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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Etching of a group of startled men gathered near a wall, with a black cat perched on a woman's head at right.

The Black Cat

Alphonse Legros, 1862

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.

Etching of a forest path with large trees, where a wanderer with a staff and a dog walks toward distant hills.

The Wanderer and His Dog

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

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.

Brown ink drawing of a windswept forest with gnarled trees, roots, and wild animals including bears, deer, and cattle.

Forest Landscape with Wild Animals

After Pieter Bruegel, the elder, late 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a rider and cattle fording water beside a rocky wooded bank, with peasants, dogs and goats.

Peasants and Cattle Crossing Ford

After Nicolaes Berchem, the Elder, n.d.

Etching of a horned cow lying down with a small calf resting in front of it against a shaded background.

Animal Piece

Adam von Bartsch, n.d.

Sepia drawing of men training horses outside a thatched barn beneath a bare tree, with a dog and distant hills.

Horse Training

Wilhelm von Kobell, 1788

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining figure with a spear, cherubs, a chariot, and a dog in a landscape.

Figures, Chariot and Dog

After Nicolas Poussin, c. 1624

Engraved frieze of armed men and horsemen fighting lions, griffins, an elephant and dogs in a crowded battle.

Battle of Men and Animals, from Combats and Triumphs

Etienne Delaune, c. 1550/60

Lithograph of a disheveled man holding a small brandy glass, leaning against a wall with a bag on his shoulder.

Masks and faces: Brandy-a man plus brandy makes a savage, and brandy plus savages makes cattle

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Etching of two plough horses standing in a grassy field with trees and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Two Plough Horses, plate seven from Series of Horses

Dirk Stoop, 1651

Lithograph of a man in a top hat leading three horses across a shadowed ground, one horse with dark patches.

Horses Being Led to the Skinner

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Brown ink sketch of birds and animals around a dead tree branch, with a dog and stork on the ground below.

Birds and Animals around a Dead Tree

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, n.d.

Faint sketch of a bearded man in a top hat facing a horse, with a small dog below, on pale paper.

The Horse Fancier

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Charcoal drawing of a cloaked rider on a galloping dark horse over rocky ground, with a pale streaked sky behind.

Man Riding a Horse through the Air

François Chifflart, 1860-70

Japanese print of an armored warrior with a snake at his feet, a ghostly woman above a dragon, and fireflies in a dark sky.

Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1840

Emaciated Horse (recto); Frontal View of a Horse (verso)

Charles Émile Jacque, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a two-horse team in harness with a driver pulling a wooden cart with spoked wheels.

Two Horse Team with Driver, Pulling Carriage (recto); Sketches of Women Bending Over (verso)

Attributed to David Teniers the Younger, n.d.

Pen and ink study of warriors, horsemen and lions on a reddish ground, sketched in many overlapping poses.

Studies of Warriors, Horsemen, and Lions (recto); Studies of Heads and Nude Figures, Ceiling Plan, and Inscriptions (…

called Perino del Vaga Pietro Buonaccorsi, 1528/33

Pen and brown ink drawing of a lion's head, draped figures and nude men in a bacchanale scene on aged paper.

Blenheim Palace Sarcophagus: Bacchanale with Lion's Head

called Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Sellari, 1549/53

Pencil sketch of a winged angel with raised arm and billowing drapery on blue-grey paper, with faint studies nearby.

Angel Annunciate (recto); Samson and the Lion (verso)

School of Guido Reni, n.d.

Charcoal sketch of a leaning tree and trees on a riverbank with distant hills under a loose, cloudy sky.

River Bank with Trees (recto); Herd of Cattle Beneath Trees, with Inset Sketch of Landscape (verso)

Possibly by John Constable, 1796/1837

Watercolor of two deer on a grassy hill beside pine trees, with a lake and blue mountains in the background.

North Woods Club, Adirondacks (The Interrupted Tete-a-Tete)

Winslow Homer, 1892

Pencil sketch of armored horsemen riding in procession past an arcaded stone wall with ornate trim.

Study for Horse Armory Tower, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Graphite sketch of two horses cavorting, one rearing and one kicking, on aged paper.

Two Horses Cavorting (recto); Man on a Kicking Horse (verso)

Carle Vernet, 1778/1836

Pencil sketch of a coach pulled by four galloping horses, with two top-hatted men on the driver's seat.

Coach Drawn by Four Galloping Horses

Théodore Géricault, 1818/19

Horse's Head

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pen and brown wash sketch of an apotheosis scene with a rising muscular figure, putti, clouds and a reclining nude.

Apotheosis of Hercules (recto); Sketches of Horse's Head, Horse's Forequarters, and Altarpiece or Ciborium (verso)

possibly Anton Domenico Gabbiani, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two horses galloping to the right, one overlapping the other, with studied legs and flowing manes.

Two Horses Galloping to the Right

Théodore Géricault, 1818/19