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Art Institute of Chicago

13,164 works

Red chalk drawing of figures gathered before an altar in a church interior with columns and arched niches.

Figures Before Altar in Church (recto); Half-Length Male Nude, Looking Upward to Right (verso)

Style of Francesco Furini, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with loose studies of drapery and figures around the edges.

Virgin and Child (recto); Portion of Altarpiece Sketch (verso)

Attributed to Flaminio Torre, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of Judith with a table, draped curtain, and studies of reclining river god figures below.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes and Sketches of River Gods (recto); Female Head, Looking Upwards (verso)

Recto possibly by Simone Cantarini, c. 1639

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man bending over to reach a jug, with drapery and white highlights on tan paper.

Man Kneeling With Jug (recto); Standing Man (verso)

Possibly Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Pencil study sheet of an armored soldier with several bearded male heads and a reclining figure on pale paper.

Sketches of Soldier, Heads, from Roman Relief (recto); Sketches of Male Nudes, from Roman Relief (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens, 1600-1699

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto leaning on a column against a blue-grey paper ground.

Standing Putto (recto); Saint Jude the Evangelist (verso)

Recto in the Style of Alberti Cherubino, 1610/20 (recto); n.d. (verso)

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf carding wool, with a spinning wheel behind her.

The Wool Carder (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of Man Standing by Fence (verso)

Jean-François Millet, 1857/58

Pencil sketch of the Virgin and Child in clouds with angels, and saints Peter and John the Baptist standing below.

Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and John the Baptist (recto); Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Pietro d' Asaro, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai costume holding a lantern and spear before a wooden gate.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Red chalk drawing of Saint Mark with a winged lion, putti on clouds, and a winged figure in an arched architectural setting.

Saint Mark

After Domenichino, after 1627

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged female figure holding a laurel wreath and a trumpet, with flowing drapery.

Spandrel Design with Allegorical Figure of Fame (recto); Design for Coat of Arms (verso)

Workshop of Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, c. 1532

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers in ceremonial aprons, one green with cloud pattern, one salmon with horses, with Japane

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Kurateyama Yadayû and Izumigawa Rin’emon

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1780

Red chalk drawing of Saint Matthew with an angel and putti in an arched architectural pendentive.

Saint Matthew

After Domenichino, after 1627

Pen and brown ink drawing of a coffered ceiling design with figural panels, putti, medallions and ornamental scrollwork.

Study for a Ceiling Decoration, with Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well (recto); Study for a Ceiling Decoration (verso)

Giorgio Vasari, 1569/73

Red chalk sketch of a winged putto lifting a curtain, with loose hatching on wings and body.

Putto Lifting Curtain (recto); Infant St. John (verso)

Style of Mattia Preti, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of Saint Luke seated with an ox on a pendentive, with putti and an architectural frame.

Saint Luke

After Domenichino, after 1627

Head of Youth in Profile to Left (recto); Fragment of Figure Sketch (verso)

Style of Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

Pen and red chalk study of a winged angel standing on clouds, with flowing drapery and a long staff.

Study after Bernini's Angel sculpture at Ponte Sant'Angelo (recto); Copy of Africa Group (verso)

Recto after Gian Lorenzo Bernini, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a seated man with a raised hand and draped garment, on speckled tan paper.

Portrait of Fuseli (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)

Attributed to Henry Fuseli, 1761/1825 (recto); 1770/80 (verso)

Woman with Book (recto); Sketches of Male Figure (verso)

Attributed to Alfred George Stevens, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of many nude figures tumbling downward in a tangled mass, with anguished faces and twisted limbs.

Fall of the Damned (recto) Male Torso (verso)

Circle of Ludovico Cardi, called Il Cigoli, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a female figure with outstretched arms ascending on clouds, supported by an angel and a cherub.

Assumption (recto) Portrait Heads, various Sketches (verso)

Probably after Guido Canlassi, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a saint descending over kneeling figures, a crowned ruler, and a flying putto.

Saint Appearing to Ruler (recto); Flying Putto (verso)

Possibly Pietro Novelli, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of many nude figures falling in a swirl beneath a winged figure above.

Fall of the Damned (recto); Sketches of Seated Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Circle of Ludovico Cardi, called Il Cigoli, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of two standing draped female saints with flowing robes and study-like hatching.

Saint Lucy and a Saint (recto); Alexander the Great in Profile (verso)

Attributed to Agnolo and/or Donnino di Domenico, called del Mazziere, 1500/12

Pen and wash drawing of the Circumcision with an infant on an altar, a priest, draped women and winged cherubs in clouds.

Circumcision

probably after Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude riders, horses, a chariot and a crowd before a building, a mythological pageant.

Mythological Pageant (recto); Illegible Inscriptions and Anatomical Studies of Head (verso)

Girolamo Genga, 1528/29

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin seated with the nude Christ Child on her lap, with red chalk accents and loose cloud sketch

Virgin and Child (recto); Sketch of Three Saints and Caricature Sketch (verso)

After Parmigianino

Red chalk sketch of a standing figure with raised arm, a kneeling figure, and an angel among clouds above.

Abraham's Sacrifice (recto and verso)

called Il Borgognone Guillaume Courtois, c. 1665

Head of a Man (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Possibly Jonathan Richardson, 1710/20