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Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Study for Detail: Saint Veronica

Attributed to Domenico Piola, c. 1680

Pen and wash drawing of a frieze-like battle with mounted warriors, horses, shields, and a fallen nude figure.

Battle of the Amazons

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Brown ink and wash sketch of mythological figures, nudes, draped women and a winged figure among clouds.

Sketches of Mythological Subjects

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape with a large central tree, village houses, a windmill on a hill, and angels in the lower left.

Landscape with Abraham and Angels

Attributed to Hans Bol, 1567

Grey wash drawing of a stream flowing between rocks and wooded banks under an open sky.

View Along Stream and Wooded Banks

Style of Sir George Howland Beaumont, c. 1820

Woodblock print of a lake with mountains, travelers on a hillside path, and sailboats on blue water.

Minakuchi, Ishibe, Kusatsu, Otsu, and Kyoto, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaid…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830/35

Grey wash drawing of a stone cottage with a chimney, a round thatched tower, and a figure in a doorway.

A Mill at Berwick Upon Tweed

Possibly William Alexander, n.d.

Little Girl Standing at Desk and Writing

Edmund Thomas Parris, c. 1827

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude with curly hair, one leg extended, resting on a stone block.

Seated Academic Male Nude

Style of Jacque Louis David, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur carrying a woman with billowing drapery over a blue-grey landscape.

Nessus and Deianira

Circle of Vincenzo Camuccini, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins with arches and a collapsed vault, two peasants and a horse in the foreground.

Roman Ruins with Two Peasants Conversing in the Foreground

Charles-Louis Clérisseau, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of Neptune with a trident driving sea horses through waves, with figures embracing at lower right.

Triumph of Neptune

Possibly after Simon Vouet, n.d.

Black and white chalk drawing of an old bearded man with wild wavy hair and long beard, gazing forward on grey paper.

Bust of Old Bearded Man

Style of or after Antonio Cavallucci, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure leaning on a long staff, with a second leg sketched below on cream paper.

Academic Male Nude Leaning on Staff

Style of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, n.d.

Head of Comity

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, c. 1750

Graphite drawing of a half-length figure in a striped head wrap and draped cloth, gazing sideways on tan paper.

Half-Length Figure

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Red chalk study of a bearded, crowned man in draped cloak, head turned upward, with faint leg underdrawing below.

Study for King David, with Harp and Psalm Book

aAter Guido Reni, after 1621

Etching of the Mojave Desert with a conical peak, low hills, scattered shrubs, and thin clouds in a pale sky.

Mojave Desert

Wallace L. DeWolf, 1917

Etching of a Mojave desert valley with a winding road, scrub plants, and mountains under a hazy sky.

Mojave Desert, No. 2

Wallace L. DeWolf, 1917

Watercolor of twisted olive trees over a sunlit green slope with shrubs and a blue sky.

Olive Trees, Corfu

John Singer Sargent, 1909

Watercolor of weathered wooden woodsheds with stacked firewood and white geese grazing on green grass in a Tyrolean yard.

Woodsheds, Tyrol

John Singer Sargent, 1914

Loose watercolor of three men in wide-brimmed hats carrying coiled rope over their shoulders against a pale background.

Workmen at Carrara

John Singer Sargent, 1911

Soft-toned print of a young woman with dark hair gazing upward, face emerging from shadow against a pale background.

Girl's Face, from Spring Fresco of Jusélius Mausoleum

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1905

Woodblock print of white peonies with gold centers, dark leaves and pink buds on a pale yellow background.

Peonies, from the series "Worlds of Things (Momoyogusa)"

Kamisaka Sekka, 1909/10

Pencil grid on aged paper with red, blue, and yellow rectangles and torn collaged paper at the right edge.

Study for a Composition

Piet Mondrian, 1940-41

Etching of a canal lined with tall trees, a rowboat with two people in the foreground, and figures walking along the bank.

Canal at Charenton

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1901

Etching of a multi-storey wooden tannery with hanging hides, workers on several levels, and baskets in the courtyard below.

The Tannery

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1901

Etching of a dim interior with a seated woman among stacked sacks, rags hanging overhead, and mice on the floor.

The Sleeping Rag Vendor

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1901

Etching of a dozing woman seated among sacks and rags in a dim room, with a cat on the floor and a figure in a doorway.

The Sleeping Rag Vendor

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1902

Etching of Chicago river scene with moored lake steamers, smokestacks, tall buildings, a bridge, and a wooden pier in the for

Lake Steamers, Chicago

Joseph Pennell, 1910