Art History Rules is an excellent site for useful information about art history papers, grad school, etc.
Help with citation format and avoiding plagiarism is found in the Essay Writing section.
The following information is found in the Chicago Manual of Style (print), 17th edition 2017, paragraph 14.235, page 859. You can find the book in the reference section at Griffith Library on the University City Campus and at the Service Desk at Drexel Library on Hawk Hill Campus.
14.235 (page 859) Citing paintings, photographs and sculpture. Information about paintings, photographs, sculptures, or other works of art can usually be presented in the text rather than in a note or bibliography. If a note or bibliography entry is needed, list the artist, a title (in italics), and a date of creation or completion, followed by information about the medium and location of work. For works consulted online, add a URL.
Work of Art:
If you have viewed this work in person, cite as below.
Footnote:
1. Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Slave, 1513-15, marble, 2.09 m., Paris, The Louvre.
Bibliography:
Buonarroti, Michelangelo. The Slave, 1513-15. Marble, 2.09 m. Paris, The Louvre.
Dior, Christian. May, 1953. Silk, Length at CB ((a) to waist): 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) Length at CB (b):
45 1/2 in. (115.6 cm) New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
If you find an image of the work of art in a website, book, article, use the format below.
Delaroche, Paul. "Portrait of a Woman," 1829. Pastel drawing, 10 by 12 in. (Ackland Art Museum,
Chapel Hill, NC). In European Drawings from the Collection of the Ackland Art Museum, by
Carol C. Gillham and Carolyn H. Wood. Chapel Hill: The Museum, University of North Carolina,
2001, page 93.
Art Found on the Web:
Dior, Christian. May, 1953. Silk, Length at CB ((a) to waist): 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) Length at CB (b): 45 1/2
in. (115.6 cm) New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/80002249.
Art Found in an Article:
Abdel Hadi Al-Gazzar, Un Djinn Amoureux, 1953. Gouache and india ink on paper, 53 by 28 centimeters.
Alexandria, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts. "Exceeding Realism: Utopian Modern Art on
the Nile and Abdel Hadi Al-Gazzar's Surrealistic Drawings." South Atlantic Quarterly 109, no. 3
(Summer 2010): 585, Figure 1.