Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Lines of Connection: Drawing & Printmaking
Art Institute of Chicago
37 documented works

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Pedro Romero killing the halted bull, plate 30 from The Art of Bullfighting
1814/16, published 1816
Etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper
Image: 20.9 × 30.7 cm (8 1/4 × 12 1/8 in.); Plate: 24.8 × 35.5 cm (9 13/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 44.6 cm (12 13/16 × 17 9/16 in.)
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Pieter de Jode, I
The Holy Family
c. 1585-1595
Engraving on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed): 23.2 × 16.7 cm (9 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
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Josiah Boydell
The Captive, from Sterne
1786
Black chalk and opaque black and white watercolor, with touches of ochre watercolor, on tan laid paper
35.5 × 46 cm (14 × 18 1/8 in.)
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Hans Burgkmair, the elder
Lovers Surprised by Death
1510
Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in shades of brown on ivory laid paper
21.7 × 15.7 cm (8 9/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
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Wenceslaus Hollar
A Chalice
1640
Etching on ivory laid paper
Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 44.8 × 22.7 cm (17 11/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
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Jean Antoine Watteau
The Old Savoyard
c. 1715
Red and black chalk on cream laid paper
35.9 × 22.1 cm (14 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
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Parmigianino
Old Shepherd Leaning on a Staff
1524/31
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on paper
14.1 × 11.8 cm (5 9/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
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Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder
The Old Shepherd
1722
Chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in pink, dark blue, and light blue, on cream laid paper
Image: 17 × 11.3 cm (6 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 17.3 × 11.6 cm (6 13/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
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Abbe de Saint Non
Cupid and Psyche
1766
Counterproof of aquatint in reddish-gray on ivory laid paper, ruled in pen and brown ink
Sheet, sight: 24.8 × 31.5 cm (9 13/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
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Louis-Marin Bonnet
Marie-Rosalie Vanloo
1764
Chalk manner in black and white ink on blue laid paper
Plate: 40.5 × 30.2 cm (16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 43.5 × 32.4 cm (17 3/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
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Parmigianino
Group of Nine Standing Figures
1524/27
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid card
12.4 × 13.1 cm (4 15/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Study for Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Graphite and red chalk on light weight tracing paper
Sheet: 43 × 33 cm (16 15/16 × 13 in.); Secondary support: 51.3 × 39.5 cm (20 1/4 × 15 9/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Study for Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Graphite over red chalk on light weight tracing paper
Sheet: 42.8 × 31 cm (16 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 51 × 39.4 cm (20 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Study for Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Red chalk counterproof on tracing paper
Sheet: 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 50.5 × 39.5 cm (19 15/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Tracing in red and black chalk on oiled paper; partially pricked for transfer
Sheet: 40.6 × 32 cm (16 × 12 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 51.1 × 39.3 cm (20 1/8 × 15 1/2 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching from two plates, etching, aquatint, and roulette, with brush and grey wash, on paper
Image/sheet: 37.7 × 27.4 cm (14 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 50.7 × 39.3 cm (20 × 15 1/2 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, aquatint, and roulette, with touches of drypoint, printed in black on white wove paper
Image: 37.7 × 27.4 cm (14 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Plate: 40 × 30.5 cm (15 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 32.5 cm (16 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 50.7 × 39.3 cm (20 × 15 1/2 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, aquatint, and roulette inked à la poupée in black and brown on white wove paper
Image: 37.2 × 27 cm (14 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 38.8 × 28.5 cm (15 5/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 51 × 39.4 cm (20 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, hard ground etching, aquatint, and roulette, printed from two plates in red-brown and black on white laid paper
Image/sheet: 37.6 × 27.3 cm (14 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 51.1 × 39.2 cm (20 1/8 × 15 7/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching in black on white wove paper
Image: 37.5 × 27.1 cm (14 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42.6 × 32.5 cm (16 13/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 51.2 × 39.2 cm (20 3/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching from two plates, with roulette, on paper
Image: 37.3 × 27 cm (14 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 32.3 cm (16 13/16 × 12 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 50.5 × 39.5 cm (19 15/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, hard ground etching, aquatint, and roulette, printed from two plates in red-brown and black, on ivory laid paper
Image/sheet: 37.5 × 27.1 cm (14 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Secondary support: 50.7 × 39.3 cm (20 × 15 1/2 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, with roulette, printed in red on white wove paper
Image: 35.7 × 27 cm (14 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 32.5 cm (16 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 51 × 39.3 cm (20 1/8 × 15 1/2 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching from two plates, with roulette, on paper
Image: 37.7 × 27.5 cm (14 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 32.7 cm (16 15/16 × 12 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 50.5 × 39.5 cm (19 15/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching from two plates, hard ground etching, aquatint, and roulette on paper
Image/sheet: 37.5 × 27.2 cm (14 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 51 × 39.2 cm (20 1/8 × 15 7/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, hard ground etching, aquatint, and roulette, printed from two plates in red-brown and black on white laid paper
Image: 37.5 × 27 cm (14 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 32.3 cm (16 13/16 × 12 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 50.7 × 39.3 cm (20 × 15 1/2 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, aquatint, and roulette, with touches of drypoint, printed in black on white laid paper
Image: 37.7 × 27.1 cm (14 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 32.3 cm (16 13/16 × 12 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 51.1 × 39.5 cm (20 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, aquatint, roulette, and traces of drypoint, on ivory laid paper
Image: 37.5 × 27 cm (14 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 32.3 cm (16 13/16 × 12 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 51 × 39.4 cm (20 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
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Christian Josi
Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais et Flamands
1826
Soft ground etching, hard ground etching, aquatint, and roulette printed from two plates in red-brown and black on white laid paper
Image: 37.3 × 27.1 cm (14 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42.4 × 32.3 cm (16 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 50.7 × 39.3 cm (20 × 15 1/2 in.)
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Joseph Wright of Derby
Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap
1765/68
Monochrome pastel (grisaille) on blue-gray laid paper
42.5 × 29.5 cm (16 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
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Louis Jean Desprez
The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo)
1785/90
Handcolored etching in black on cream laid paper
Sheet: 68.5 × 47.2 cm (27 × 18 5/8 in.)
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Francesco Panini
Interior View of the Church of St. Peter's in the Vatican
c. 1770
Transparent and opaque watercolors with shell gold and pen and black ink, over etching, on ivory laid paper
58 × 88.5 cm (22 7/8 × 34 7/8 in.)
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
The Creation of Adam
c. 1645/50
Monotype in black ink on ivory laid paper
30.3 × 20.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 in.)
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George Sand
Landscape with Rocks
c. 1868/76
Transparent and opaque watercolor on cream wove paper
11.8 × 15.4 cm (4 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
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Hendrick Goltzius
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
1585
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Sheet: 41.8 × 30.9 cm (16 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)
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Albrecht Dürer
The Circumcision of Christ, from The Life of the Virgin
c. 1505, published 1511
Woodcut in black on tan laid paper
Image: 29.8 × 20.9 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 30.2 cm (17 1/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
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Albrecht Dürer
Saint Eustace
c. 1501
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
35.5 × 26.1 cm (14 × 10 5/16 in.)
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