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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Pastel drawing of a woman embracing a sleepy child who rests against her shoulder, against a blue hatched background.

Sleepy Nicolle

Mary Cassatt, c. 1900

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a ballet dancer in a tutu, one arm raised high, on tan paper.

Dancer Turning

Edgar Degas, c. 1876

Pencil drawing of a stone house with a turret and spiral stair on a Paris street, with small figures at the entrance.

House with a Turret, rue de la Tixéranderie, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1852

Charcoal drawing of a seated woman reading a book in a studio with a plaster bust and draped chair.

Model Reading in the Studio

Gustave Courbet, c. 1849

Pale watercolor of figures in a garden by a lake, with trees and distant hills, by Charles Conder, 1906.

Scene on a Lake in the Morning

Charles Conder, 1906

Watercolor of a horse-drawn cart carrying a log along a forest track, with a man in a blue smock walking beside it.

The Forester's Cart

Anton Mauve, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel guiding a boy holding a large fish, with a dog and rocky ground.

Tobias and the Angel Raphael

Jacopo Ligozzi, c. 1605

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a domed temple, tall obelisk, and arches framed by trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Temple, Obelisk and Aqueduct

Circle of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Watercolor of a river at sunset with a girl on stepping stones, a rider with horses, and a castle ruin.

Sunset and Moonrise

Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1832

Acute Pain

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Pen and brown wash drawing of a lagoon with rowing boats, a ruined archway, a leaning tree and a figure on the shore.

Capriccio with a Squall on the Lagoon

Francesco Guardi, 1775/80

Brown wash drawing of a classical stone gateway and ruined arch beside a canal with figures and boats.

Gateway Near a Landing Bridge

Francesco Guardi, 1780/85

Brown wash drawing of masked Punchinello figures and a kneeling woman before classical columns and a crowd on a balcony.

The Marriage of Punchinello's Father, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1797/1804

Admiration

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Admiration with Astonishment

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Attention

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Compassion

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Desire

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of an angry bearded man with wild hair and clenched teeth, titled Despair.

Despair

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a bearded old man with a horrified grimace, knitted brows and wrinkled cheeks, with handwritten text bel

Horrour (sic)

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair and a gentle smile, titled Joy with Tranquility, with handwritten caption be

Joy with Tranquility

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a laughing face with narrowed eyes and curly hair, titled Laughter, with a handwritten description below

Laughter

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a woman with a veil and wavy hair, eyes downcast, titled Sadness, with a handwritten caption below.

Sadness

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Scorn

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Watercolor of fairies in a twilight forest by a pond, with a reclining winged woman and a distant castle under an orange sky.

Fairy Land

Gustave Doré, 1881

Watercolor of two men meeting on a snowy path, one in green with a lute, one in a brown robe, with a mule and bare trees behi

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Jehan-Georges Vibert, 1875

Simple Bodily Pain

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a man with wild hair, wide eyes and open mouth showing terror, with handwritten text below.

Terrour (sic) or Fright

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a woman with lowered eyes and wavy hair, hand under chin, titled Veneration, with caption text below.

Veneration

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Red chalk drawing of a weeping elderly man with closed eyes, wrinkled brow and pursed mouth, with handwritten description bel

Weeping

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698