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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Brown wash study of a robed saint in a fiery chariot pulled by rearing horses, with onlookers below.

Study for the Vision of Saint Francis of Assisi Taken to Heaven in a Fiery Chariot

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1600/02

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Madonna and Child with angels above and bishop saints adoring below, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with Adoring Saints

called Il Moncalvo Guglielmo Caccia, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in drapery embracing a child who leans against her shoulder.

Madonna and Child

After Pierre Mignard I, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin seated in a veil, holding the nude Christ Child who reaches toward her.

Virgin and Child

After Guercino, n.d.

Graphite drawing of the dead Christ on a stone slab, supported by a grieving woman with mourners standing around him.

Lamentation

Giulio Clovio, 1540/68

Pen and wash drawing of a plumed warrior running forward and raising a curved sword overhead, with red grid lines.

Male Warrior Running with Drawn Sword

Attributed to Hubert Gerhard, c. 1600

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted classical portico with Ionic columns, statues, an urn, and figures in draped robes.

Classical Portico with Figures in Ancient Dress

Antonio Zucchi (talian, 1726-1, n.d.

Pen and brown wash sketch of a seated male nude with a bending draped figure and faint standing figures at right.

Male Nude and Other Figures

John Hamilton Mortimer, 18th century

Sepia wash drawing of putti playing with a goat, with a child head study at upper left.

Putti Playing with Goat

the Elder Count Antonio Maria Zanetti, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a bearded saint with halo holding keys, within an arched frame.

Saint Peter

Possibly Pietro Novelli, n.d.

Drawing of a title page design with a draped curtain, putti, a guitar and a heraldic shield, framed by classical figures.

Design for Title-Page for Guitar Manual by Ferdinando Valdambrini

Unkown artist, c. 1646

Pencil sketch of a wooden washtub and a hooped barrel beside a plank wall, with a broom and stones on the floor.

Washtub and Barrel

Joshua Cristall, 1808/47

Pencil sketch of an open wickerwork washbasket with twisted rim handles, seen from above with shadow beneath.

Wickerwork Washbasket

Joshua Cristall, 1808/47

Red and black chalk drawing of Tobias holding a fish while a winged angel in a red robe points beside him.

Tobias and the Angel

After Matteo Rosselli, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a clump of broad leaves and small flowers on a pale sheet, dated June 24 1808 in the corner.

Clump of Leaves and Flowers

Joshua Cristall, 1808/47

Pencil sketch of a wicker basket with a mallet, shovel and pick on a wooden surface by Joshua Cristall.

Wicker Basket, Mallet, Shovel, Pick

Joshua Cristall, 1808/47

Pencil sketch of a mallet, pick and shovel lying together on a surface, with shadows and a handwritten date below.

Mallet, Pick and Shovel

Joshua Cristall, 1808/47

Soft grey drawing of a reclining winged cupid resting on drapery in a wooded landscape with a lyre hanging from a tree.

Cupid in a Landscape

After Bartolommeo Schedoni, after 1611

Brown wash drawing of a ruined classical portico with caryatids, a fountain, ivy, and a colonnade receding into a garden.

Portico in Ruins

Cecilie Arens, 1799

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing two studies of trees with spreading branches and leafy canopies.

Flowering Trees

B.W. Atkinson, 1850/99

Sketches After Sculptures and Reliefs, Mainly Egyptian

W.T. Agar, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a cluster of nude putti playing on a stone ledge, attributed to Carlo Amalfi.

Putti Bacchanal

Attributed to Carlo Amalfi, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of three muses on clouds with lyre and mask, and putti below gathered around an open album.

Three Muses (Urania, Terpsichare and Thalia) with Putti

Unknow Artist, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a seated mother with three children, one sleeping on the floor, in a domestic interior.

Mother and Three Children

After Jacopo Amigoni, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a hilltop village above, and ruined stone arches and buildings with a seated figure below.

Views of Bethany and Bethlehem

After Francis Vyvan Jago Arundale, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers and horsemen around an inverted cross, with a tree and SPQR banner, by Andrea Boscoli.

Martyrdom of Saint Peter

Andrea Boscoli, 1598/99

Pen and wash drawing of an overmantel design with a bust between two putti under drapery, with a handwritten note below.

Design for the Overmantel of a Chimneypiece with Bust of Pompilius Numa

James Thornhill, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a curly-haired man in an oval medallion above a heraldic cartouche and pedestal, on a squared grid.

Medallion Portrait of a Clergyman

Attributed to Bernard Picart, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of women gathered on stone steps beside a classical column, one kneeling near a basket.

Moses Saved from the Waters

Hubert Robert, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of goats resting on rocky ground while a dog leaps toward a horned goat in the foreground.

Mountain Goats and Dog

Allwaert of Ghent, 18th century