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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Etching of a country road beside a large gnarled tree, with a peasant holding a shovel and grazing sheep nearby.

Peasant with a Shovel

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a rocky valley with tall cliffs, a winding road, a horse cart, and small figures in the foreground.

Figures and Horse Cart in Landscape with Cliffs

Peter De Wint, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a canal beneath a stone arch bridge, with rowing boats, a waterwheel and brick buildings.

City Canal

George Hadfield, 1778

Etching of a forest with tall trees, a pond, and a traveler with a dog resting on the bank.

Traveler Resting in the Forest

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Fright

John Downman, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of John the Baptist's head with halo resting on a charger before a draped curtain.

John the Baptist's Head on Charger

Attributed to Samuel Shelley, n.d.

Etching of a winding path through a dense wooded hollow with two small figures near the center and a distant village.

Two Men in the Hollow

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Attention

John Downman, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with framing trees, a distant town, a small boat, and two seated figures in the foreground

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Woodblock print of a crowded ferry on a river with a wooden bridge and Mount Fuji in the distance at dusk.

Viewing Sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Pen drawing of a seated draped woman holding a chalice beside a classical cornice, study after Raphael, 1774.

Study after the figure of Faith, after Raphael

John Downman, 1774

Grey wash drawing of a ruined stone bridge over a river with a boat carrying barrels and standing figures in the foreground.

Figures Crossing Stone Bridge Above Boat Ferrying Barrels

After Andries Dirksz Both, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of two sailing boats with figures on a calm sea under a cloudy sky.

Boats in a Limpid Sea

Johannes Christiaan Schotel, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a windswept forest with gnarled trees, roots, and wild animals including bears, deer, and cattle.

Forest Landscape with Wild Animals

After Pieter Bruegel, the elder, late 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowned king on a throne judging a child before a crowd, with a kneeling woman at lower right

Judgement of Solomon

Attributed to Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a winged bearded figure carrying a woman through the air, with cherubs around them.

Boreas and Orytheia

Jan Lauwryn Krafft, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of an angel leading Lot and his family past classical columns and an arch, with a figure lying in the foreg

Lot and His Family Led Out of Sodom

Possibly after Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Pencil drawing of mourners carrying a nude body in a shroud, with kneeling women and a sketched tree line behind.

Entombment

Michael Köck, 1792

Red chalk drawing of a rider and cattle fording water beside a rocky wooded bank, with peasants, dogs and goats.

Peasants and Cattle Crossing Ford

After Nicolaes Berchem, the Elder, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of robed men gesturing in alarm around a seated figure on a stone dais in a classical interior.

Blinding of Elymas

John Constable, c. 1807

Mezzotint of a fruit market with two women talking beside baskets of grapes, melons, and pumpkins, and a dog below.

A Fruit Market, from The Houghton Gallery

Richard Earlom, 1775

Engraved full-length portrait of Napoleon in imperial robes, holding a scepter beside an orb and throne.

Napoleon the Great

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, 1808

Pencil drawing of a ruined classical arch and columns with an urn, two figures walking in a park, and trees.

Ruins in a Park, Two Figures

Style of Francesco Guardi, n.d.

Mezzotint of a crowded fish market with a seal, turtle, crabs and fishmonger wielding a cleaver, harbor beyond.

Fish Market

Richard Earlom, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head turned right, with long wavy hair and curled beard on tan paper.

Head of Christ

Giovanni Andrea Sirani, c. 1655

Pen drawing of Minerva, three nude Graces, a lyre player and a princess under drapery, with French text below.

Education of Marie de Medicis

Possibly after Nicolas Pierre Loir, 1700-1799

Mezzotint of a smiling man beside a larder of hanging game, birds, lobster, vegetables and a dog at right.

The Larder

Richard Earlom, 1775

Engraved procession of soldiers, horsemen and carts, with skeletal death figures at right and Latin verses below.

The Triumph of Death

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1580/1600

Etching of a calm lagoon with masted boats, gondolas with figures, mooring posts, and a distant city skyline.

The Little Lagoon

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/80

Mezzotint of a game market with a swan, peacock, hanging hares and birds, a boy in a lace collar and a spotted dog.

Game Market

Richard Earlom, n.d.