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Art Institute of Chicago

5,127 works

Victorian valentine card with embossed lace border, gilded birds at a nest, calligraphic verse, and painted flower garland.

Tis Loving Thee Too Well (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Embossed white valentine card with gold banner reading Gift of Friendship, pink roses, and blue and red flowers.

Gift of Friendship (valentine)

George Kershaw, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a grieving bearded man seated in a dark stone tower beside a leaning figure and a sprawled body.

Ugolino and His Sons Starving to Death in the Tower

Henry Fuseli, 1806

Victorian valentine card with embossed border, painted pink rose in central oval, and blue handwritten verses.

Why Should I Blush (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border, painted pink rose in a gold oval, black bows and blue handwritten verse.

Why Should I Blush (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Watercolor of four flower sprays in pink, purple, blue and yellow on a white embossed border with a red edge.

Valentine envelope

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed lace border, painted blue and white passion flower, green leaves, and handwritten 'I am thine on

I am Thine Only Thine (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Watercolor sketch of a crested bird with a pipe-smoking man and a shoreline, captioned with a Tennyson quotation.

In the Spring the Wanton Lapwing gets himself another Crest

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a musketeer in a plumed hat aiming a matchlock musket with a rest stick.

Artilleryman

Workshop of Jacob de Gheyn II, n.d.

Drawing of a young boy with short dark hair in a brown jacket and white collar, labeled Joseph Joachim, 1845.

Joseph Joachim

Wilhelm Girtner, 1845

Pen and wash drawing of a rustic wooden farmyard with a ladder to a loft, open doorways, a barrel, and a tree.

Farmyard

Attributed to Adriaen van Ostade, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of a grove of trees with slender trunks and a dense leafy canopy on aged paper.

Grove of Trees

Federico Barocci, 1600/12

Dark watercolor study of a robed woman raising a torch over a reclining figure, with a hooded figure with a dagger behind her

Study for Inquisition, Illustration to Columbiad

Henry Fuseli, c. 1806

Illuminated initial showing a kneeling robed saint with raised hands as two men raise stones in a green landscape.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen in a Historiated Initial "A" or "C" from a Gradual

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Valentine card with painted pink rose and red and green leaves, framed by lace-like border, scroll reading Wilt Thou Be Mine

Wilt Thou Be Mine Love? (valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, c. 1840

Valentine card with a pink flower, green and red leaves, embossed lace border, and handwritten text.

True Love's Fond Token (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, n.d.

Valentine card with painted pink and white flowers, green leaves, blue handwritten verse, and an embossed white lace border.

Dearest 'Tis Time Alone (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Valentine card with blue and white urn of pink roses and flowers, green garland, lace border, and a small dark bird below.

Untitled Valentine (Vase of Flowers with Bird)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Illuminated initial G showing attendants bathing an infant beside a haloed woman in a red-draped bed, with a gold and pink bo

The Birth of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "G" from an Antiphonal

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Pen and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Christ Child with angels above, kneeling figures, and animals in a stable.

Adoration of the Christ Child

Filippo Bellini or circle of, 1580/1600

Valentine card with two birds beside a yellow nest with eggs, flowers and leaves, inside a white lace border.

An Offering of Love (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Valentine card with lace border showing two grey birds, a yellow nest with eggs, blue flowers, and the words 'To my dear Vale

To My Dear Valentine (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Watercolor of a blue and white vase with yellow and pink flowers, framed by an embossed paper border.

Untitled Valentine (Blue and White Vase with Flowers)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border, a silver dove within blue rays and a blue scroll oval, and painted pink and yellow flowe

Untitled Valentine (Silver Dove)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Medieval Bible page with gold and blue foliate border and a small illuminated initial showing a man and woman joining hands.

The Marriage of Hosea and Gomer in a Historiated Initial "V" from a Bible

Unknown artist, 1345/48

Hand-painted pink rose with green leaves and metallic gold and rose leaves, framed by lace paper border, with 'Love Me or I D

Love Me or I Die (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, c. 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded nude figure in a cloak raising a hand and holding a tall cross-topped banner pole.

Resurrected Christ

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1559

Valentine card with lace border, painted tulip and pansy bouquet, and blue handwritten verse.

Thou Art to Me More Lovely (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1850

Valentine card with painted pink and yellow roses, green leaves, blue cursive verse and an embossed white lace border.

Thou Art to Me (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Valentine card with painted pink, yellow and blue flowers in a green wreath, lace border, and 'Forget me not' inscription.

Forget Me Not (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840