New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Brown ink drawing with white highlights of a nude man raising a mallet over a bull, with laurel-crowned and draped figures be

Sacrifice of a Bull

Attributed to Francesco Primaticcio, n.d.

Pencil sketch of nude female figures in a landscape, one reaching out at left, with trees and clouds faintly drawn.

Diana and Callisto

Possibly School of Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Pen and brown ink anatomical study of muscular arms and clenched fists with hatched shading on paper.

A Sheet of Anatomical Studies

Peter Paul Rubens, 1600/10

Illuminated initial showing a kneeling man offering a golden cup to a crowned king and queen before a red canopy.

Nehemiah before King Artaxerxes, initial ‘C’ from a Bible

Masters of Zweder van Culemborg, about 1430

Illuminated manuscript page with a robed saint holding a crozier inside a large letter O, surrounded by colorful foliate bord

Saint Benedict, initial ‘O’, with border fragments from a Missal

Attributed to Jakob Elsner and workshop, 1491

Painted miniature of a bishop beside white deer, with a hunting party on horseback and hounds in a green landscape.

Miracle of the Deer of Saint Bassiano, from a Choir Book

Master B. F., 1500/10

Brown wash drawing of two women in 18th-century dress, one leaning toward a smiling older woman in a frilled cap.

Margaruerite Gerard Reading to Her Mother and Rosalie Fragonard

Style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1785

Watercolor of a turbaned rider on a pale horse with red harness on a sandy path under a cloudy sky.

The Turkish Rider

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1834

Architectural elevation drawing of the William Borden residence walls with colored construction details and dormers, by Richa

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Construction Details

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885/86

Architectural drawing of dormer window elevations, sections and plans for a Chicago residence, in ink and watercolor.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Dormer Details

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885/86

Pen drawing of the west elevation of William Borden's stone residence, with a central gable, corner tower and chimneys.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, West Elevation

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885

Watercolor and pencil first-floor plan of the William Borden residence with labeled rooms, dimensions and a spiral staircase.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan

Richard Morris Hunt, 1886

Ink elevation drawing of a stone mansion with steep gables, dormers, iron roof railings, and arched entrances.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, East Elevation

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885

Ink architectural floor plan of a Rathskeller basement in Halle, with labeled cellars, stairs, and boiler rooms.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Basement Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Red and brown ink ground floor plan of the Rathskeller building in Halle, with labeled shops, offices, and staircases.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Ground Floor Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Red and brown architectural floor plan of a mezzanine level with labeled rooms, staircases, and a scale bar.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Mezzanine Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Red and brown ink floor plan of the Rathskeller building in Halle, showing labeled rooms, stairs and a scale bar.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, First Floor Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Architectural floor plan in red ink of the Rathskeller Neubau in Halle, with labeled galleries, salons, staircases and rooms.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Second Floor Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Architectural floor plan in red and blue ink showing third-floor rooms, staircases and a scale bar, labeled in German.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Third Floor Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Architectural cross-section drawings of a multi-story Rathskeller building in Halle, with staircase, ornate windows and roof.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Two Sections

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Watercolor architectural elevations of a brick Rathskeller building with spires, gabled roofs, and arched shopfronts in Halle

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Elevations

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Colored architectural elevation of a brick Rathskeller building with arched shopfronts, dormers, and steep roofs.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Elevation

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Ink architectural perspective of an ornate corner Rathskeller building with spires and arched ground floor in Halle.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Perspective (unfinished)

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Brown ink drawing of a horseman and a walking figure on a wooded path, with cattle grazing in the distance at left.

Horseman and Hunter in the Woods of Doorwerth, Near Arnhem

Lambert Doomer, c. 1670

Sepia drawing of nude male figures carrying a limp body over rocks, with gesturing arms and a dark landscape behind.

Nude Male Figures Bearing the Bodies of their Dead Companions

James Jefferys, c. 1779

Charcoal portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, fur stole and pearl necklace, drawn on tan paper.

Harriett Pullman Carolan

John Singer Sargent, 1911

Monochrome drawing of a sailboat on a marsh with haystacks, a flock of birds overhead, and distant spires.

Sailboat and Haystacks on Newbury Marsh

American School, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of seated Venus embracing winged Cupid beside a quiver of arrows and bow.

Venus and Cupid

John Deare, 1789

Pencil drawing of a robed priest and kneeling companions raising their hands to a nude statue of Apollo on a pedestal.

Chryses Imploring the Help of Apollo, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Pencil drawing of Achilles restrained by Athena beside a seated Agamemnon and an altar, with soldiers watching.

Achilles Restrained by Athena in Agamemnon's Tent, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66