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Art Institute of Chicago

3,349 works

Two mounted knights in armor with lances and ornate horse coverings, with heraldic shields and handwritten captions above.

Plate 14a, from Turnier Buch Herzogs Wilhelm des Vierten von Bayern (Tournament Book of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria)

Theobald Senefelder, 1817

Two facing pages of an 1817 print showing armored jousting knights on decorated horses with heraldic shields and German text.

Plate 18a, from Turnier Buch Herzogs Wilhelm des Vierten von Bayern (Tournament Book of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria)

Theobald Senefelder, 1817

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono and striped hat beside chrysanthemums and a bamboo fence.

Young Man Dressed as Mendicant Monk

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1755

Woodblock print of an iron teakettle and red lacquer tray dusted with snow, with Japanese calligraphy beside it.

New Year’s Sake

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1810-20 (Meiji Facsimilie)

Woodblock print of two women in kimono playing koto and shamisen before a screen with green foliage.

No. 2 (Sono ni), from the triptych "Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1825

Japanese woodblock print of two women playing koto and shamisen beside a gold screen with a potted plant.

No. 1 (Sono ichi), from the triptych "Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1825

Japanese print still life of hair ornaments with a lacquer box, red coral sprig, floral comb and patterned bowl, with calligr

Hair Ornaments

Kikugawa Eishin, c. 1804/30

Hand-colored print of a stout man in a top hat riding a brown horse at a trot, holding reins and a yellow crop.

The Lovable Rake

H. Humphries, 1813

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white kimono with red sash holding a sword, against a gray background.

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Hand-colored caricature of a bedchamber scene with a reclining woman, a man in blue, a midwife, and small men tumbling on the

An Accouchment

Charles Williams, published March 30, 1812

Hand-colored caricature of two men falling while ice skating on a frozen lake, with birds flying overhead.

Elements of skateing: A fundamental Error in the Art of Skaiting

James Gillray, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of two exaggerated skaters in top hats on a frozen lake, with bare trees and hills behind.

The Elements of Skating: Attitude is Everything

James Gillray, published November 24, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of two skaters blown by wind on ice, one clutching the other, with a bent tree and fallen figure behi

The Elements of Skating: The Consequence of Going Before the Wind

James Gillray, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of three English generals on a stage under banners reading complaint, bankruptcy and starvation, one

English Generals on the Peace Establishment!!!

George Cruikshank, published January 25, 1816

Hand-colored etching of a crowded clifftop promenade at Brighton with donkeys, parasols, a dog, and ships on the sea.

Morning Promenade Upon the Cliff, Brighton

James Gillray, published January 24, 1806

Hand-colored 1819 caricature of dandy riders on early velocipedes, with a startled woman between them on a dusty road.

Hobbies or Attitude is Everything, Dedicated with permission to all Dandy Horsemen

Attributed to William Heath, published April 17, 1819

Etching of a smiling bearded old man wearing a dark beret and cloak, turned toward the viewer.

Smiling Old Man

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1770

Hand-colored caricature of a man pulling a carriage with a family, a woman reading, and a dog, beside a roadside signpost.

La Promenade en Famille- A Sketch from Life

James Gillray, published April 23, 1797

Black-and-white print of a man's brooding face beside a pale nude figure, rendered in bold, expressive dark marks.

Man's Head with Nude

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Hand-colored print of two couples waltzing in early 19th-century dress on a wooden floor against a green background.

La Walse, from Le Bon Genre

Unkown French Artist, n.d.

Hand-colored caricature of exaggerated couples waltzing in a green-walled ballroom with framed paintings and a pink curtain.

Specimens of Waltzing

George Cruikshank, published June 4, 1817

Hand-colored caricature of men riding odd wheeled velocipedes in four rows, titled Every Man on his Perch, 1819.

Every Man on his Perch

Issac Robert Cruikshank, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of a crowded parliament chamber with red-capped figures, scales, money bags and a crown.

Patriotic Regeneration, -viz. - Parliament Reform'd, a la Françoise...

James Gillray, published March 2, 1795

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a teal kimono tying thread beside a sewing box and spool.

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98

Three women in kimono play poem cards on a pink mat in a room with shoji screens, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Young Women Playing Poem Cards

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated nude woman with bowed head on a stool, against a shaded background.

Seated Female Nude

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660/62

Medieval prayerbook page with a large gold and blue illuminated initial H, floral borders and red and blue text initials.

Illuminated Initial "H" from a Prayerbook

Unknown artist, 15th century

Etching of a crowd in a colonnaded hall; a haloed figure stands calmly while men raise arms and stones lie on the floor.

The Stoning of Jesus, from The New Testament

Jacques Callot, 1635

Triptych woodblock print of Otsu-e folk figures, demons, samurai, and a kneeling woman in colorful robes.

The Extraordinary Phenomenon of the Popular Otsu Picture (Tokini otsue kidai no maremono)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848

Woodblock print of women with a painting scroll, brushes and inkstone on a tatami floor, with garden plants beyond the verand

Painting (Ga), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments

Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1772/75