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Art Institute of Chicago

24,146 works

Lithograph of a bestial seated figure writing at a desk, with a reclining body, open book, flowers and serpent below.

The Slanderer

Charles Rambert, 1851

Brown wash drawing of a canal town with a stone tower, arched bridge, moored boats and three small robed figures at right.

Christ on the Road to Emmaus

Style of Jan van de Velde I, n.d.

Lithograph of a young man holding a wine glass beside a shadowy figure pouring wine, with a sprawled figure below and grapevi

Drunkenness

Charles Rambert, 1851

Lithograph of a seated woman beside a spinning wheel in a dim room with a shelf of bottles and a crucifix.

Marguerite at the Spinning Wheel

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Brown ink drawing of youths and maidens at country pursuits in a wooded landscape with birds, cages and grazing animals.

Youths and Maidens Engaged in Country Pursuits

Antoine Caron, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a rocky cliff, trees, grazing sheep and a seated figure on a path under a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Hillside

Claude Lorrain, 1635/1636

Lithograph of two men on a rocky ledge under a pine, one gesturing toward snowy mountains, with a coiled snake nearby.

Faust and Mephistopheles in the Harz Mountains

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Pen and grey wash sketch of actors preparing in a theatre dressing room with a curtain and arched windows.

The Actors Making Ready (recto); Studies of the Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Claude Gillot, 1705/10

Bust of a Man in Profile to the Left

Charles-Nicholas Cochin the younger, 1767

Red chalk sketch of a seated man in a coat and cravat, arm outstretched, leaning back in an armchair.

Seated Gentleman

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1769

Ink and wash drawing of a classical colonnade with an arched doorway and small figures on a stone floor.

The Entrance of the Academy of Architecture at the Louvre

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1779

Pen and wash drawing of a river with a wooden bridge, village houses, tall trees and travelers on a road.

Village Scene with a River and Wooden Bridge

II Peeter Stevens, 1595/1600

Gray and orange wash drawing of a two-humped camel standing in a hilly landscape with birds overhead.

A Camel

Cornelis Saftleven, 1646

Lithograph of two riders on galloping horses at night, one holding a feathered staff, in a dark landscape by Delacroix.

Faust and Mephistopheles Galloping Through the Night of the Witches' Sabbath

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing nude woman holding a tall staff against a shaded backdrop.

Seated Female Nude

Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1647/78

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude with extended arm, draped at the hips, on cream paper.

Study of a Male Nude

Adriaen van de Velde, n.d.

Hand-colored caricature sheet with comic vignettes of exaggerated figures in domestic and social scenes, with verses.

Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

Thomas Rowlandson, published August 1799

Red chalk sketch of a woman kneeling to wash Christ's feet at a table, with onlookers seated behind.

Magdalene Washing Christ's Feet

Attributed to Giuseppe Passeri, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds, surrounded by angels and putti within an arched frame.

Assumption of the Virgin

Domenico Piola, n.d.

Etching of a vast imaginary prison with a round tower, arches, staircases, and tiny figures on walkways.

The Round Tower, plate 3 from the second edition of Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750, reworked 1761

Pen and watercolor drawing of a veiled woman approaching a seated turbaned king in a columned hall with guards and courtiers.

Woman before a King

Style of Frans Francken II, n.d.

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with scaffolding, chains, and small figures on stairs and galleries.

The Well, plate 13 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Yellow-toned print of a riverside village with gabled houses, a hill with a tower, and a boat by the reeds.

Cassel

Friedrich Fennel, 1907

Mademoiselle Leconte

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Horse and Collie

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Couple at a Café-Concert

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Black and cream woodcut of a seated woman with hands to her head beside a child, with a reclining figure and wavy rocks behin

At the Black Rocks, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

Paul Gauguin, 1898/99

Etching of a large wooden windmill on timber supports, with trees, grass and small figures around its base.

The Lidor Windmill

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Etching of a village with a Gothic church, a thatched haystack, grazing cows and a farmer on a dirt path.

View of Verdelot

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1915

Etching of tall pollard poplars beside a thatched cottage, with two small figures seated in a grassy field.

Pollard Poplars

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910