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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Woodblock print of pale foxes with flickering tail fires gathered under a bare tree at night in a snowy field.

Fox Fires on New Year's Eve at the Changing Tree in Oji (Oji shozoku enoki omisoka no kitsunebi), from the series "On…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of autumn maples and pines beside a pond, with figures on the bank and a pavilion at lower left.

Precints of the Akiba Shrine, Ukeji (Ukeji Akiba no keidai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Painted lion with gold star dots on a manuscript page, with red Arabic title above, from a Timurid star book.

The Constellation Leo, folio probably from the Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars)

Unknown artist, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370-1507), dated c.1500

Illuminated Qur'an page with five panels of Arabic calligraphy in gold and blue cartouches and a floral arabesque border.

Right-Hand Page from the Qur'an

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722)، 16th century

Etching of a city street with tall townhouses, a horse and cart in the foreground, and pedestrians along the road.

Alderney Street

James McNeill Whistler, 1881

Persian miniature of men gathered in a courtyard with musicians, a reclining figure, flowering trees and a horse.

Judge (Qazi) of Hamadan in a Drunken State, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa'di

Unknown artist, about 1550

Miniature painting of a seated ruler under a canopy with courtiers and chained prisoners in a flowering garden.

Chained Prisoners are Brought Before a King, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa'di

Unknown artist, c. 1550

Persian miniature of armored men gathered around a reclining figure in orange, with a kneeling man in blue beside a green tre

Iskander Comforts the Dying Darius

Unknown artist, 1590

Indian miniature of two women feeding fish in a pool beside a terrace, with a standing man, palm trees, and lotus flowers.

Royal Women Feeding Fish

Unknown artist, c. 1740

Indian miniature painting of a couple on a canopied bed in a palace garden at night, attended by women, with a gold floral bo

Lovers in a Zenana Garden at Night

Unknown artist, 17th/18th century

Woodblock print of fireworks over Ryogoku bridge at night, with boats crowding the blue river below.

Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Engraving of nude Oedipus on rocks facing a winged sphinx at a cave entrance, with a small figure in the background.

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, 1867

Woodblock print of an arched wooden bridge over a river at night, with a boatman poling past bamboo yards under a full moon.

Bamboo Yards and Kyo Bridge (Kyobashi Takegashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Engraving of Christ comforted by an angel in a garden while three disciples sleep below under a tree.

Christ at Gethsemane

Pierre Imbert Drevet, c.1717-1739

Portrait of Charles Frederick de Heincken

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1770

Baroque engraved print with oval portrait of a man in a curled wig, palm trees, lion, eagle, and Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Joseph I

Elias Christoph Heiss, 1701

Reddish-brown etching of a winged female figure embracing a reclining figure beside a bed with draped sheets.

Frontispiece to Les baisers morts

Félicien Rops, 1893

Etching of a church doorway with a pointed stone arch, wooden door and iron hinges, with brick wall above.

Church Doorway, EdgwareImpression: Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago(1924.659)Church Doorway, Edgware

James McNeill Whistler, 1887/1888

Pen and ink interior scene of a seated man reading a newspaper beside a sleeping dog, with crowded framed prints and shelves.

Anecdotes: Proof

George Cruikshank, 1827

Etching of a row of houses with shop windows, a cobbled quay, figures, and dark water below.

The Embroidered Curtain

James McNeill Whistler, 1889

Woodcut of a columned loggia with tiled floor, opening onto a garden with a fountain and distant buildings.

Illustration from Kunst des Messens (The Art of Measurement), plate eight from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

Attributed to Monogrammist H.H., 1531, assembled into portfolio 1937

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink robe and patterned kimono, holding a fan, with a sword at his waist.

Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Oda Kazusanosuke Harunaga in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi b…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1791

Woodblock print of three women in kimono on a riverbank, with boats, a bridge and rooftops in the background.

Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

John Bellingham

Denis Dighton, 1812

Woodblock print of an Edo street with blue shop curtains, a procession of figures in green robes, and Mount Fuji at left.

The Suruga District in the Eastern Capital (Toto Suruga-cho), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji s…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of snowy riverbank with boats and rooftops, Mount Fuji rising in the background at dawn.

The Riverbank at Sukiya in the Eastern Capital (Toto Sukiyagashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (F…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind pine trees, with a wooden bridge over a river and boatmen below.

Ochanomizu in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ochanomizu), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms, pines, strolling figures and snow-capped Mount Fuji above rooftops on a grassy hill.

Asuka Hill in the Eastern Capital (Toto Asukayama), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of two women at a teahouse with red lanterns, overlooking fields and a river toward Mount Fuji.

View of Mount Fuji from a Teahouse at Zoshigaya (Zoshigaya Fujimi chaya), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms, a river and Mount Fuji framed by a large dark tree trunk in the foreground.

Koganei in Musashi Province (Musashi Koganei), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858