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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Pen and ink drawing of fishermen hauling a net with fish beside a tree, a woman with a basket, and a harbor in the distance.

Fishermen

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1774

Portrait of the Chevalier de Lézay

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1756

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a man in a powdered wig turned right, holding a book.

Portrait of a Man Holding a Book, Turned to the Right

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1758/62

Pencil drawing of a standing nude youth with bowed head, one arm resting on a support, legs crossed at the ankles.

Study of a Standing Nude Youth

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1820

Graphite study on tan paper of raised arms, hands, and a female torso with arms overhead.

Study for The Festival

Edward Poynter, 1871

Watercolor design of a green salamander on rocks in a shell-shaped frame, with a yellow sunburst over blue sea.

Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Salamander)

Theodore Roussel, 1899/1908

Grey wash drawing of people in period dress walking a tree-lined avenue past low buildings and a fence, sign reading Champs-E

Relais, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris (recto); Scene from the Life of Odysseus (verso)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1812

Seated Man in Profile

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1869

Two goats beside a flowering branch in an arched frame, with Arabic calligraphy above and below on an Iranian manuscript page

Two Goats from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Unknown artist, c.1300

Watercolor landscape of a riverside village with a church spire, sailboats on a wide river, and rolling green hills.

View of Braubach

Ernst Damitz, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of an erupting volcano above a stone bridge, village, river and a group of figures in period dress.

Landscape with Erupting Volcano, Bridge and Wedding Party

Ernst Damitz, n.d.

Monochrome drawing of a seated young woman in a white gown with a winged cupid whispering at her shoulder beside an amphora.

Whisperings of Love

John Douglas Miller, c. 1889

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Circumcision: a priest holds an infant at an altar as a kneeling woman gestures beside him.

The Circumcision

Abraham Bloemaert, 1601

Watercolor of a sleeping man in a bowler hat and a woman gazing out a window in a railway carriage.

In a Railway Carriage (After a Night's Journey)

Adolph Menzel, 1851

Watercolor panorama of Rome from the Palatine Hill, with ruins, pine and cypress trees, and the Alban Hills in the distance.

A View from the Palatine Hill, Rome, the Alban Hills in the Distance

Carlo Labruzzi, c. 1775

Watercolor of a round stone castle tower on a rocky cliff above water, with a bare tree and distant hills.

Conway Castle

Cornelius Varley, 1802

Gridded point paper design with stylized pink water lilies, green lily pads and swirling water, hand-painted in watercolor.

Point Paper (mise-en-carte)

France Roubaix, c. 1880

Grey wash drawing of mythological figures in a rescue scene, with two nude young men pulling a draped woman away from a falle

Amphion and Zethus Delivering their Mother Antiope from the Fury of Dirce and Lycus

John Flaxman, 1789

Watercolor sketch of moored sailing boats on a river beside trees, a thatched cottage, and a church tower in the distance.

Newport

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a coach changing horses in a busy inn yard, with passengers, a horn player and dogs.

Coach Changing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Cornish cottage with cattle, a horse, figures and trees along a rural road.

Launcetown Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1789

Watercolor drawing of a village square with a church tower, a stone well, market figures, horses and thatched cottages.

St. Cullum's, Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of cattle driven past a village church, with a horseman, a drover, and cottages.

Stanley St. Leonard Church, Gloucestershire

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Watercolor street scene of a crowd at an auction of old houses near Westminster Abbey, with an auctioneer and lot-numbered bu

Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey

Thomas Rowlandson, 1800

Elaborate Neapolitan nativity crèche with angels, shepherds, livestock, and townspeople among ruined arches.

Crèche

Unknown artist, 1725-75, with later additions

Watercolor of a busy harbor with tall ships, rowboats with figures, and a town with a church spire behind.

Limehouse Reach

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of an almshouse dated 1600 with figures gathered before it and a family in the foreground.

Alms House of Tottenham

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor shipyard scene with workers beside an overturned boat, a family at right, and ships in the harbor.

Boat Builders

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Watercolor of a thatched village by a stream with trees, a footbridge, walkers, and sailing ships on the sea.

A Scene in Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Painting of a deity embracing a devotee on a flowering hillside with cows, devotees, and yellow-roofed buildings below.

Pratham Milan, Shrinathji revealing himself to Vallabhacharya on Mount Govardhan

Unknown artist, Early 19th century