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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Red chalk drawing of the ruined domed Temple of Minerva Medica with trees, small houses and an arched gateway in the foregrou

Temple of Minerva Medica

possibly Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated bowed figure being stripped of cloth by a helmeted soldier beside arches and a column.

Christ Stripped of His Garments

Lorenzo Garbieri, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman with flowers in her hair and hands, draped in flowing cloth.

Flora

called Il Baciccio Giovanni Battista Gaulli, n.d.

Pen and ink wash drawing of a kneeling monk receiving a rosary from the Virgin and Child amid angels and clouds.

Vision of Saint Dominic

Attributed to Luca Giordano, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a graveyard with tall cypresses, umbrella pines, inscribed tombs and small mourning figures in a landsca

Mourners in a Graveyard

Carlo Labruzzi, n.d.

Pen and wash study of armored soldiers around a mounted commander on a platform, with a banner and massed troops behind.

Study for Cosimo I Reorganizing the Tuscan Troops

Ludovico Buti, 1589

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of five winged putti with books among columns and draped cloth.

Five Putti with Books

After Bernardino Gatti, called Il Sojaro, c. 1543

Sketches of Three Male Heads in Profile

Roman or Lombard Italian, 1580/1600

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of three seated men at a table in an arched room, with a standing woman behind.

Study for the Supper at Emmaus

Giulio Campi, 1550/59

Red chalk study of several figures, one draped figure above two reclining figures, with diagonal hatching in the background.

Study

Attributed to Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1710/20

Pencil drawing of a nude warrior in a plumed helmet with a cloak and shield, after Francesco Albani.

Standing Nude Warrior, possibly Mars, with Shield

after Francesco Albani, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a seated child with a loosely drawn outstretched leg below, on a pale paper sheet.

Study for Christ Child

Giacomo Cavedone, 1610/12

Three chalk head studies of a man in a striped cap, drawn in red and black on toned paper.

Three Studies of the Head of a Turbaned Black Man

Nicolas Lancret, 1720/30

Charcoal drawing of a pale road curving through a dark valley toward a flat-topped mountain ridge under a dusky sky.

Algerian Landscape

Albert Lebourg, 1873

Chalk drawing on blue paper of seated musicians playing violin and flutes beside a set of organ pipes.

Concert Scene

Florentine or North Italian, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Laocoön and two sons struggling against large serpents, rendered in sepia wash on pale paper.

Laocoön

Unknown artist, 1550/59

Brown ink drawing of a seated allegorical woman beside a column, with putti, a lion and a coat of arms above.

Allegorical Figure of Fortitude, with Coat of Arms Above

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Coriolano, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned, bearded seated man raising an arm while a younger figure leans at his knee.

Samuel Enthroned

Cesare Nebbia, 1586/89

Graphite drawing of a bearded monk reaching upward toward a vision of Christ and angels within an arched frame.

Christ Appearing to Monastic Saint in Ecstasy

Follower of Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Grey-washed drawing with white highlights of a horseman with a raised staff, a wild boar, a dog, and sketch studies.

Copy of Scene from the Life of Sulla fresco, in the Hall of Saturn, Pitti Palace

possibly Cesare Dandini, after 1665

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with kneeling figures, a Virgin and Child, a donkey

Adoration of the Shepherds

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of two embracing women on stone steps beside columns, with onlookers, after Andrea del Sarto.

Visitation

After Andrea del Sarto, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining bearded man with nude figures and draped cloth beside a stone wall.

Drunkenness of Noah

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of two bearded standing men draped in robes, placed side by side in a rectangular niche.

Two Standing Prisoners in a Niche

Bernardino Campi, c. 1549

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Benedict raising his arm as men strain to move a stone beside classical columns and trees.

Saint Benedict Moving the Stone which a Demon Had Made Immobile

after Ludovico Carracci, after 1606

Pencil drawing of Christ leaning on a cross, with a chalice and drops falling from his hand at lower left.

Christ with the Cross

Circle of Rosso Fiorentino, c. 1530

Handwritten French letter in brown ink on aged paper, addressed to Monsieur le Directeur, with a signature at lower right.

Charles Meryon Autographed Letter

Charles Meryon, March 24, 1854

Brown wash drawing of women examining tablets in a colonnaded setting, with cherubs in the upper left corner.

Women Looking at Religious Tablets

after Lazzaro Baldi, n.d.

Pencil study of a standing armored warrior with a spear in an arched stained glass design, labeled Epaminondas.

Study for a Stained Glass Window

John La Farge, c. 1875

Susan in a Straw Bonnet

Mary Cassatt, c. 1883