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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Design drawing of a footed salt dish with handwritten notes, a Tiffany & Co. stamp, and orange marks on tan paper.

Design for Salt Dish No. 1700

Tiffany and Company, 1867/68

Pencil drawing of a bearded man with curly hair and a large lace collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Jan Mildert

After Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a youth in a cloak riding a chariot pulled by two dragons over clouds and a town below.

Triptolemus

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Design drawing for a pitcher showing irises, dragonflies, reeds and fish over rippling water, with numbered annotations.

Hammering, Mounting and Engraving Design for Pitcher No. 5051

Tiffany and Company, 1878

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of an elderly bearded man in a beret and white collar, looking toward the viewer.

Study

After Giuseppe Nogari, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of two runners racing before an enthroned king and queen, with spectators and soldiers along the field.

Atlanta Racing Hippomenes

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Illuminated initial A with a grotesque winged face, blue and green scrolling foliage, and yellow flowers on a gold ground.

Decorated Initial "A" with Grotesque and Flora from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 15th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint Luke with halo, quill and book, accompanied by an ox and a winged figure.

Saint Luke

After Cornelis Visscher, c. 1650

Grey wash drawing of a seated weaver at a loom while a helmeted goddess points at her in an interior.

Arachne Being Turned into a Spider by Minerva

Possibly after Marten de Vos, n.d.

Illuminated initial D in blue, red and gold with scrolling foliage, quatrefoil flowers and spiral terminals on a gold ground.

Decorated Initial "D" with Leaves and Two Balls from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 15th century

Watercolor of women in a gilded 18th-century dressing room, one arranging another's hair beside a mirror.

The Tradeswoman in the Dressing Room

Nicolas Lavreince, 1782

Pencil drawing of a Roman street with a bell tower, a dome at left, a stone wall in front, and tall trees at right.

San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

Johann Martin von Rohden, n.d.

Sepia architectural drawing of a stone public building with arched windows, entrance steps and two lion statues.

Colorado Springs Public Springs, Colorado, Perspective

Peter J. Weber, c. 1903

Decorated gold initial letter I with blue and orange foliage and small round ornaments on a cream paper sheet.

Decorated Initial "I" in Blue with Foliage and Four Balls, from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 19th century imitation of 14th century style

Drawing of a barefoot woman seated on the ground, reading a sheet held in both hands, in grey chalk with white highlights.

Barefoot Woman Seated on Ground

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a bell tower, church ruins with arches, and a tall tower on a hillside in Rome.

View in Rome: Torre della Melisa, Ruins of Early Christian Church

Possibly Willem van Nieuwlandt, II, n.d.

Painted decorative initial A in pink and gold with blue and orange flowers and green leaf scrolls on a cream background.

Decorated Initial "A" in Pink with Six Leaves and Two Balls, from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 19th century imitation of 14th century style

Red chalk drawing of a river landscape with trees framing a hilltop town and distant mountains.

River Landscape with Buildings

Adrien Manglard, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of old buildings with an arched gateway beside a lagoon, with boats and small figures.

Buildings Beside Lagoon

Possibly Claude Lorrain, n.d.

Medieval-style painting of shepherds with staff and basket walking toward a castle and village on a hill.

Shepherds on Their Way to the Nativity from a Book of Hours

Unknown artist, c. 1495

Pen and brown ink sketch of the dead Christ supported by figures, with studies of heads and drapery on blue paper.

Dead Christ Supported by Holy Women and Angels

Circle of Lelio Orsi, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a figure with a staff on a path beside a tall arched building and windblown trees.

Landscape with Figure and House

Attributed to a follower of Guercino, n.d.

Illuminated antiphonal page with an angel playing an instrument in a decorated R initial, floral border, and musical notation

Angel Playing an Instrument in a Decorated Initial "R" with Flora, Fauna and Grotesque, from an Antiphonal

Unknown artist, n.d.

Black chalk drawing of Tarquin and Lucretia: a seated nude woman, a helmeted nude man, and a torch-bearing figure in a niche.

Tarquin and Lucretia

School of Fontainebleau, n.d.

Pencil sketch of shepherds, cattle, and a floating angel among clouds, drawn on pale paper.

Adoration of the Shepherds

After Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Drawing of a young woman with wavy hair writing a letter with a quill pen, holding an inkwell in her other hand.

Seated Youth

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

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

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.