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Art Institute of Chicago

24,101 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of robed men debating before an enthroned ruler beneath a draped canopy in an interior.

Saints Peter and Paul Disputing with Simon Magus before Nero (recto); Five Scenes from the Story of Moses (verso)

Andrea Boscoli, c. 1580

Pen and brown wash drawing of soldiers on horseback and grieving figures among classical columns and buildings.

Massacre of the Innocents (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

School of Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Pencil study sheet of an armored soldier with several bearded male heads and a reclining figure on pale paper.

Sketches of Soldier, Heads, from Roman Relief (recto); Sketches of Male Nudes, from Roman Relief (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens, 1600-1699

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded ancient ritual under a tree, with a goat being sacrificed and a smoking altar.

Lupercalia (recto), and Sketches of Figures (verso)

James Thornhill, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of six dogs around a barrel, one sitting on top holding a pipe, titled The Pipe of Peace.

The Pipe of Peace (recto); Sketch of Village Street (verso)

Ebeneezer Newman Downard, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto leaning on a column against a blue-grey paper ground.

Standing Putto (recto); Saint Jude the Evangelist (verso)

Recto in the Style of Alberti Cherubino, 1610/20 (recto); n.d. (verso)

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf carding wool, with a spinning wheel behind her.

The Wool Carder (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of Man Standing by Fence (verso)

Jean-François Millet, 1857/58

Pencil sketch of the Virgin and Child in clouds with angels, and saints Peter and John the Baptist standing below.

Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and John the Baptist (recto); Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Pietro d' Asaro, n.d.

Pencil sketches of standing and seated figures, women in bonnets, and children arranged across a cream sheet of paper.

Sketches for Tristram Shandy (recto); Sketches of Medallion with Seated Allegorical Figure (verso)

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, 1796/1834

Chalk drawing of a lamb with legs tied to a shepherd's crook, head lowered over rocky ground, on brown paper.

Lamb Bound to Shephard's Crook (recto); Seated Academic Male Nude, From Back, Turning Right (verso)

School of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai costume holding a lantern and spear before a wooden gate.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers in ceremonial aprons, one green with cloud pattern, one salmon with horses, with Japane

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Kurateyama Yadayû and Izumigawa Rin’emon

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1780

Black chalk study on tan paper of a reclining female nude, a male nude seen from behind, and smaller figure sketches.

Sheet of Studies: Three Women and a Hand (recto); Sketches of Male Nudes, Heads and Hand (verso)

François Marot, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of Saint Mark with a winged lion, putti on clouds, and a winged figure in an arched architectural setting.

Saint Mark

After Domenichino, after 1627

Red chalk drawing of Saint Matthew with an angel and putti in an arched architectural pendentive.

Saint Matthew

After Domenichino, after 1627

Red chalk drawing of Saint Luke seated with an ox on a pendentive, with putti and an architectural frame.

Saint Luke

After Domenichino, after 1627

Grey wash drawing of a ruined vaulted arcade with stone piers, arches and plants growing from cracked walls.

Large Ruined Portico or Corridor (recto); Sketches of a Draped Figure and Architecture (verso)

School of Paul Bril, c. 1600

Pen and brown ink sketch of a cross-bearing figure in a procession with soldiers and mounted riders on rocky ground.

Via Crucis; Christ Falling Beneath the Cross (recto) Sketch of Male Nude (verso)

Follower of Luca Cambiaso, 1560/70

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged female figure holding a laurel wreath and a trumpet, with flowing drapery.

Spandrel Design with Allegorical Figure of Fame (recto); Design for Coat of Arms (verso)

Workshop of Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, c. 1532

Red chalk drawing of two nude female figures on clouds, one reclining with legs extended, the other peering over her shoulder

Two Cloud-Borne Nude Female Figures (recto); Fragment of Reclining Figure (verso)

Attributed to Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketches of figures supporting a collapsing man and a kneeling figure with companions on aged paper.

Two Composition Sketches of Collapsing Figure Supported by Two Other Figures (recto); Compositional Sketch of Kneelin…

Attributed to Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1637/1689

Pen drawing of Hercules struggling with horses of Diomedes, with a horned satyr figure at right and handwritten labels.

Ancient Relief with Hercules and the Mares of Diomedes (recto); Two Sketches: Draped Satyr and Winged Female Figure (…

After Girolamo Sellari, called Girolamo da Carpi, 1521/56

Monuments of Greece: After Parthenon Frieze (North Side)

William Young Ottley, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a coffered ceiling design with figural panels, putti, medallions and ornamental scrollwork.

Study for a Ceiling Decoration, with Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well (recto); Study for a Ceiling Decoration (verso)

Giorgio Vasari, 1569/73

Red chalk sketch of a winged putto lifting a curtain, with loose hatching on wings and body.

Putto Lifting Curtain (recto); Infant St. John (verso)

Style of Mattia Preti, 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 wash drawing of an elderly bearded man seated between a kneeling figure and a child, with loose drapery.

Study for Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (recto); Sketches: Saint Christopher; Two Figures in Conversation over Mo…

Guercino, c. 1620

Sketches of Male Heads (recto); Queen and Page (verso)

Possibly Giambattista Tiepolo, n.d.

Head of Youth in Profile to Left (recto); Fragment of Figure Sketch (verso)

Style of Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a crowned king handing a tablet to kneeling and bearded figures, with a woman crowning a youth.

Numa Pompilius Giving the Laws to the Romans

Possibly Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, n.d.