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Art Institute of Chicago

24,212 works

Grey wash drawing of a horned cow standing among a flock of sheep beside a wooden fence and shrubs.

Cows and Sheep

Robert Hills, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of men in period dress, one vaulting over a chair with a cane, with handwritten caption below.

A Light Method of Vaulting

Attributed to Henry William Bunbury, n.d

Red chalk drawing of a winged putto standing nude, extending one arm with a club, with sketched wings and cloud forms.

Putto with Club of Hercules

called Marco da Faenza Marco Marchetti, 1575/78

Sepia watercolor of a ruined abbey with lancet windows, a cottage, stone walls, trees, and figures in the foreground.

Wenlock Abbey, Sharpshire

George Augustus Holmes, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf and draped gown beside an urn in a shadowed interior.

Seated Woman

John Hoppner, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of a sleeping infant reclining on a cloth, head tilted back, one hand raised to the chest.

Sleeping Christ Child Holding Cross

Attributed to Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Graphite portrait sketch on tan paper of a man's head turned right, eyes looking upward, with loose curling hair.

John Flaxman

Possibly after Ozias Humphry, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of winged angels and putti in flight, with a figure carrying a cross at lower left.

Sketches of Angels and Putti

Daniel Gran, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a harbor with sailing ships, a rowboat with figures, and a hilltop fortress above waterfront buildings

Seaport with Fortress

Attributed to William John Huggins, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a fox carrying a cock in its jaws past cabbage leaves and a wooden door.

Fox Stealing a Cock

Samuel Howett, n.d.

Profile of Male Head, Crowned with Laurel Leaves

Attributed to Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a forest scene with a large tree, several foxes in the foreground, and a small running figure.

Fox Hunt

Attributed to Samuel Howett, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a winged horned monster with a human-like bearded head, spread wings and clawed feet, on tan paper.

Squatting Monster with Human Head and Wings

the Elder Virgilius Solis, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of wolves leaping inside a wooden barn while a hunter with a pole watches from above.

Wolf Hunt in Russia

Attributed to Samuel Howett, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling saint before an altar, with an angel and cherub in a columned classical interior.

Saint Kneeling before Altar with Statue of Madonna and Child

Style of Sébastien Bourdon, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a lion leaping at a crouching man who grips a branch beside a rocky cliff.

Dr. Sparman's Story of the Hottentot and the Lion

Attributed to Samuel Howett, n.d.

Pen and red chalk study of angels above a crowd of robed figures beside columns and a platform, with a kneeling figure.

Study for the Trial of Saint Dominic's and Albigensian Books by Fire

Leonello Spada, 1614/16

Engraving of three bears on rocks beneath a tree, with a castle, village, and shepherd with sheep in the background.

Three Bears, plate ten from Four-Legged Animals

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman in flowing robes holding a dove, on blue-gray paper.

Seated Female Figure (Saint Scholastica?) Holding a Dove

Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin and Child at left and a procession of riders and soldiers.

Adoration of the Magi

Possibly Lattanzio Gambara, 1560/80

Brown wash drawing of hunters and dogs attacking a large elk on rocky ground, with sketched figures in the background.

Tartars or Russians Hunting an Elk

Attributed to Samuel Howett, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bishop, kneeling figure, Madonna with child, angels, and reclining nude figures in the foreground.

Damnation of Heresy

after Pietro Testa, 1630/31

Brown wash drawing of hounds attacking a fox in tall grass, with two more dogs watching from the upper right.

Hounds with Fox

I Guillaume Coustou, 1800/10

Brown and grey wash drawing of a long-haired man holding a sheet of paper within an oval frame above a scrolled console.

Portrait of Pietro Testa

after Pietro Testa, after c. 1645

Pencil sketch of a village lane with timber cottages, tiled roofs, brick chimneys and a shrub at center.

Water Lane, Watford

Attributed to William Henry Hunt, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary on a donkey holding the infant Christ, led by a bearded man in a cap.

Flight into Egypt

Attributed to Cornelis Bisschop, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a couple in 17th century dress before a classical stone archway framed by trees in a park.

Couple in 17th Century Dress Standing Before Entrance to Park

Charles de Anson, 1864

Pen and wash drawing of a baroque funerary monument with a reclining female figure, draped curtain, putti and flaming urn.

Project for a Monument

the younger Edward Pierce, c. 1695

Ink and wash drawing of winged angels playing lute and guitar among clouds, with putti around them.

Musician Angels

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo plate pattern with two allegorical women and a cartouche reading UTICA.

Pattern for China Plates (Utica)

George Knapton, n.d.