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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Bust of Helmeted Warrior in Profile

possibly Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of fishermen netting in shallow water beside moored sailboats, a tall wooden tower and houses, dated 1768.

Fishermen Mooring Boat at Landing

John Innes, 1768

Brown wash drawing of men talking outside a farmhouse beside a canal, with a dog and a walking figure nearby.

Men Conversing Outside House Beside Canal

After Isaac van Ketweg, after 1758

Grey wash drawing of a canal with a windmill, houses, a church spire, sailboat, and fishermen in a rowboat under a tree.

Houses and Windmill Beside Canal

After Isaac van Ketweg, after 1758

Grey wash drawing of a Dutch canal town with a church spire, sailing boat, windmill, and figures on the banks.

Old Dutch Town on Canal

After Isaac van Ketweg, after 1738

Charcoal and chalk drawing of timber houses and trees on a hillside, with a small shrine niche and a path curving below.

Houses and Ruined Wall Overlooking River

I. B. F. Keim, 1877

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded God the Father in clouds with putti, plus architectural studies and a console table.

God the Father

François Boitard, n.d.

Seated Girl with Basket

Edith Langdale, 1876

Pen drawing in a circle of a chariot drawn by two stags, with an hourglass, sickle, and winged figure.

The Triumph of Time (recto); Sketch of a Stag (verso)

Style of Dirk Vellert, c. 1517

Head of Christ, in Three-Quarter Profile, to Right

Possibly Giovanni Antonio Guardi, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded monk's bust in a stone niche flanked by serpents and ivy, with Latin inscriptions.

Bust Portrait of Carmelite Monk in Niche

Johannes Lanoy, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a young woman in a flowing Regency gown holding flowers, with a billowing scarf and strapped sandals.

Young Woman Bearing Flowers

Attributed to Samuel Lane, 1812

Brown wash drawing of a seated queen on a throne with kneeling figures, guards, and a bearded man holding a staff.

Scene from Racine's Athalie

Charles Abraham Chasselat, 1817

Pen and ink drawing of Pontefract Castle with crenellated towers, stone walls, grazing sheep and a village on the hill.

Pontefract Castle

J. Marsden, 1774

Pen and ink study of the winged head of Mercury above hatched drapery on aged paper.

Mercury

Attributed to Pieter de Jode I, c. 1600

Charcoal drawing on blue paper of a sailboat and figures on a moonlit bay, with a rowboat on the shore in the foreground.

Moonlight on Bay

B. Murch, c. 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded old man seated on the ground, holding a crutch, with a bandaged leg and draped robe.

Seated Old Man with Crutch

Hans Heinrich Meyer, n.d.

Sepia ink drawing of armored soldiers resting by a campfire under a massive gnarled tree, one pointing into the forest.

Soldiers under a Tree

Gustave Doré, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a fallen horse with saddle beside a dead knight in armor on an open plain with distant hills.

Fallen Horse and Dead Knight

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1827-1829

Drawing of a wind-bent tree beside water, with a grazing cow and distant village under a pale sky.

Bent Tree by the Water

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860/70

Pencil drawing on an octagonal sheet of a swooning woman supported by a young man and a veiled nun at a doorway.

Swooning Woman at the Door of a Nunnery, Supported by Nun and Young Man

Attributed to Benedetto Pastorini, n.d.

Grayscale painting of a man with a sword fending off wolves beside a horse-drawn carriage in snowy woods.

Eric Leapt Out

Walter Stanley Paget, 1889

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Flagellation of Christ, with a bound figure at a pillar, a figure raising a whip, and arches

Flagellation of Christ

Attributed to Lorenzo Garbieri, n.d.

Pencil sketch of three figures carrying nets across a sandy shore under an open sky.

Men Carrying Nets

Attributed to John Skinner Prout, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude putti in a bacchanal revel, some holding bowls around a reclining figure.

Bacchanale with Putti

Attributed to Enea Salmeggia, c. 1560

Pale wash drawing of the Machine de Marly, a timber waterwheel structure on a riverbank with a rowing boat in the foreground.

Machine de Marly

Pen and ink landscape with a shepherd and cows in the foreground, tall trees framing hills and a distant town.

Hilly Landscape with Cows and Shepherds in Foreground

Attributed to Carlo Antonio Tavella, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a robed figure gesturing to a crowd on a hillside, with people in the foreground reaching for food.

Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

Attributed to Pedro Mena y Medrano, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a couple embracing in a room while an older woman watches startled from an open doorway.

The Unlucky Attempt

Attributed to Thomas Parr, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of Saint George lancing a winged dragon in a rocky wooded landscape, cloak flying behind him.

Saint George and the Dragon

Attributed to Giovanni Ponticelli, n.d.