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Art Institute of Chicago

5,126 works

Hand-colored engraving of a spring flower bouquet in an ornate urn, with numbered blossoms and a key below.

February, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a dense spring flower arrangement in a carved urn, with numbered key below.

March, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a flower bouquet in a stone urn with tulips, anemones and daffodils, labeled April.

April, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-coloured engraving of a flower bouquet in a classical urn, with tulips, roses and ranunculus, labelled MAY.

May, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-coloured engraving of a summer flower bouquet of irises and roses in an urn with putti, labeled June.

June, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a July flower bouquet in an ornate urn with a numbered key below.

July, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored botanical engraving of a lush flower bouquet in an urn, with numbered plants and an August cartouche below.

August, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a dense bouquet of garden flowers in a carved urn, with numbered blooms keyed to a text list below.

September, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored botanical print of a dense flower bouquet in a stone urn, with numbered flowers and an October label below.

October, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a dense bouquet of flowers in a sculpted urn, with a numbered plant key below, labeled November.

November, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Hand-colored engraving of a lavish winter flower bouquet in a carved urn, with a numbered key below labeled December.

December, from Twelve Months of Flowers

Henry Fletcher, n.d.

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a shako-capped soldier on a crate, sabre raised, with fallen figures on a battlefield.

Caisson d'artillerie

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Watercolor sketches of four men in white robes and dark cloaks, one wearing a red fez, on a tan paper ground.

Four Sketches of Arab Men

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Pen and brown ink drawing of a battle scene with armored soldiers, round shields, and fallen warriors on the ground.

Battle Scene

Neapolitan or Genoese Italian, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a haloed saint seated on a cloud, holding a cross and book, on blue-grey paper.

Saint with Book and Cross Seated on a Cloud

Ferraù Fenzoni, c. 1591

Hanging scroll of pink hibiscus, white chrysanthemums and two magpies beside a rock, with calligraphy and red seals.

Hibiscus and Magpies

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1847

Brown wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove, an angel, and God with cherubs above.

Baptism of Christ

Bolognese Italian, c. 1560

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated female saint with a sword, palm frond, and dragon beneath her.

Study for Saint Margaret

Maerten de Vos, c. 1584-1587

Pen and ink drawing of a nude man raising a torch against swirling dark smoke and clouds.

Nude Figure of a Man with Flaming Torch

William Blake, n.d.

Illuminated choir book page with a blue and red decorated initial I, green oak leaves and acorns, and black gothic text.

Decorated Initial "I" with Acorns and Leaves from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, n.d., probably a modern copy

Gilded illuminated panel of the Trinity enthroned above a crowd of saints, angels, and musicians in a celestial court.

The Trinity and Saints in Paradise, or La Cour Céleste from a volume of "La Cité de Dieu" by St Augustine

Unknown artist, mid-15th century

Watercolor and drawing of a young man in a light cap with a tassel, head bowed, against a blue wash background.

Untitled - Félicien Rops

Félicien Rops, n.d.

Pen and ink frieze drawing of Hercules with horses, nude figures and warriors, after an antique sarcophagus relief.

After the Antique: Sarcophagus Lid with the Labors of Hercules

Probably Italian, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of figures grieving in an ornate interior with a patterned wall and hanging lamp.

Jesus in the House of Jairus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1790/1804

Chalk drawing of a seated woodman in a wide hat resting on a bundle of faggots, with white highlights on tan paper.

A Woodman Seated on a Bundle of Faggots

Thomas Gainsborough, 1787

Red chalk study of a crowded temple scene with a central standing figure, columns and a squared grid.

Study for the Purification of the Virgin

Giovanni Battista Naldini, c. 1577

Brown ink drawing of a rider on a rearing horse raising a sword above a rocky ledge.

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Abyss

Pseudo-Pacchia, c. 1530

Brown and grey wash drawing of a castle on a hill above a river, with a stone bridge, rocky cliffs, and trees.

A Romantic Landscape with a Ruined Castle

Robert Adam, 1778-87

Three red chalk studies of a veiled, mourning woman with bowed head and draped cloth, on a tan sheet.

Madonna Mourning: Studies for the Entombment of Christ

Guercino, c. 1656

Grey wash drawing of a boy fishing from a wooden footbridge over a stream, with a dog and tall trees around.

The Fisherboy

François Boucher, n.d.