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Art Institute of Chicago

3,362 works

Sheet of Sketches: Men and Women

Pierre Antoine Mongin, n.d.

Pen and watercolor sketch sheet of tigers and lions in various poses, with faint pencil studies of men in period costume.

Sketches of Tigers and Men in 16th Century Costume

Eugène Delacroix, 1828-29

Mezzotint of a seated nude woman with a cherub beside a pool, reeds and bathing figures behind her.

Calisto in Her Retirement

Richard Earlom, published 1778

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling monk reaching toward a vision of the Virgin and angels on clouds above a column.

Vision of Saint Francis of Assisi at the Portiuncula (recto); Ornamental Design (verso)

Circle of Alessandro Allori, n.d.

Engraving of a startled man in a tricorn hat crossing a stream while a ghostly figure kneels by a log in a wooded landscape.

Ghost on the Kanderer Road (Gespenst an der Kanderer Strasse), plate six from the series Poems in the Dialect of the…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women at a riverbank with irises, a dropped geta sandal, and a distant village.

Young Woman Drops her Geta as She Boards a Boat

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a riverbank beside a seated boatman, with calligraphy at upper right.

Treasured Admonitions to Young Women (Jijo hokun onna Imagawa)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Etching of three seated peasant women in white bonnets and cloaks, with a basket at their feet, in an interior.

Peasant Women from Near Boulogne

Alphonse Legros, 1873

Ukiyo-e print of a kneeling man looking up at a standing woman in ivy-patterned kimono holding a lacquer tray.

Kneeling actor and standing beauty holding a tray of clothes, from the series "Fuji in Summer Matched with Beautiful…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1801

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of men burning Magna Carta and Bill of Rights scrolls in a bonfire beside a burning Parliamen

True Reform of Parliament

James Gillray, published June 14, 1809

Pen and ink sketch of a nude woman standing among grapevines inside a rectangular frame on cream paper, signed Renoir.

Woman with Grapevine, 2nd variant

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Etching of a seated figure in a cloak and hat, crossed by diagonal hatching, with a butterfly at upper right.

Portrait of a man

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Charcoal drawing of a crouched seated man with head in hand, set against a dark rocky slope and hazy mountains.

Primitive Man

Odilon Redon, 1872

Pen and ink sketch of a man on horseback raising his right arm, with faint pencil studies of other figures around him.

Man on Horseback, Raising Right Arm

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a woman with curled hair, a ruffled white collar and a buttoned bodice, in three-quarter view.

Portrait of a Woman

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1821

Black and white woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono holding a bird, with another bird near her hem.

Standing Figure of a Woman

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1715

Loose sketch of a bearded man in a top hat and dark coat with a dog at his feet, on a gray background.

The Man with the Dog

Édouard Manet, c. 1882

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono reading a paper strip tied to a cherry blossom branch.

Young Woman Reading Tanzaku Tied to a Cherry Tree

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1741

Grey falcon with banded tail perched on a branch with pink leaves against a blue background, Japanese print style.

Falcon Perched on a Tree

Attributed to Isoda Koryusai, c. 1785

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on tan paper of a reclining female nude seen from behind, with a striped cloth beneath her.

Study of a Sleeping Woman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1867

Winter landscape drawing with bare trees, a stream, a small bridge, a man crossing, and a building behind.

Winter Landscape with a Man Crossing

Anthonie Waterloo, c. 1660

Black and white lithograph of a peasant woman in a bonnet churning milk in a tall container beside a doorway.

Peasant Woman Churning Milk

Camille Pissarro, c. 1896

Lithograph of a river bridge with arches, boats on rippling water, and a distant skyline of spired buildings under clouds.

The Houses of Parliament, London

Camille Pissarro, c. 1897

Etching of a seated peasant woman in a bonnet holding a jug, with trees and bushes behind her.

Peasant Woman with a Jug

François Boucher, n.d.

Etching of two rustic men, one standing with a walking stick and one seated on a ledge, in hatched ink lines.

Herdsmen

Giovanni Fattori, c. 1885

Woodblock print of three elegant women in patterned kimono with a peacock, by Torii Kiyonaga, 1783.

The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Onami and Menami, from the series "Models for Fashion: New De…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1783

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned robes beneath a pine tree with rain and calligraphy.

Advertisement of the drama "Haru no Akebono Kuruwa Soga," at the Ichimura Theatre

Torii Kiyomasu II

Etching of soldiers in a vaulted barracks, one seated with a plumed hat, one reclining, with a city view through an arch.

Plate Two from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a horse-drawn military column with carts and cannon crossing an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

Plate Three from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a horse-drawn wagon and marching soldiers on a hill, with a dog in the foreground, by Stefano della Bella.

Plate Four from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

Stefano Della Bella, 1644