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Art Institute of Chicago

13,164 works

Lithograph of snowy mountain peaks above a valley with a lake, tall trees and rocks in the foreground.

Brunnen

Alexandre Calame, 1852

Etching of a skeleton Death figure gripping a nobleman's arm as courtiers and a child watch beside a stone building.

The Duke and Death

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

Etching of a seated woman in drapery leaning on a carved pedestal, with a peacock beside her.

Juno and the Peacock

Angelica Kauffmann, 1770

T. Sturge Moore in a Cloak

Charles Haslewood Shannon, 1896

Profile of Head after a Cast (recto and verso)

Attributed to George Henry Harlow, n.d.

Pencil sheet of caricature heads with exaggerated features, including a large central face and several smaller profiles.

Sketches of Caricature Heads (recto), and Various Small Figures (verso)

Attributed to George Woodward, n.d.

Grey wash study of a standing leg and shoe on blue-grey paper with white highlights and a torn top edge.

Leg of Standing Figure (recto); Sketch of Shoes (verso)

John Downman, c. 1770-1800

Grey wash drawing of the giant Polyphemus hurling a boulder, with nude Galatea on a sea creature and cherubs below.

Polyphemus Throwing Boulder at Acis, with Galatea (recto), and Pholyphemus Lifting Boulder (verso)

John William Taverner, n.d.

Pencil study of a nude man kneeling on drapery, holding a tall staff, with white highlights on tan paper.

Nude Man Kneeling, Holding Staff (recto); Alpine Panorama (verso)

Thomas Uwins, n.d.

Max Beerbohm

Charles Haslewood Shannon, 1896

Chalk sketch sheet with a winged putto, studies of a child's legs and feet, and two hand studies.

Sketches of Putti (recto); Study for Ornament (verso)

Alfred George Stevens, 1837/75 (recto); n.d. (verso)

Pen and brown ink sketch of seated people at a table in an interior, with a faint pencil study of a standing woman above.

People at a Table (recto), and Study for Cottage Toilet (verso)

David Wilkie, c. 1825

Japanese print of an armored warrior with a snake at his feet, a ghostly woman above a dragon, and fireflies in a dark sky.

Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1840

Pencil sketch of a bearded armed soldier standing with a sword, flask and pouch, signed F. Huard in lower right.

Armed Soldier (recto); Fragment of an Armed Soldier (verso)

François Huard, n.d.

Charcoal study of a draped cloth with a hooded form and soft folds, shaded against a dark background.

Draped with Hooded Figure (recto); Two Sketches of Swans in Water (verso)

Possibly Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of mythological figures: a winged figure embracing a woman, a helmeted figure with an infant, and a lyre

An Allegory of Birth (recto); Cupid and Psyche (verso)

Mauritius Lowe, c. 1770-90

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular bearded male nude striding with a billowing cloth behind him.

Academic Male Nude Representing Hercules with Nessus's Robe (recto and verso)

After Baccio Bandinelli, n.d.

Pen and ink sketches of several putti on blue-grey paper, with overlapping figures and loose contour lines.

Sketches of Four Putti (recto); Kneeling Ecclesiastic (verso)

Recto by Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a bearded standing magus in flowing robes holding an ornate vessel aloft.

Standing Magus (recto); Sketch of Stable and Trees (verso)

Peditrobably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Charcoal sketch of a young man raising a curved sword over a severed head on blue paper, with faint figures at left.

David Beheading Goliath (recto); Sketch of Draped Female Figure with Right Arm Raised Above Head (verso)

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d. (recto); c. 1621 (verso)

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary, a kneeling Saint Francis holding the Christ Child, angels, and trees.

Vision of St. Francis of Assisi (recto); Saint Jerome, Vision of Saint Francis, and Two Small Sketches of St. Francis…

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, c. 1618

Brown ink drawing of an elderly bearded man with a raised knife, an angel descending, and a kneeling nude youth on a stone al

Sacrifice of Isaac (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

After Domenico Piola, n.d.

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated draped male figure holding a book, with loose cloth folds.

Seated Draped Male Figure with Book (recto); Two Seated Women with Sketch of Left Hand (verso)

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Pen drawing of a decorative ceiling and wall design with putti, scrollwork, a helmeted head, and ornamental borders.

Ceiling Design, with Sketches of Ornamental Border, Helmeted Head (recto); Sketches of Ornamental Details (verso)

School of Giovanni da Udine, called Giovanni dei Ricamatori, n.d.

Black chalk sketch of two hooded Carthusian monks, one holding a book, with a smaller head study of a bearded monk below.

Two Studies of Carthusians (recto); Three Sketches of Heads of Carthusians (verso)

called Poccetti Bernardino Barbatelli, 1591/92

Black chalk sketch of a standing male nude with one arm raised, on aged paper with brown stains.

Standing Male Nude (recto); Two Half Length Male Figures, One with Raised Arm, the Other Praying (verso)

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man gesturing outward, with sketched heads and an arm beside him on toned paper.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching (recto); Male Nude with Raised Arms and Sketches of Heads (verso)

Luca Giordano, n.d.

Ink and grey wash drawing of three winged cherub heads stacked vertically on blue-grey paper, with cloud forms.

Cherub Heads (recto); Sketches of Heads (verso)

Attributed to Jacques Parmentier, n.d.

Portrait Bust of Man Wearing Cravat (recto); Sketch of Saddle (verso)

Style of Stefano della Bella, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with red wash of a crowned seated figure attended by robed men beneath a draped canopy.

Joseph Interpreting the Pharoah's Dream (recto) Joseph before His Brothers (verso)

Circle of Aurelio Lomi, n.d.