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Art Institute of Chicago

657 works

Circular engraving of the Holy Trinity with a radiant dove at center, surrounded by concentric rings of angels, saints and cl

The Holy Trinity, Ceiling of the Church of Val-de-Grâce

Gérard Audran, 1693

Circular etched print of many small fable vignettes with animals, figures, trees and buildings arranged in a dense mosaic.

Mosaic of Le Fontaine's Fables

Jean Philippe Guy Le Gentil, 1789

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate saltcellar with a sea god riding sea horses on top and sphinx supports below.

Design for a Saltcellar

possibly Hans Friedrich Schorer, 17th century

Etching of a fur muff with a decorative brocade band against a cross-hatched background.

Muff with a Brocade band

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Circular engraving of many small classical sculpture fragments, figures and reliefs arranged in a dense mosaic pattern.

Mosaic of Archetypes from Antiquity

Jean Philippe Guy Le Gentil, 1789

Woodblock print of snowfall over Shinobazu Pond, with a pavilion on a snowy hill and an arched bridge over teal water.

Shinobazu Pond in Falling Snow (Shinobazu ike setchu no zu), section of a sheet from the series "Famous Views in the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Drawing of a nude winged angel in flight, rendered in black chalk with red chalk accents on aged paper.

An Angel in Flight

called Il Cavaliere d’Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, c. 1599-1600

Etching of the Holy Family resting under a palm tree, with a seated Virgin holding the infant Christ and two cherubs above.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Elisabetta Sirani, 1656/69

Engraving of Arion playing a lyre on a dolphin, surrounded by a circular border of tritons, fish and sea creatures.

Arion on a Dolphin surrounded by a Border decorated with Sea Creatures, from a Set of Designs for Plates (Fonds de Co…

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1580-1600

Engraving of a man touching a woman's bodice in an interior with a fireplace, a cat, and a figure in a doorway.

Tactus (Touch), from The Five Senses

Cornelis van Kittensteyn, c. 1620

Engraving of Lot in a cave with two daughters, one pouring wine, a fruit basket, and a burning city beyond.

Lot and His Daughters

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1600

Porcupine, Facing Right

Stefano Della Bella, 1640/50

Men Playing a Game of Dice

Master PVL, c. 1520

Engraving of Judith beheading Holofernes with a sword in a canopied bed chamber, a maidservant at the curtain.

Judith and Holofernes

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1580/1600

Engraving of a veiled seated woman holding serpents and doves, with a city scene and Latin inscription around a circular bord

Allegory of Prudence

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580/82

Etching of a woman holding an infant on a donkey, led by a man pointing down a path beside a large tree.

The Flight into Egypt

Willem Basse, 1642/48

Engraving of the Holy Family in an oval frame: Mary watches the sleeping infant Christ as Joseph holds a sprig near him.

The Holy Family

Jacob Matham, c. 1590-1600

Circular engraving of Judith holding a sword beside the severed head of Holofernes, with Latin text around the border.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586/87

Circular engraving of the Virgin and Child with the infant John the Baptist holding a cross, set beneath a tree, with Latin b

Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist

Jacob de Gheyn II, c. 1595

Circular engraving of a veiled woman seated beneath a tree, with two men resting in a landscape to the right.

Judah and Thamar

After Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1600

Engraving of Hercules watching Fortuna pour a horn of plenty of fruit and grain at his feet, 1617.

Fortuna Pouring Out the Horn of Plenty Before Hercules

Jacques de Gheyn III, 1617

Engraving of the evangelist Matthew writing in a book while an angel holds an inkwell beside him, in a circular frame.

Matthew, from The Evangelists

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1588

Engraving of a nude sea nymph on a shell surrounded by sea monsters, fish and tritons in a circular border.

Thetis on a Shell, from a Set of Designs for Plates (Fonds de Coupe)

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1580-1600

Circular engraving with three laurel-wreathed Roman emperor portraits, a central Latin motto, and dense ornamental scrollwork

Maxima Egestas Est Avaritia, Design for a footed dish

Johann Theodor de Bry, c. 1588

Engraving of Saint Mark in a circle, seated with a lion, an open book, inkwell and quill, with Latin text around the rim.

Mark, from The Evangelists

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1588

Engraved roundel showing Poseidon in a Greek key border against a dark hatched background, from a plate design set.

Poseidon, from a Set of Designs for Plates (Fonds de Coupe)

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1580-1600

Circular engraved design with four Roman emperor busts in laurel medallions around a central Latin inscription and ornamental

Immodica Ira Gignit Insaniam, Design for Interiors of Tazze

Johann Theodor de Bry, c. 1588

Engraving of an elderly bearded man reading a book beside an ox, with a halo and Latin text around a circular border.

Luke, from The Evangelists

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1588

Engraved print with hatched background and an oval medallion framed by scalloped ornamental border.

Galathea, from a Set of Designs for Plates (Fonds de Coupe)

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1580-1600

Engraving in a circle showing a sea nymph, muscular male figures among clouds, and a grotto on rocks by the sea.

Mythological marine suject in a roundel

Heinrich Ulrich, 1602