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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Watercolor drawing of a radiant heavenly scene with winged figures and crowned elders seated on clouds around a bright centra

Scene from Revelations

the younger Ottmar Elliger, n.d.

Grey wash landscape of a rocky mountainside with fallen logs in the foreground and dense trees on the right.

Mountainside with Fallen Tree

Friedrich Wilhelm Gmelin, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone arch and walls among trees, with a shepherd and flock on a path at left.

Ruins of Birg Castle

Carl Ludwig Kaaz, n.d.

Pen and gray wash drawing of a haloed man seated at a table with two women in an architectural interior.

Christ at the Table of Mary and Martha

After Johann Mathias Kager, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing man in a curled wig and lace cuffs, holding a walking stick before a draped backdrop

Earl of Mountrath

Attributed to Godfrey Kneller, n.d.

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a rider in a top hat on a standing horse, drawn on tan paper with a blue-gray border.

Man on a Horse

Wilhelm von Kobell, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of three sheep in a field, one grazing beside a rough wooden fence.

Sheep

Johann Christoph Kimpfel, n.d.

Pencil and charcoal sketch of a bearded robed figure standing with one arm raised, on torn tan paper.

Standing Prophet with Arm Raised

Franz von Lenbach, 1896

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining woman on a canopied bed, with billowing drapery and a cloud shape at upper left.

Danae and the Shower of Gold

Johann Carl Loth, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ Child with a cherub, and two winged angels hovering above.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Attributed to Johann Carl Loth, c. 1700

Ink and wash drawing of a classical woman with curled hair, draped robe and staff within an oval frame.

Woman with Staff and Phrygian Cap

Heinrich Anton Melchior, 1787

Red and black chalk sketch of Orpheus playing a lyre in a boat beside a ferryman, with a winged figure above.

Orpheus on the River Styx

Antoine Coypel, n.d.

Graphite drawing of an older clergyman in a cassock beside a crucifix and rosary, with drapery behind him.

Portrait of Ecclesiastic

or after Caspar Netscher, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a dying armored warrior held by soldiers, with helmeted onlookers and a bearded man in a cloak at rig

The Death of Scipio

Adam Friedrich Oeser, n.d.

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a rearing horse, a horseman with a lance, and a bearded footsoldier in combat.

Combat Between Horseman and Footsoldier

After Balthasar Permoser, n.d.

Pencil study of a seated woman with bowed head and folded arms, wrapped in heavy drapery, within a double-ruled border.

Study for Seated Figure of a Woman

Ferdinand Piloty, c. 1810

Pencil portrait bust of a figure with an upswept hairstyle and ruffled collar, turned three-quarters on pale paper.

Bust of Man in Hat

Johann Elias Ridinger

Grey wash drawing of a peasant man weighing apples for a child beside a donkey loaded with baskets, with a dog nearby.

Peasant Apple Peddler

Johann Christian Reinhart, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a cowherd with a staff, a reclining bull and a dog before stone ruins and trees.

Cowherd with Bull and Dog in Ruins

Possibly after Johann Heinrich Roos, n.d.

Etching of a group of men in plumed hats, lace collars and swords walking across an open, hatched landscape.

The Little Cavaliers

Édouard Manet, 1867/74

Red chalk drawing of cattle, sheep and a lamb resting among rocks, with a reclining herdsman and mountains in the distance.

Cattle and Sheep with Herdsman in Rocky Landscape

Johann Heinrich Roos, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a flock of sheep with a shepherdess and a seated figure near a stream and rocky hillside.

Shepherdess and Sheep

Philipp Peter Roos, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a woolly sheep lying down on the ground, head turned left, with handwritten inscription below.

Sheep Lying Down

Johann Heinrich Roos, n.d.

Graphite drawing of a standing cow seen from the front, with curved horns and shaded fur on an irregularly cut sheet.

Cow

Philipp Peter Roos, n.d.

The Apostles Peter and John

Ugo da Carpi, c. 1530

Red chalk drawing of two mounted soldiers with lances, one plumed, seen from behind, with sketched horses in the background.

Soldiers on Horseback

Johann Heinrich Roos, n.d.

Woodcut-style print of Saint Jerome with halo, book and crucifix seated in a rocky cave, in brown and grey tones.

Saint Jerome

Bartolomeo Coriolano, 1637

Drawing of two nude figures in a wooded landscape, one standing and one reclining beside a tree, on a brown toned ground.

Adam and Eve

Possibly Hans Rottenhammer, n.d.

Dark lithograph of leaning trees and dense foliage over a shadowed slope, with a small seated figure at lower left.

Beneath the Trees

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

Grey wash drawing of a rider in a wide-brimmed hat seen from behind on a walking horse with a draped cloth.

Market Woman on Horseback

Christian Rugendas, n.d.