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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Sepia watercolor of a man and child walking a tree-lined path past a small cottage, c. 1800.

Man and Child on Tree-Lined Path

Lady Harriet Dalrymple, c. 1800

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of figures at a stone doorway beside a pyramid, with cypress and pine trees.

Nocturnal Burial Near Pyramid

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Face of an Old Man with Eyes Closed

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, with furrowed brow and curling hair and beard.

Head of Laocoon

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Head of Bearded Man in Profile to Left

Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a stern male head with curly hair, study of an ancient portrait bust in three-quarter view.

Ancient Portrait Bust of Vespasian

Vincenzo Dandini, n.d.

Head of Venus de Medici

Vincenzo Dandini, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a father embracing a kneeling son beside a pillar, with robed figures standing nearby.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Attributed to Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone, 1536/40

Sepia wash drawing of a company of mounted horsemen with raised lances advancing across an open ground.

A Company of Horsemen

After Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, c. 1510

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto leaning on a tablet, with drapery behind his legs.

Standing Putto Holding Tablet

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a woman with bowed head and closed eyes, hair drawn back, with loose drapery lines on pale paper.

Half-Length View of Madonna

Follower of Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of two women in drapery pulling a load over clouds, with faint graphite grid lines.

Two Women on Clouds, Pulling a Load

Circle of Bernardo Castello (Italian, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of Venus seated with a child Cupid on her lap, drawn on a circular sheet.

Venus and Cupid

Andrea Lilio, n.d.

Ink and brown wash drawing of a monk in a hooded robe, head turned sideways, hands clasped at the chest.

Monk Turning Sideways

Andrea Lilio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped woman with bowed head beside a wooden chair and open book on a ledge.

Virgin Annunciate

Ludovico Carracci, n.d.

Pen and ink study of a standing female allegorical figure in drapery over a red chalk grid, c. 1600.

Allegory of Painting

Andrea Lilio, c. 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a veiled, penitent woman seated beside a skull on a ledge, with a cross behind her.

Penitent Magdalene

Domenico Mondo, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded figure in robes beside a sphere and table, over a red chalk grid.

Allegory of Geometry

Andrea Lilio, c. 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a traveler with a staff in the foreground and buildings in the distance

Wooded Landscape with Traveler in Foreground

Attributed to Ercole Bazzicaluva, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded saint writing at a desk beside a skull, with a devil and a kneeling figure below.

Saint Romuald or Saint Augustine in His Study

Attributed to Andrea Lilio or his circle, n.d.

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a bearded seated man in flowing robes looking upward at a desk.

Evangelist Writing at Desk

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of King Solomon judging two women over a child, with a soldier raising a sword.

Judgement of Solomon

School of Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Pencil drawing of the Virgin with a veil holding the infant Christ against her shoulder, on tan paper.

Virgin and Child

After Domenichino, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded nude old man seated on a ledge beside a crucifix, with a lion lying at his feet.

Saint Jerome

After Bartolommeo Passarotti, n.d.

Sketch on toned paper of a seated draped female figure with a second figure and foliage above.

Seated Allegorical Female Figure

Possibly Lorenzo de' Ferrari, n.d.

Red chalk study of a seated male nude leaning forward with clasped hands, shaded in grey on aged paper.

Study of a Seated Male Nude

School of Federico Barocci, c. 1600

Seated Woman in Profile, to Right

Probably Domenico Fiasella, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop standing above two seated saints who clasp hands, with a faint red chalk grid.

Saint Clement Flanked by Saints Sebastian and Roch

Andrea Lilli, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of the risen Christ with a staff gesturing to a kneeling haloed woman beside a draped canopy and pedestal

Christ Appearing to His Mother

Attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and white collar, with red accents on brown paper.

Clergyman

After Agostino Carracci, n.d.