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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Grey-brown wash drawing of a Gothic church with a pointed doorway, tall windows and gravestones in the churchyard.

Cley Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pastel beach scene at low tide with tidal pools, a beached sailboat, and small figures under a pale blue sky.

Beach at Low Tide (Mouth of the River)

Edgar Degas, 1869

Brown wash drawing of a figure group at a table in a rustic interior with dogs and a basket, by Jacob Jordaens.

Jacob and Esau

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1655

Drawing of Saint John the Evangelist holding a chalice, rendered in white heightening on a brown ground.

Saint John the Evangelist

the Elder Hans Franckenberger, 1519

Pencil sketch of a young woman's head turned three-quarters, with loose hair and a faint outline on cream paper.

Portrait Head of a Young Woman

Charles Maurin, c. 1900

Pencil sketch of figures seated and standing around a dining table in a dim interior.

The Supper at Emmaus

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1760/61

Pen and wash drawing of an ox cart stalled among a flock of sheep, with a dog and figures under a cloudy sky.

The Stalled Cart

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1759

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures tending a child beneath a tree, with a winged figure hovering above and a goat nearby.

The Nurturing of Jupiter

Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a haloed figure seated among mothers and many children, with a crowd and brick steps behind.

Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me

Giambattista Tinti, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a stone arch bridge with a waterfall, two figures beneath the arch, and overhanging foliage.

The Bridge of San Paolo

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1793

Brown ink drawing of a hunter with dogs, a netted game scene, dead deer and birds in an octagonal woodland setting.

The Industrious Hunter, in Spring

Johann Elias Ridinger, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a hunter in a snowy forest camp with a bear, wolves, a falcon, and dogs around him.

The Daring Hunter, Enduring in Winter

Johann Elias Ridinger, n.d.

Charcoal self-portrait on grey paper of a bearded man with dark hair, face partly lit, dated 1857 in the upper right.

Self-Portrait

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1857

Pen and wash sketch of a muscular hero grappling with a flying draped figure above a reclining figure and flowers.

Hercules and Lichas

Filippo Falciatore, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a man pointing to an urn while leading a laurel-crowned woman through a classical interior with a child.

A Man Leading a Woman into a Gallery of Antiquities and Decorative Arts

Giacomo Cestaro, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Venice's Grand Canal with the domed Santa Maria della Salute church, gondolas and sailing boats in the

Bacino di San Marco with the Dogana del Mare and Santa Maria della Salute

Style of Francesco Guardi, c. 1793

Watercolor of a busy market square with awnings, figures in bonnets and long dresses, and tall yellow and pink townhouses.

A French Market Scene, possibly Boulogne

David Cox, 1829 or 1832

Brown ink drawing of a crowned woman debating robed philosophers beside a barred cage, with a crowd and columns behind.

Saint Catherine Disputing with the Philosophers

Livio Agresti, 1562/63

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man with an axe in a curved spandrel, with winged putti holding a wreath and palm.

Design for a Spandrel: A Roman Martyr and Two Putti-Saint Jude the Apostle

Livio Agresti, 1573/75

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling monk before a crowd of clergy in a colonnaded hall.

Approval of the Rules of the Franciscan Order by Pope Innocent III in 1209

Livio Agresti, n.d.

Pen and blue wash drawing of a table fountain with a shell basin held up by two male figures entwined with serpents.

Design for a Salt Cellar or a Table Fountain

Attributed to Livio Agresti, 1570-1620

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded procession in a city square with a central figure, horsemen and classical architectur

Saint Charles Borromeo Entering the Town of Pavia: Design for a Wall Decoration

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Brown ink and wash drawing of clergymen watching a workman lever open a floor slab in a church interior.

Saint Charles Borromeo Supervising the Opening of a Crypt

Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling cleric venerating relics at an altar, with a crowd of figures in a church interior.

Saint Charles Borromeo Venerating the Relics

Workshop of Cesare Nebbia, c. 1604

Drawing of Saint Catherine in prison converting an empress, flanked by two standing saints with putti in architectural niches

Saint Catherine in Prison Converting the Empress Faustina to Christianity, Flanked by Saints Saturnius and Simon

Federico Zuccaro, 1570/71

Triptych of three seated women in patterned skirts and jewelry, gesturing with raised arms against green watercolor backgroun

Siva Dance: Triptych of Seated Single Figures

John La Farge, 1890/91

Brown ink drawing of a castle on a rocky crag above a village and watermill, framed by a tree at left.

A Castle on a Crag in a Mountainous Landscape

Joos de Momper, late 1590s

Red chalk drawing of two male heads with curly hair and anguished expressions, after classical sculpture.

Two Male Heads after the Antique, the Sons of Laocoön

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1605

Hand-colored print of a tall stem of orange spotted lilies with buds and green leaves against a dark cliff landscape.

The Superb Lily, from The Temple of Flora

Richard Earlom, 1799

Muted watercolor of a flat shoreline with silhouetted factory chimneys on the left, small boats on the horizon, and a heavy c

Southampton Water

Attributed to James McNeill Whistler, 1887