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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Pen and colored drawing of haloed women and a reclining figure by the sea, with masons building a brick wall at right.

The Arrival of the Muses of Art at Architecture

Jan Toorop, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of wrecked boats on a shore before a town of gabled houses and a church spire, under a stormy sky.

Washed Up Ships

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1864

Grey wash landscape showing tall gnarled trees framing a path that leads toward distant hills.

A Woodland Study

Samuel Palmer, c. 1856

Pencil drawing of men playing boules under fruit trees, with a woman, a girl and a dog watching beside a stone wall.

Petanque Players in Brittany

Charles Laval, 1890

Brown and grey wash drawing of infantry with bayonets clashing with cavalry before a church, smoke and fallen horses in foreg

A Skirmish Between the Cavalry Officers and Footsoldiers with Bayonets

Dirk Langendijk, 1781

Brown ink drawing of a ruined brick tower with a man walking a stony path below, framed in an oval.

Tower with Man Walking

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1797

Brown ink drawing of figures on a terrace beside a ruined brick tower, under a pergola and trees, in an oval frame.

Group of People on a Terrace

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1797

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman in a long veil, buttoned robe and headdress, with a fringed shawl.

A Woman in Russian Dress

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a heraldic shield flanked by an elegant man and woman, with a battle scene above.

The Arms of Habsberg Flanked by an Elegant Couple

Daniel Lindtmayer, 1587

Watercolor of an ornate arched stone doorway with gilded columns, a decorated dark door, and carved figures.

The Madame B Album

Marie-Blanche Hennelle Fournier, 1870

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated man with long hair and a draped cloak, head bowed in quiet pose.

H.C. Pollitt

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude male figure with curly hair, turned to one side, on pale paper.

Saint Sebastian

possibly Jacopo Confortini, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a sword-wielding figure, a kneeling man, a seated ruler and onlookers in a columned hall.

Damon and Pythias

called Il Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1632

Brown ink and wash drawing of an embrace between two men at left, with a kneeling crowd and arcaded buildings at right.

Joseph Greeting his Brothers

Pier Francesco Mola, c. 1656

Pencil and wash sketch of a village with houses and trees on a sloping hillside path under a pale sky.

Village on Sunny Hillside

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Pencil and wash sketch of a church with a spire and steep roofs beside a road, with a small figure at right.

Leper House at Cleves

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Pencil and grey wash sketch of a crumbling Romanesque ruin with arched openings, broken towers and overgrown shrubs.

A Romanesque Ruin

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Pencil and wash sketch of a flat landscape with a distant village, church tower, and small boats under a pale sky.

Panorama

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Grey wash sketch of a dune landscape with a cottage, a bare tree at left, and a winding sandy path under open sky.

A Dune Landscape

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Oval landscape drawing with a dancer with tambourine, seated musicians, goats and a dog beneath a large tree.

Italianate Landscape with Dancer, Musicians and Goats

After Cornelis van Poelenburgh, c. 1750

Pen and wash drawing of three veiled women approaching a tomb where a winged angel points upward.

Three Maries at the Tomb

Arthur von Ramberg, 1841

Pencil drawing of a nude woman seated between two older men who lean toward her, with an architectural background.

Susanna and the Elders

Antonio Viviani, 1822

Pen and ink study of muscular male nudes with raised arms and clenched fists, with faint underdrawn figures behind.

Study of a Nude Seen from the Back, and Two Studies of an Arm (recto); Nude Seen from the Back, with Subsidiary Studi…

Perino del Vaga, c. 1528

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young warrior in scale armor lifting a curtain, seen from behind.

Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain

Francesco Salviati, 1550/55

Drawing of a bearded man in a yellow doublet extending his right arm toward the upper left on blue-grey paper.

Bearded Man with his Right Arm Raised

Giuseppe Porta, 1562/64

Black chalk and white highlight study of a sleeping male nude slumped across the sheet, one arm raised over his head.

Sleeping Male Nude, perhaps for the Drunkenness of Noah

Paris Bordone, c. 1550

Study drawing of a praying Virgin with draped cloth and angels, in brown wash and chalk over red grid lines.

Study for the "Madonna of the Rosary"

Federico Barocci, c. 1589

Drawing in red and black chalk of saints and angels rising through clouds toward the Virgin in the upper right corner.

Assumption of the Virgin

Federico Zuccaro, 1607/08

Brown ink and wash drawing of a city street with figures on stone steps before a columned palace entrance.

Sophronia Enters the Palace of Aladin

Andrea Boscoli, 1604/06

Pencil study of a bearded seated man draped in a cloak, one leg extended, on a stone ledge.

Study of a Kneeling Saint

Orazio Samacchini, 1570/75