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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Brown wash drawing of Christ bound to a column while figures with whips and armed soldiers surround him in a stone interior.

The Flagellation of Christ

Palma il Giovane, by 1594

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fallen rider and startled horses under a beam of light from heaven, with a walled city.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Ludovico Carracci, 1587/89

Black chalk drawing of a reclining muscular male nude, Hercules, with studies of a head and foot on blue paper.

Study of Hercules Resting, with Separate Studies of His Head and Foot (recto); Rectangular grid design (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1595/97

Pencil sketch of a horse seen from behind with a second faint horse study at right, on pale paper.

Studies of a Horse

Edgar Degas, 1868/75

Red chalk drawing of winged angels and putti playing musical instruments among clouds.

Music-Making Angels

Possibly attributed to Vittorio Maria Bigari, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd around a central figure raising his arm, with a wrapped body below, by Salvator Rosa.

Raising of Lazarus

Salvator Rosa, early 1660s

Black chalk drawing of a nude youth seated and bending forward, clasping one raised leg, with curly hair and a bowed head.

Nude Youth in the Pose of the Spinario

Peter Paul Rubens, 1610/16

Brown wash drawing of the Last Supper, Christ and apostles around a table beneath an arched window and hanging lamps.

The Last Supper

Peter Paul Rubens, late 1613 or early 1614

Brown wash drawing of two philosophers among skulls and chains, with a draped figure on a pedestal and onlookers at left.

Democritus and Heraclitus Laughing and Sorrowing over the Follies of the World

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1742/43

Grey wash drawing of Venice's Doge's Palace and tall columns with market vendors and pedestrians on the piazza.

The Riva degli Schiavoni Seen from the Market at the Pier

Canaletto, after 1755

Red chalk drawing of Ulysses and Circe with a winged Mercury above, a reclining man, and animal figures at lower left.

Ulysses Before Circe, Mercury Behind

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1766

Black chalk study of a male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on tan paper with white highlights.

Study for a Herm

Charles Le Brun, 1674/78

Pen and brown wash drawing of an elephant in ornate trappings with studies of a pedestal, ram head, and putto head.

Studies after Andrea Mantegna, Giulio Romano, and the Antique

Nicolas Poussin, 1635/40

Red chalk drawing of a rearing horse with bridle and saddle, study of Bucephalus by Pierre Puget.

Study of Bucephalus for the Relief "Alexander and Diogenes"

Pierre Puget, 1675/76

Red chalk drawing of two airborne angels, one with outstretched arms and upturned face, the other bare-chested and looking up

Two Angels in Flight

Charles de La Fosse, 1707/10

Pastel landscape of tall umbrella pines in a sunlit field with blue mountains and a pale sky behind.

Extensive Landscape with a Village and Hillside in the Distance

Félix-Hippolyte Lanoüe, c. 1860

Watercolor of a round columned temple on a cliff above dense trees and rocks under a blue sky with clouds.

View of the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli

François-Louis Français, 1844

Ink drawing of a heron wading at the edge of a forest pool beneath dense overhanging trees and undergrowth.

Forest Pool with Heron

Paul Huet, c. 1830

Watercolor and pen drawing of a church interior with Ionic columns, an arched altar, and kneeling figures on a marble floor.

The Borghese Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1824

Pencil portrait of a young woman in a feathered bonnet, frilled collar and draped shawl, drawn on pale paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1812

Oval grayscale portrait drawing of a man with curly hair, white collar and dark coat, hand at his chest.

Portrait of the Artist Joseph Chinard

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1799/1802

Charcoal drawing of a nude man leaning over a large sleeping head with dark hair on a grassy slope.

Primitive Being

Odilon Redon, c. 1876

Charcoal and chalk studies of a female figure with raised arm on tan paper, by Edgar Degas.

Study of a Singer

Edgar Degas, 1878/80

Graphite drawing of a standing male nude leaning against a pole with one arm raised to his head.

Academic Male Nude

Georges Seurat, 1877

Charcoal drawing of a dark tree mass against a pale sky, with grainy shading over a horizontal open field.

Landscape

Georges Seurat, c. 1881

Pen and brown ink drawing of a tree-lined avenue with a lone figure walking on a shadowed path.

Avenue of Pollard Birches and Poplars

Vincent van Gogh, March 1884

Pencil sketch of a standing nude bather with one arm raised, beside trees and water under a cloudy sky.

Bather With Outstretched Arms (recto); Study of a Tree (verso)

Paul Cézanne, 1874/77

Graphite sketch of an audience in a theatre balcony, men and women leaning at the railing beneath chandeliers.

Audience at a Parisian Theatre I

Giovanni Boldini, c. 1885

Pencil sketch of a cello scroll in front of a crowded theatre audience and seated musicians.

Audience at a Parisian Theatre II

Giovanni Boldini, c. 1885

Sepia watercolor of robed monks climbing a stone staircase under vaulted arches, with light streaming in from one side.

Monks on the Staircase of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli

François Marius Granet, c. 1826