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Art Institute of Chicago

24,156 works

Etching of a family gathered around a dying old man in bed, with a kneeling son and a gesturing woman in a domestic interior.

The Punished Son

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1777-78

Etching of the Adoration of the Kings: Virgin and Child, kneeling king, crowned figure and turbaned magus under a star's rays

Adoration of the Kings

Claude Vignon, 1619

Brown ink and wash drawing of Diana and sleeping Endymion under a tree, with a flying cupid and a dog.

Diana and Endymion

probably after Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Etching of a blind beggar stumbling near a column as a boy slips away, with a dog and ruined arched buildings behind.

The Blind Beggar Tricked by Lazarillo

Thomas Wijck, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a grand festival hall with coffered ceiling, marble columns, and gilded chairs in perspective.

Festival Hall From a Theatrical Scene

Attributed to Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, c. 1719

Red chalk drawing of the ruined domed Temple of Minerva Medica with trees, small houses and an arched gateway in the foregrou

Temple of Minerva Medica

possibly Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated bowed figure being stripped of cloth by a helmeted soldier beside arches and a column.

Christ Stripped of His Garments

Lorenzo Garbieri, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman with flowers in her hair and hands, draped in flowing cloth.

Flora

called Il Baciccio Giovanni Battista Gaulli, n.d.

Pen and ink wash drawing of a kneeling monk receiving a rosary from the Virgin and Child amid angels and clouds.

Vision of Saint Dominic

Attributed to Luca Giordano, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a graveyard with tall cypresses, umbrella pines, inscribed tombs and small mourning figures in a landsca

Mourners in a Graveyard

Carlo Labruzzi, n.d.

Etching of a bearded man leaning over a double bass, with his bow and sheet music visible at the left.

The Double Bass Player

Alphonse Legros, c. 1873

Pen and wash study of armored soldiers around a mounted commander on a platform, with a banner and massed troops behind.

Study for Cosimo I Reorganizing the Tuscan Troops

Ludovico Buti, 1589

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of five winged putti with books among columns and draped cloth.

Five Putti with Books

After Bernardino Gatti, called Il Sojaro, c. 1543

Sketches of Three Male Heads in Profile

Roman or Lombard Italian, 1580/1600

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of three seated men at a table in an arched room, with a standing woman behind.

Study for the Supper at Emmaus

Giulio Campi, 1550/59

Red chalk study of several figures, one draped figure above two reclining figures, with diagonal hatching in the background.

Study

Attributed to Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1710/20

Pencil drawing of a nude warrior in a plumed helmet with a cloak and shield, after Francesco Albani.

Standing Nude Warrior, possibly Mars, with Shield

after Francesco Albani, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a seated child with a loosely drawn outstretched leg below, on a pale paper sheet.

Study for Christ Child

Giacomo Cavedone, 1610/12

Three chalk head studies of a man in a striped cap, drawn in red and black on toned paper.

Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man

Nicolas Lancret, 1720/30

Charcoal drawing of a pale road curving through a dark valley toward a flat-topped mountain ridge under a dusky sky.

Algerian Landscape

Albert Lebourg, 1873

Etching of a large oak in a woodland with a couple in period dress walking on a path beside a stream.

Woodland Landscape with an Elegant Couple Walking Beneath an Oak

the elder Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1796/1800

Chalk drawing on blue paper of seated musicians playing violin and flutes beside a set of organ pipes.

Concert Scene

Florentine or North Italian, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Laocoön and two sons struggling against large serpents, rendered in sepia wash on pale paper.

Laocoön

Unknown artist, 1550/59

Brown ink drawing of a seated allegorical woman beside a column, with putti, a lion and a coat of arms above.

Allegorical Figure of Fortitude, with Coat of Arms Above

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Coriolano, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned, bearded seated man raising an arm while a younger figure leans at his knee.

Samuel Enthroned

Cesare Nebbia, 1586/89

Graphite drawing of a bearded monk reaching upward toward a vision of Christ and angels within an arched frame.

Christ Appearing to Monastic Saint in Ecstasy

Follower of Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Grey-washed drawing with white highlights of a horseman with a raised staff, a wild boar, a dog, and sketch studies.

Copy of Scene from the Life of Sulla fresco, in the Hall of Saturn, Pitti Palace

possibly Cesare Dandini, after 1665

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with kneeling figures, a Virgin and Child, a donkey

Adoration of the Shepherds

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of two embracing women on stone steps beside columns, with onlookers, after Andrea del Sarto.

Visitation

After Andrea del Sarto, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining bearded man with nude figures and draped cloth beside a stone wall.

Drunkenness of Noah

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.