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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bird with spread wings and long tail inside a pink border on a cream ground.

Sacrificed Animal from a Set of Four Ritual Cards (Tsakalis)

Unknown artist, 20th century

Woodcut print of a horse with birds around it, with the title Le Sourire lettered across the top of the frame.

A Horse and Birds, headpiece for Le sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Brown wash and graphite sketches of cavalry battle groups with horses and riders, plus a study of a dog's forepaws.

Sketches of a Cavalry Battle and the Forepaws of a Dog

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Engraving of nude women bathing in an arched interior, with a ewer, a kneeling attendant and a sleeping figure in the backgro

A White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness

Master of the Die, 1530/40

Pencil sketches of pigs, a standing goat, and cattle heads and legs scattered across a yellowed sheet of paper.

Sketches of Various Animals and Head (recto), Sketches of a Head, Figure in Profile, Anatomical Details, and Animals…

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Engraving of a crowned skeleton rider on a pale horse trampling fallen figures beneath a stormy arched sky.

Death on a Pale Horse

Joseph Haynes, 1784, after the drawing of 1775

Pen and wash landscape with figures and a village, framed by a border of plants, butterflies, monkeys, a hare and a rodent.

Landscape with the Sacrifice of Isaac within a Decorative Border of Plants and Animals

Soft grey lithograph of a curly-haired child seated on a ledge, embracing a shaggy dog beside him.

Child with Dog

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1822

Hand-colored 1817 print of a ballroom with dancing couples, musicians in a balcony, and framed vignettes of dancing animals.

La Belle Assemblée

George Cruikshank, published August 31, 1817

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ while Joseph reaches toward a small bird beneath a tree.

Holy Family With a Bird

Simon Vouet, 1633

Vertical illuminated border with red and blue scrolling foliage, a bird, strawberries and flowers on a pale gold ground.

Illuminated Border with Bird, Strawberries and Flowers from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, n.d.

Etching of a man smoking a pipe beside a fence, holding a bridled horse before a thatched farm building.

Riding School and Horses

Johann Adolph Darnstedt, 1806

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated woman holding a cat, beside a fireplace and a sketched ceiling scene of cherubs.

Woman Seated Holding a Cat on Her Knees

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, n.d.

Grey wash watercolor of a man in a rowboat holding a fishing rod and landing net over calm, reflective water.

Netting the Fish

Winslow Homer, 1889

Engraved portrait of a boy with tousled hair holding a dog against his shoulder, both gazing toward the viewer.

A Boy with a Dog

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1750/59

Engraved landscape with a figure wrestling a lion among large oak trees, a hilltop town, a bridge and river beyond.

Samson Killing the Lion

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1603

Etching of a tall column topped with a winged lion beside a domed church and silhouetted crowd in Venice.

Lion Column, Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1899

Etching of a man in a white apron offering food to a cat beside a wooden pedestal in a dark interior.

The Cat's Lunch

Théodule Augustin Ribot, c. 1863

Manuscript page with a painted viper coiled among rocks beside a shrub with red flowers, framed by Persian calligraphy.

Viper in a Rocky Garden from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Unknown artist, c. 1300

Monochrome print of a curly-haired boy seated on a rock, embracing a dog beside him in a wooded setting.

Boy with a Dog

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1822

Engraving of soldiers dragging a large wooden horse through a stone city gate, with men carrying sacks in the foreground.

The Trojan Horse Being Dragged into the City of Troy

Giulio Bonasone, 1545

Etching of a rider standing by his horse with a dog at lower left, drawn in loose hatched lines.

The Rider Standing by His Horse, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/50

Etching of a man walking a dog by a river, framed by a large tree, with mountains in the distant landscape.

Man with a Dog

Karel Dujardin, 1659

Etching of a dim forge interior with a blacksmith at the hearth, a man beside a white horse, an anvil, and chickens on the fl

Forge with the White Horse

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Lithograph of a kneeling woman with a basket on pebbles, a loaded horse behind her, and a seated man at right.

Woman Beside Horse

Victor Adam, 1851

Etching of two carters pushing a cart with a horse along a rocky path, with a castle on a hill and trees under cloudy sky.

Two Carters Pushing Their Cart and Animals

Sébastien Bourdon, 1668-71

A Lion

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Etching of still life fruit and vegetables above a decorative lion-and-putti frieze and two studies of dog heads.

Plate Three of 38 from Oeuvres de J. B. Huet

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1796-99

Engraved print of two winged putti in a garden, one raising a bird and the other leaning on a wicker cage.

Two Putti with a Bird

François Boucher, n.d.

Etching of two horses drinking at a rocky pool beneath a tall cliff with a cave opening and pine trees.

A Hermit Leading his Horse to Water

Moritz von Schwind, 1840