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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Red chalk drawing of Psyche offering a vessel to Venus among clouds, with a winged figure at upper right.

Psyche Presenting the Phial of Water to Venus

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Study: Woman with a Jar

Pierre Victor Galland, 1887

Pencil sketch of a ruined stone courtyard with trees, arched doorways and figures in 19th-century dress walking near a dog.

Baden-Baden

Christian Grabau, n.d.

Watercolor of a Gothic gateway and garden, with a man reading alone on a bench under willow trees.

Solitude at Strawberry Hill

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1822

Grey wash drawing of Amphitrite in a shell chariot surrounded by tritons, nymphs, and cherubs on the sea.

Triumph of Amphitrite

François-Alexandre Verdier, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a classical colonnade with a seated woman, mourners, and armored warriors in a sacrificial scene.

Sacrifice of Jeptha's Daughter

François Boitard, n.d.

Graphite sketch of a curly-haired child with both arms raised, hands resting on the top of the head.

Child Holding Hands above Head

Possibly Samuel De Wilde, n.d.

Chalk portrait on blue-grey paper of a woman with an upswept hairstyle, head turned slightly, gazing forward.

Portrait of a Lady

John Russell, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of robed pilgrims travelling across a landscape, with a rider on horseback, dogs, and a cart.

Canterbury Pilgrims

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, c. 1807

Brown wash drawing of a cart on a road beside an inn, with a windmill and church spire in the distance.

Cart on Road Flanked by Inn and Windmill

Thomas Richard Colman Dibdin, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of rolling hills, a large tree, and two small seated figures resting on a hillside.

Two Figures Resting on Hillside near Two Trees

Possibly Franz Kobell, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a house among trees in a park, with a path and distant hills.

Landscape, House in Park

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, n.d.

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a windswept tree on a hill with distant mountains and a small figure.

Panoramic Landscape

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1766

Pen and brown ink landscape of a river with trees in the foreground and distant hills and a peak on the horizon.

Landscape with River and Distant Hills

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a village with a tavern, crowd, church steeple, barn, and figures crossing a field beside a pond.

The Passage of a Corps of Troops near a Village

Wilhelm von Kobell, n.d.

Circular pen and ink drawing of a dense battle of mounted warriors with spears, shields and a bridge.

Ceremonial Shield with Stories of Marcus Curtius and Mutius Scaevola

Attributed to William Burgess, n.d.

Circular pen and wash drawing of a ceremonial shield with Roman soldiers, horsemen, and a battle scene.

Ceremonial Shield with Roman Battle Scene

Attributed to William Burgess, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a stoning scene with a crowd below and a figure with outstretched arms among angels above.

Stoning of Saint Stephen

After Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a woman seen from behind carrying a water jar on her head beside an architectural niche.

Woman Carrying Water Jar

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man, a winged figure, and three draped women with a laurel wreath.

Epitaph of Charles Sackville

After Giovanni Battista Pittoni, the younger, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling king before a pagan idol, with a woman holding flowers and attendants in a colonnaded hall.

King Solomon Worshipping the Pagan Idol

Circle of Giovanni Battista Pittoni, the younger, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a haloed figure dining with two companions at a table in an interior with a tall window.

Supper at Emmaus

Pieter de Witte, 1590/95

Graphite drawing of a standing nude woman with outstretched arm, with sketched sea monster and rocks at her feet.

Andromeda and the Sea-Monster

circle of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Red and black chalk drawing of a bearded old man seated with a walking stick beside a basket of fruit and vegetables.

Old Man with a Basket of Fruit and Vegetables

Jacques-André Portail, 18th century

Reddish-brown ink drawing of a helmeted warrior in a tent greeting kneeling women amid a crowd of onlookers.

Alexander and the Family of Darius

After Charles Le Brun, 18th century

Two Bearded Heads

Attributed to Pietro Dandini, n.d.

Drawing of a young man in a dark jacket glancing over his shoulder while holding up a small statuette.

Young Man Holding Statuette

Possibly John Russell, 1760

Pencil drawing of a seated female figure with curly hair and heavy draped fabric, one arm extended outward.

Seated Allegorical Female Figure

After Francesco Solimena, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded reclining river god with a wolf and infant, with a standing figure and ruins behind.

River Tiber, with Romulus and Remus

Probably Italian, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a park with a river, rowboat, tall trees, thatched shelter and open meadow under a cloudy sk

River and Park Landscape

Style of Henri Rousseau, 1885/90