper.

The Notary: A Study for "The Marriage Contract"

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1761

Portrait of Vallin

Amedeo Modigliani, 1918

Loose colored chalk drawing of a dirt road through a field with leaning trees under a warm, hazy sky.

Landscape with Trees

Alfred Sisley, 1880/85

Brown chalk drawing of Venus gesturing to Vulcan with a shield, cherubs, and a chariot in clouds.

Venus Commanding Vulcan to Make Arms for Aeneas

François Boucher, 1767

Colored crayon street scene of women with a child and dog walking along a tree-lined city boulevard with carriages.

Street Scene

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, n.d.

Pastel homage to Berlioz: allegorical women, a laurel wreath, and a marble inscription bearing the composer's name.

The Anniversary (Homage to Hector Berlioz)

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1877

Brown ink wash drawing of a bearded man holding a sleeping infant on his lap, with a small child beside him against a rocky b

Saint Joseph and the Sleeping Christ Child

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670/75

Pen and brown ink drawing of a gnarled tree beside a smaller tree and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Man Sleeping beneath Tree (recto); Landscape with a Horseman (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1595

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated soldier resting against a ledge while two armored soldiers stand behind him with spear

Three Soldiers Resting

Salvator Rosa, 1656/57

Watercolor still life of yellow daffodils and pink roses in a white vase and green pitcher, with a white calla lily.

Flowers

J. Alden Weir, 1880

Four brown and white chalk studies of a jockey on horseback, seen from behind and from the side.

Four Studies of a Jockey

Edgar Degas, 1866

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing man with a staff, a seated woman, two infants, and a thatched hut behind them.

First Family Before a Shelter

Baccio Bandinelli, 1547/48

Kneeling man in red cloak gazes up at a winged statue holding a wreath beside an altar of virtue in a forest.

An Artist Adoring a Statue of Virtue

Claude Hoin, 1783