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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted man raising a dagger over a crowd, beside a dead woman on a couch and mourning figures.

Brutus Exhorting the Romans after the Death of Lucretia

Étienne Barthélemy Garnier, c. 1790

Head of a Bearded Man in Half-Profile

Adolf von Menzel, 1894

Pen and watercolor drawing of gnarled cedar trees with spreading branches, small robed figures on rocky ground, and a pale sk

The Cedars of Lebanon

Edward Lear, 1858

Pen and wash drawing of nude Venus reclining with cupid, beside Ceres and Bacchus with grapes and a barrel, amid clouds.

Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590-95

Watercolor of a white-walled coastal city with a tall tower and red roofs, seen across calm blue sea under a pale sky.

Sketch Taken at Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Watercolor of a sea and hills at sunset seen through a circular porthole against a dark background.

Bay of Tunis Through Porthole of Steamship Fürst Bismark, Tunisia, North Africa, Travel Sketch

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Architectural elevation drawing of an ornate boudoir mantel with arched beveled mirror, pilasters, and carved frieze.

William Borden, Esq. Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Mantel Details

Richard Morris Hunt, c. 1887

Pen and brown ink drawing of a screaming head with snakes writhing in place of hair, the Medusa subject, signed Maes.

Head of Medusa

Godfried Maes, 1680

Black chalk sketch of a crowded scene of struggling figures, including a raised arm with a blade and reaching women.

Massacre of the Innocents

Circle of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, 1585/1600

Brown wash drawing of winged Saint Michael chaining a dragon beneath the Holy Trinity and cherubs in clouds.

The Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon

Pietro da Cortona, 1666

Charcoal drawing of a dark standing figure in a pale field with a moored boat and dark trees beyond.

The Zone (Outside the City Walls)

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Watercolor of fishermen working on a calm harbor shore beside sailing ships and a ruined tower with grazing cattle.

Port Scene in Calm Weather

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1782

Stormy seascape with a shipwreck, survivors on rocks and in a rowboat, and wreckage tossed by dark blue waves.

The Shipwreck

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1782

Red chalk drawing of a nude man seen from behind, reclining and reaching toward a tree branch at upper left.

Male Nude Seen from Behind

the Younger Daniël Mijtens, 1672/88

A Bearded Figure Wearing a Turban and Fur Coat, Half Length, Turned to the Right

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, c. 1670

A Soldier Loading a Musket, "Ramme in Your Pouder"

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1596/98

Bust of a Warrior

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586/88

Red chalk drawing of nude men and cherubs in a baptism scene, with a winged angel and rocky landscape behind.

The Baptism of Christ

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1641/67

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair, white lace collar and olive dress against a brown-green background.

Caroline D. Wade

Frederick W. Freer, n.d.

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a draped woman with bowed head leaning on a pedestal, with white highlights on her cloak.

Study of a Draped Woman Leaning on a Pedestal

François Boucher, 1759/61

Pen and brown ink drawing of mourners gathered around a dead body in a rocky landscape, with small figures in the background.

The Lamentation of Christ (recto and verso)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1527/35

Brown and white drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of four rearing horses, with a nude youth below.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Sun

Lelio Orsi, 1544/45

Drawing of a winged figure with a halo seated on a globe inscribed ETERNITAS, holding a candle, on blue-grey paper.

Allegory of Eternity

Giorgio Vasari, 1544/45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fallen rider and horse beneath a figure in clouds, with startled onlookers around.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Giorgio Vasari, 1554

The Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left (recto); Studies of Allegorical Figures (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1749/50 (recto); 1750/53 (verso)

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds, and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Fontebasso, c. 1750

Brown wash drawing of white-hatted Punchinello figures around a collapsed man, with a donkey and rocky cliff at left.

Punchinello Collapses on the Road, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1791

Pen and wash drawing of nude helmeted soldiers with shields and raised weapons advancing together in a crowded group.

Nude Soldiers Gesticulating with Their Weapons (recto); Two Drapery Studies for the Figure of Tatius (verso)

Jacques-Louis David, 1796/97

Pencil drawing of two women seated in a furnished parlor beside a fireplace, one reclining in a tufted armchair.

Comtesse Charles d’Agoult (born Marie de Flavigny) and Her Daughter Claire d’Agoult

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1849

Grey wash drawing of three kneeling women in lace veils beside classical columns and a bust, by John Brown.

Three Kneeling Women

John Brown, 1770/75