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Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Caricature of a teacher pointing at a celestial globe while bored pupils watch, one yawning, in a classroom with a wall chart

"- Tomorrow we will study Saturn. I want you to pay special attention to this great planet.... which in all likelihoo…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing Roman warrior with plumed helmet, spear, and tasseled armor skirt.

Standing Roman Warrior Holding Staff

Possibly style of Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a plumed warrior in a cloak holding an oval decorated shield, extending one arm outward.

Standing Warrior with Shield

Attributed to Stefano della Bella, 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery holding a lyre, gazing upward.

Allegorical Figure of Temperance

After Giuseppe Caccioli, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Penitent Magdalene gazing upward beside a skull, with three winged putti in clouds above.

Penitent Magdalene

Attributed to Sebastiano Conca, n.d.

Lithograph of a woman in a bonnet and shawl holding a bunch of balloons on a Paris street, from Gavarni's Physionomies Parisi

Physionomies Parisiennes: Petit Commerce. La Monnaie d'un Ballon

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Drawing of a Roman triumph with soldiers, a mounted rider, captured arms, an inscribed tablet and a temple in the background.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. II

after Andrea Mantegna, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman-style triumphal procession with armored soldiers, carried vessels and a column statue.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. VI

after Andrea Mantegna, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a young man in a dark beret with wavy hair and a mustache, looking toward the viewer.

Raphael

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman by a tree with an infant and several draped women around a stone basin.

Birth of Adonis

Possibly after Giulio Romano, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a crowd around an ox sacrifice, a man raising an axe, and a haloed figure gesturing on a tiled floor.

The Sacrifice at Lystra

School of Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Red and black chalk drawing of a youth with bowed head and closed eyes, gray hair falling across the forehead.

Head of Youth Looking Down

Attributed to Matteo Rosselli, n.d.

Illuminated manuscript leaf with a painted Assumption of the Virgin in a gilded border beside Gothic chant text on red staves

The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial from a Gradual

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Pen and ink sketch of a seated draped woman holding a child, with rough figure studies and architectural lines beside her.

Sketches of Virgin and Child, Seated Figure, and Landscape

Attributed to Vincenzo Tamagni, c. 1530

Pencil drawing of a Medusa head with snake hair, framed by fruit garlands and wings in a decorative frieze.

After Carving with Medusa Head

the Elder Virgilius Solis, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a sea horse, a mermaid, and a triton-like male figure with fish tails, on aged paper.

Fountain Figures

After Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1600-1699

Pen and brown ink drawing of two curly-haired putti embracing a lamb on toned paper.

Two Putti with Lamb

School of Leonardo da Vinci, n.d.

Black and white print of a pensive woman in a lace dress seated beside a tree, resting her head on her hand over an open book

The Commentary

Paul Gavarni, 1843

Pale watercolor design of a tall monument with winged Victory, cherubs, a column with anchor, and allegorical figures and ani

Design for a Monument to Sailors

the younger John Bacon, n.d.

Brown ink sketch of a young boy with bowed head, leaning over a table as he writes or draws.

Boy Writing or Sketching

Thomas Jones Barker, c. 1830

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling woman reaching toward a fire while two winged figures descend from clouds above.

Althaea

Henry Pierce Bone, 1821/22

Serpent Women Around Globe

Edward Burne-Jones, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of four peasants: a standing man and woman with a child, facing a seated figure resting his chin on his ha

Four Peasants

Augustus Wall Callcott, n.d.

Pencil drawing of masted sailing ships moored on a canal, with a church tower and houses along the far bank.

Edam

Edward William Cooke, c. 1850

Engraving of a cluttered kitchen with an old woman cooking, an old man playing a pipe, a child, and a cat.

The Pancake Woman

Cornelis Visscher, c. 1649-58

Seated Woman in Profile

R.A. Richard Cosway, n.d.

Etching of a bearded man and a boy violinist under an arch, with onlookers and a tree in the background.

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Cornelis Visscher, c. 1649-58

Engraving of a large lime-kiln with workers, oxen, a donkey, a stone bridge and church beside a river.

The Large Lime-Kiln, from Cabinet Reynst

Cornelis Visscher, 1655-58

Pen and graphite sketch of a stone street with steps, an arched passage, and a ruined Gothic church spire behind.

Dunfermline

William Leighton Leitch, March 2, 1847

Etching of horsemen firing pistols in a rocky cave, with a carriage and pack horses at right and a fallen rider on the ground

The Pistol Shot

Cornelis Visscher, c. 1655-58