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Art Institute of Chicago

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Watercolor of a path under ivy-covered Gothic arches with a round castle tower in the distance, Conway Castle, 1849.

Conway Castle

the younger Thomas Miles Richardson, 1849

Watercolor trompe l'oeil of pinned printed papers, engravings and a carnation card on a wood-grain board.

Cantate: Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Trompe l'oeil watercolor of pinned printed pages, engravings and a pink rose on blue card against a wooden board.

Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Notices and Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Trompe l'oeil drawing of pinned printed pages, an engraved old man writing, and text sheets on a pale wooden background.

Aphorismi Politici: Trompe l'Oeil with Posted Notices and Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Pencil and watercolor portrait of a man with curly light hair in a dark high-collared coat and white cravat, on aged paper.

Rev. Henry Moncrief Wellwood

Attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn, n.d.

Engraving of Terpsichore playing a lute, with long hair, flowing robe, and a distant landscape with water and town.

Terpsichore, plate thirteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Red chalk and wash drawing of two figures walking toward arched classical ruins beside a tree and obelisk.

Figures Among Classical Ruins

Gerrit Rademaker, n.d.

Engraving of the muse Urania holding a celestial sphere, standing before a river and hills, within a braided border.

Urania, plate twelve from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Watercolor of a smiling woman with auburn hair and a flower crown, glancing over her shoulder before a tree and cloudy sky.

Lady Hamilton as Nature

After George Romney, 1800/1850

Engraving of Calliope playing a long horn beside a classical fountain and rocks, with a castle in the distance.

Calliope, plate eleven from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of a thin elderly beggar wrapped in a cloak beside bare trees, a brick wall and two dogs, labeled MISERO I.

The Beggar, plate one from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing draped woman raising a laurel wreath, with white highlights on yellowed paper.

Standing Woman with Laurel Wreath

called dalle Lame Biagio Pupini, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a weathered wooden barn with a gabled thatched roof beside trees and a cottage.

Side of Rotting Barn

School of John Varley, 1800/10

Engraving of crowned Apollo seated between two swans, holding a laurel branch and standing on a star-patterned globe.

Apollo, plate 20 from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of a young nobleman holding a falcon, with a hunting dog and a servant in a grassy field.

The Gentleman, plate five from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Trompe l'oeil drawing of pinned papers, printed text and engravings on a wooden board, with a pink rose at center.

Trompe L'Oeil: Papers Pinned to Wall

Martin Cerulli, 1735/65

Engraving of a seated woman playing a lyre in a landscape with trees, framed by a rope border, labeled TALIA XVI.

Thalia, plate sixteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

The Servant, plate two from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Drawing of a young man with curly hair holding a lamb beside a wooden cross, rendered in brown wash and red chalk.

Saint John the Baptist with Lamb

After Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Engraving of an artisan with compasses at a table, a child behind him, and a hearth with a roasting spit at left.

The Artisan, plate three from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of a seated pope in a papal crown holding keys, framed by a rope border, labeled PAPA X at bottom.

The Pope, plate ten from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of Euterpe playing a double flute beside a tree, with rolling hills and a distant town in the background.

Euterpe, plate eighteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Putto Holding Flowers

possibly after Pellegrino Tibaldi, n.d.

Study for Sculpture of William III

John Michael Rysbrack, n.d.

Portrait of Bearded Man (Lodovico Ariosto?)

Unknown artist, 1550/59

Pen drawing of a radiant host carried by angels above bishops, a mitre and kneeling figures on a cartouche.

Untitled - Uknown Artist

Uknown Artist, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a tabernacle with the Man of Sorrows flanked by putti and angels under a draped canopy.

Tabernacle with Man of Sorrows

Circle of Domenico Campagnola, c. 1535

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged angel with an extended arm, plus a partial second figure at upper left.

Annunciate Angel (recto); Sketches of Seated Figure, and Upper Portion and Right Hand of Annunciate Angel (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Red chalk drawing of a trophy design made of gardening tools, flowers, ribbons and hanging rope tassels.

Design for Trophy with Gardening Tools

Attributed to Jean Baptiste Huet, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of Christ in glory holding a cross, flanked by two bearded saints and surrounded by angels and putti.

Christ in Glory with Saints Peter and Paul

Johann Franz Caspar, 1723-1728