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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Brown wash drawing of a ruined stone vault with arches, rubble, steps, and a doorway.

Ruined Vault

Attributed to Hendrik Voogd, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a cloak and lace collar, holding a hat, within an arched decorative frame.

Study for Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Ho…

Christiaan Josi, 1826

Pen and ink drawing of the Cumean Sibyl holding an open book beside a quill, with handwritten Spanish text beside her.

Cumean Sibyl

Style of Bartolomeo Passarotti, n.d.

Watercolor of a courtroom scene: a wigged judge at a carved desk, a clown-like figure, a woman in a flowered gown, guards, an

Trial of Pierrot

Jehan-Georges Vibert, n.d.

Pen and wash design of a crowned allegorical woman with a serpent staff, surrounded by reptiles and an ornate decorative bord

Design for Emblematic Frontispiece: "Natura Ars Emula Vincit"

Circle of Giovanni Guerra, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of the Judgement of Paris: three nude goddesses before a seated youth offering an apple, with cupids abo

Judgement of Paris

After Workshop of Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, 17th century

Pencil and ink study of an ornate crowned pavilion above a crowd of figures in period dress dancing and strolling.

Study for Vauxhall Garden

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil drawing of a theater interior with curved tiers of boxes, chandeliers, a proscenium arch, and an audience in the foreg

Study for Sadlers Wells Theater

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Ink and wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, stone columns, and an iron railing across the floor.

Chancel to the Temple Church

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil sketch of the House of Commons chamber with tiered galleries, a chandelier, and rows of seated figures.

Study for House of Commons, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Saint Sebastian

Vincenzo Campi, 1580s

Red chalk drawing of a foreshortened angel with curly hair reclining on a ledge, drapery flowing around its legs.

Foreshortened Angel

After Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, 1522/30

Lamia

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Grayscale watercolor of a robed figure playing pipes beside a pedestal, with a classical temple and crescent moon behind.

Title (for Lamia)

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Grey watercolor of a draped woman reaching into flowering branches, above a panel reading List of Drawings with a laurel wrea

Title to List of Drawings

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Grey-toned illustration of a standing nymph flanked by a satyr and a nude figure, with a pearled border and Lamia Part I titl

A Nymph, To Whom All Hoofed Satyrs Knelt Head-peice, Part 1

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Gray watercolor of the winged god Hermes seated on a cloud, adjusting his winged sandal, holding a caduceus.

On This Side of Jove's Clouds

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Nude winged youth leaning on a staff beside a bearded herm in a grey, wooded clearing, watercolor drawing from 1885.

And So He Rested on the Lonely Ground

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Grisaille drawing of a seated winged-helmet youth facing a woman with flower-garlanded hair, framed by stylized vines.

The Words She Spake Came as Through Bubbling Honey

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Watercolor of a winged nude male figure with a caduceus flying through a luminous pale sky.

I Dreamt I Saw Thee Robed in Purple Flakes

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Grey-toned watercolor of a seated nude woman by a pond, flanked by a classical bust and a column with doves.

She Bathes Unseen

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Grisaille drawing of a seated woman in a laurel wreath beside a winged Cupid before a stone bench and foliage, 1885.

Pale Grew Her Immortality, For Woe of All These Lovers

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Seated woman in a flower crown and classical robe beside a stone basin on columns in a wooded grove, brown watercolor.

The Guarded Nymph Near-Smiling on the Green

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Brown wash drawing of a nude winged youth with a staff and a draped woman with a wreath walking through a forest.

Into the Green Recessed Woods They Flew

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Horizontal watercolor frieze of white daffodils on a dark brown background, signed Will Low 1885.

Decoration - Daffodils

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Grey-toned watercolor of a draped woman standing barefoot beside a pool, with trees and wildflowers on a grassy slope.

By a Clear Pool, Wherein She Passioned to See Herself

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Grey watercolor of a charioteer driving horses in a colonnaded arena, with winged figures and laurel wreaths in side panels.

Foremost in the Envious Race

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Brown wash drawing of two classically robed figures in a marshy landscape with trees, a woman seen from behind and a young ma

Lycius, Look Back, and Be Some Pity Shown

Will Hicock Low, 1885

Horizontal frieze of five winged cherubs running among white looping ribbons on a dark background, painted in watercolor.

Decoration - Love's Mesh

Will Hicock Low, 1885/88

Monochrome drawing of a classical courtyard with columns, a central basin, draped women, seated figures and a statue on a ped

The Wide-Spreaded Night Above Her Towers

Will Hicock Low, 1885