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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Watercolor of an elderly sculptor working on a small statue beside a seated nude model in a studio of classical sculptures.

Preparation for the Academy - Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus

Thomas Rowlandson, 1805

Brown and grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist, flanked by Saints Francis and Clare.

Virgin and Child with the Infant John the Baptist, and Saints Francis of Assisi and Clare

Felice Brusasorci, n.d.

Architectural elevation drawing of a two-story house with a porch and arched windows, plus a wall section at right.

Joseph H. Lathrop House Addition, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elevation and Section

Bauer & Loebnitz, c. 1870

Ink architectural drawing of north and south elevations of a house addition with arched windows, bay window and chimneys.

Joseph H. Lathrop House Addition, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elevations and Section

Bauer & Loebnitz, c. 1870

Colored architectural floor plan of a second story residence with labeled rooms, staircase, and dimension notations.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Second Story Plan

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885

Red chalk drawing of draped fabric folds over the knees of a seated figure, shaded in warm reddish-brown tones.

A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure o…

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1520/30

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Flight into Egypt with a donkey, palm tree, bridge and wooded landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1540

Black chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, muscles modeled with hatched shading, mounted in a gilt border.

Study of a Standing Male Nude

called Cavaliere d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1595/96

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lidded urn supported by two draped female figures on a scrolled pedestal.

Antique Carved Marble Candelabra Base

Andrea di Lione, 1642/44 or 1647/51

Drawing of allegorical figures on clouds with a robed figure ascending above, in brown ink and red chalk.

Allegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin V

Benedetto Luti, 1700

Pencil sketch of a seated ruler on a throne watching a procession of spearmen and horses, with onlookers at lower left.

A Procession

Ambroise Dubois, c. 1610

Black and white chalk study of a muscular nude man raising a club overhead, on tan paper.

Hercules Raising his Club: Study for “Hercules and Cacus”

François Lemoyne, 1717

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Christ Child with saints in clouds, an angel pouring from a vase toward souls below.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory,…

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1690/1710

Drawing of The Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table beneath billowing curtains and a hanging chandelier.

The Last Supper

Pieter de Grebber, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a Last Judgment scene with an enthroned central figure, angels, rising souls and damned figures in flam

The Day of Judgment

William Blake, 1805

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged allegorical figures holding a draped cloth with a medallion portrait, above reclining fi

An Allegory of the Arts Vanquishing Time, Surmounted by a Medallion Portrait of King Stanislaw August of Poland as Pa…

André Lebrun, after 1780

Black chalk sketch on blue paper of a foreshortened male figure reclining with outstretched arms.

Reclining Male Nude, Foreshortened

called Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti, 1562

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with satyrs, nymphs and cherubs before a domed classical temple.

Bacchus and Ariadne, with Silenus, Nymphs and Satyrs

Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a thatched rustic cottage with a worker, wooden cart and tall trees under a sky with birds.

Landscape with Rustic Cottage

François Boucher, c. 1760

Brown wash drawing of a boat tied to a pier with figures, trees and rocks in misty light.

A Boat Tied to a Pier

Edvard Munch, 1892

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel above kneeling figures, sheep, cattle and a donkey in a rocky landscape.

The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Two studies of a right hand in red and grey chalk on pale paper, one palm up and one with fingers spread.

Two Studies of a Right Hand

Thomas Lawrence, July 26, 1800

Pale brown drawing of a centaur guiding a nude youth who draws a bow inside a rocky cave, with a lyre and arrows nearby.

Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow

Bertel Thorvaldsen, after 1810

Drawing of a hooded winged Angel of Death embracing a kneeling girl who holds a scythe, on stone steps.

The Angel of Death

Evelyn De Morgan, 1885

Pencil study of a reclining male nude seen from behind, with draped cloth, a raised hand holding a bowl, and sketched clouds.

Study for Bacchus or Silenus

Domenico Maria Canuti, c. 1664

Vessel of the Russian Line (Vaisseau de ligne russe)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1827

Watercolor and drawing of a blue alpine lake in a green valley below snowy, craggy Pyrenean peaks with waterfalls.

View of the Lac d’Espingo and the Cirque d’Espingo in the Pyrenees

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Aug. 21, 1865

Red chalk drawing of nude women bathing in a rocky grotto, with figures sketched in outline on the left.

The Bath of Diana

Pierre Charles Trémolières, c. 1738

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate saltcellar with a sea god riding sea horses on top and sphinx supports below.

Design for a Saltcellar

possibly Hans Friedrich Schorer, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowded feast with seated guests, a servant holding a goblet, and a dog in the foreground.

Study for the Marriage at Cana

Attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1688