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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Brown wash drawing of draped nymphs dancing near a laden table in a wooded glade, with reclining men at right.

The Dance of the Nymphs, from The Tempest

Frederick Christian Lewis, 1810/40

Pen and watercolor landscape of mountain peaks above a village with a church tower, chestnut trees and a lake in the foregrou

La Piana

Edward Lear, 1868

Red chalk sketch of a seated nude woman raising one arm, with a loosely drawn second figure behind her.

Seated Nude

Édouard Manet, 1858/60

Watercolor of a banquet in a sea grotto, with costumed guests at long tables, a staircase, balconies, and a ship.

View of the Grotta di Palazzo with Banquet

Louis Jean Desprez, c. 1790

Loose ink sketch of a bearded man with closed eyes holding a pipe, with handwritten name annotations on tan paper.

Diego Rivera

Amedeo Modigliani, 1915

Red chalk study of two arms, one hand gripping a sword hilt and the other hand open above it.

Hands of Horatius from The Oath of the Horatii

Jean Baptiste Debret, 1785/90

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude woman beside a seated man, with a curtain and winged figures in the background.

An Erotic Fantasy

Henry Fuseli, 1790/92

Portrait of a young man in a white wig and blue embroidered coat with lace jabot, turned toward the viewer.

James Milliken Jr.

Jean-Étienne Liotard, c. 1761

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin and Christ child with young Saint John the Baptist holding a cross, with radiating li

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Andrea Andreani, 1591

Ink and wash drawing of a nude helmeted hero with a sword beside kneeling figures and ghostly shades in a cave.

Odysseus, at the Doors of Hades, Meets the Shades of Tiresias and Anticlea

Johann Heinrich Lips, 1785

Ink and grey wash drawing of two nude men carrying a reclining body on a bier before draped cloth.

A Hero Born on a Bier, from The Master of Giants Portfolio

Prince Hoare, 1779

Grey wash drawing of four robed biblical figures, including a child holding an elderly bearded man's hand, beside a woman in

Hannah Presenting Samuel to Eli

John Flaxman, c. 1783

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing man gesturing to two seated men beside tall stone pillars.

Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners' Dreams

Govert Flinck, c. 1638

Drawing of a servant woman in a white cap and apron filling a copper pot from a fountain spigot in a dim kitchen.

Servant Drawing Water from the Fountain

François Bonvin, 1861

Watercolor landscape of a wooded gorge with rocky slopes, tall trees, and a pale blue sky with clouds.

Landscape with River Gorge

George Sand, 1860/69

Pencil landscape of a castle and town on distant hills, with cattle and figures wading in a river in the foreground.

Town and Castle of Hay

Joseph Murray Ince, 1844

Chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman with a draped cloth across her legs, rendered in black, white and red on tan paper.

Study after Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess Isse

Studio of François Boucher, c. 1750

Night lane with a horse-drawn cart on a wet road, bare trees and dark hedges under a greenish sky.

Lane Scene at Night

John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1872

Pastel portrait of a young man with brown hair lying in an iron bed, gazing toward the viewer, on green and white tones.

The Artist's Nephew, Prosper-Raymond de Fleury, Lying in Bed

Albert Bartholomé, 1887

Tonal drawing of two boys with a botanical book, flowers and books on a table, by Hans Jakob Oeri.

The Twin Brothers Ludwig and Emil Schulthess

Hans Jakob Oeri, 1818/19

Brown wash sketch of a cavalry battle near a windmill, with horsemen and smoke clouds across the field.

Study

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1833

Pencil and wash drawing of a palazzo, tower and domed church with figures near an arched doorway under cloudy sky.

Viterbo

John Ruskin, c. 1840-49

Brown wash drawing of a vast chestnut tree sheltering a stretched cloth canopy and small figures working on the ground below.

View of the Famous Chestnut Tree of Mount Etna, called Centum Cavalli

Claude Louis Châtelet, 1784

Grey wash drawing of a river with sailing boats, a village church steeple, and a distant windmill under a pale sky.

View of IJsselmonde Seen Across the New Maas

Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1640

Ink and watercolor drawing of a seated cobbler in a cap and apron, working among tools on a tan sheet.

A Cobbler

Jean-François Raffaëlli, c. 1889

Hand-colored print of a man brushing a wig beside a seated figure with a red cone, in a timber-beamed attic interior.

Toilette of the Law Clerk

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1790-1800

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man in a top hat and overcoat holding a walking stick, on tan paper with handwritten inscriptio

Portrait of Édouard Manet

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1867/1880

Pen and ink sketch on circular tan paper of figures gathered around a table in a cluttered interior.

Scene from Bohemian Life

James McNeill Whistler, 1855/57

Pencil drawing of a procession carrying a bier past candlesticks, with angels hovering above on a gridded sheet.

Funeral of the Virgin

Peter Cornelius, n.d.

Pen drawing of two ships in rough seas near rocks, with a ruined island above and French captions reading Le naufrage.

Shipwreck

Charles Meryon, 1839