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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Sepia wash drawing of rocky cliffs and an arched ruin, with small figures seated on a mound in the lower right.

Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, c. 1627

Pastel drawing of two ballet dancers in pink tutus and orange bodices, one partly hidden behind a tree trunk.

Two Dancers

Edgar Degas, c. 1893-98

Red and black chalk portrait of a young girl with bobbed hair, a black hair ribbon, and a ruffled white collar.

Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu

Paul César Helleu, c. 1897

Pencil sketch of a standing peasant woman in a white bonnet, shawl, apron and clogs, holding a walking stick.

Peasant Woman

Louis-Adolphe Hervier, 1837

Pencil sketch of children in sun hats walking along a wooden fence rail with tall grasses behind them.

Children Sitting on a Fence

Winslow Homer, 1874

Pastel drawing of a pale head with closed eyes on a hanging block, chain above, glowing halo, deep blue background.

The Beacon

Odilon Redon, 1883, reworked c. 1893

Brown wash drawing of a stone arched bridge with pinnacles, houses and a distant town beneath a cloudy sky.

Bridge at Croyland

John Ruskin, c. 1860-69

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with long hair, head turned three-quarters, signed A. Legros, 1877.

Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros, 1877

Miss Cecilia Clifton

Auguste Edouart, December 18, 1840

John L. Hammond Seated

Auguste Edouart, 1841

Black paper silhouette of a woman in a long dress facing a man in a coat, with a handwritten label below.

Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Bunnell

Auguste Edouart, November 8, 1841

Henry L. and Myron H. Church

Auguste Edouart, September 23, 1841

Illuminated manuscript leaf with a nimbed saint in a blue historiated initial I beside red-lined musical notation and Latin t

Nimbed Saint in a Historiated Initial "I" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Medieval antiphonary page with square chant notation, Latin text, and a blue historiated initial showing a haloed martyr sain

Martyr Saint in a Historiated Initial "V" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Illuminated manuscript leaf with a haloed saint in a blue roundel and square musical notes on red staff lines.

Saint Dominic in a Historiated Initial "G" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Illuminated manuscript page with musical notation and Latin text, featuring a painted saint in a gold initial at upper left.

Saint Agnes in a Historiated Initial "V" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Illuminated manuscript page with musical staves, Latin text, and a painted initial showing an enthroned figure and a kneeling

Saint Kneeling Before God Enthroned in a Historiated Initial "V" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1310/15

Illuminated manuscript leaf with a winged angel in a gold and blue initial A above square musical notation and Gothic chant t

Angel in a Historiated Initial "A" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 1300/10

Medieval antiphonary page with an illuminated blue initial showing figures at a well, plus square musical notation and Latin

Joseph and his Brothers at the Well, Initial V from an Antiphonary

Neri da Rimini, 1310/15

Graphite study of a standing nude male holding a staff, with a separate sketch of a woman's head at lower left.

Study

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, c. 1842

Drawing of a shepherd with a staff herding sheep and a dog along a path beside trees, with water in the distance.

Shepherd and his Flock

Charles Émile Jacque, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a plumed cavalier in armor riding a rearing horse, with dense hatched background.

Cavalier on Horseback

Jules Jacquet, 1874

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a bonnet reading a large book while seated in a carved armchair.

Seated Young Woman Reading

Jules Jacquet, 1878

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers and mounted riders marching across a hilly landscape under a hatched sky.

Marching Troops

Jules Jacquet, 1874

Ink sketch on brown paper of nude survivors crowded on a raft at sea, reaching toward one another beneath a sail.

The Rescue of the Survivors of the Raft of the Medusa

Théodore Géricault, c. 1818

Pencil sketch of men seated at a café table, one in a top hat and one in a bowler hat, with patrons behind a window.

Café Scene

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Pen drawing of two men in a room: one reclines in an armchair beside a desk, the other gestures while seated, a top hat on th

Solicitor and Client

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman in a hat standing before a seated woman while a clerk writes at a desk in an office.

At the Employment Office

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Pen and ink drawing of a painter with palette talking to a top-hatted visitor in a studio stacked with crates.

In the Studio

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Pen and wash drawing of four men in hats playing cards around a table in a dim room, with a framed picture on the wall.

A Game of Cards

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91