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Art Institute of Chicago

3,349 works

Colored drawing of Christ surrounded by a jostling crowd of soldiers and tormentors, with a black cross and small religious s

Christ Among His Tormentors

Henri De Groux, 1894-98

Red chalk sketch of a reclining woman on a bed beside a standing female figure in a loosely drawn interior.

Woman Lying on her Back, Lassitude, plate ten from Elles

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Study of a Young Man's Head with Right Arm Outstretched

Edward Poynter, 1860

Poster of three women in headscarves pulling a plow across a rocky field, with the text Save Wheat and Will You Help the Wome

Will You Help the Women of France?

Edward Penfield, 1917

Color illustration of the Chocolat-Menier pavilion at the 1893 Chicago exposition, with a gold dome and crowds of visitors.

Chocolate-Menier Pavilion, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective View

Peter J. Weber, 1893

Woman in Bed, Profile, Getting Up, plate eight from Elles

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Brown lithograph of a woman waking in bed, hair loose, arm raised toward rumpled sheets and pillow.

Woman in Bed - Waking, plate three from Elles

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Lace Valentine card with two children embracing beside a swan, dark birds, and painted pink and blue flowers.

Untitled Valentine (Children, Swans, and Butterflies)

John Windsor, 1860/69

Victorian lace paper Valentine with gold ribbon bow, religious figure, flaming red heart and painted flower garland.

Untitled Valentine (Antique Figures and Birds)

John Windsor, c. 1860

Lace-cut paper valentine with a winged figure, flower urn, blue book verse, and applied roses on a cream background.

Weddings Now Are All the Go (valentine)

Thomas Wood, 1855/60

Lace-cut paper valentine with a white dove on blue, pink medallion, roses, and the banner "Constant will I ever be".

Constant Will I Ever Be (valentine)

Thomas Wood, 1860/64

Valentine card with gilded paper foliage, a figure in a shell chariot, cherubs, and the words 'Love and Affection' on blue.

Untitled Valentine (Couple in Chariot)

John Windsor, 1860/69

Untitled Valentine (Woman in Profile)

John Windsor, 1860/69

Gilt lace valentine card with a central scene of a woman holding a goat beside a child and cottage, framed by flowers.

Untitled Valentine (Country Girls with Dog)

John Windsor, c. 1873

White lace valentine card with a central medallion, two female figures holding flower bouquets, and an "All for Thee" banner.

All for Thee (valentine)

John Windsor, 1850/59

Embossed white valentine card with a cluster of cherries and an orange, plus a ribbon reading Remembrance and roses.

Remembrance (valentine)

Thomas Wood, c. 1850

Die-cut embossed valentine showing a standing couple in period dress framed by lace borders, florals and turquoise paper.

Untitled Valentine (Antique Couple with Putti)

Thomas Wood, c. 1850

Embossed gold and cutwork valentine with an open book reading 'My Aim is Your Heart' and a cupid with a bow.

My Aim is Your Heart (valentine)

John Windsor, 1840/49

Ornate lace-like New Year's card with silver filigree border, floral motifs, and a printed verse in an oval panel.

The New Year's WIsh (holiday card)

John Windsor, c. 1840

Engraving of a garden of love with cupids overhead, musicians, and a seated woman beside a classical column.

The Garden of Love, Left Half, with Seated Woman

Christoffel Jegher, c. 1631

Engraving of a bearded seated man holding a laurel sprig, with two women beside him and a laurel tree and arched building beh

Man Under a Laurel Tree

Agostino Veneziano, 1515/30

Pen and watercolor sketch of three women in lace headdresses and hooded shawl, one with a woven basket.

Three Servant Women

Constantin Guys, n.d.

Brown ink and wash sketch of a nativity-style scene with kneeling figures, a standing figure with a staff, and an animal.

Finding the Scottish Regalia (recto), and Study, Queen Victoria and First Parliament (verso)

David Wilkie, c. 1835

Pencil caricature of a standing man in a bowler hat with an exaggeratedly large nose, drawn on pale paper.

Caricature of a Man with a Large Nose

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Pen and watercolor sketch of a seated woman in a bonnet and blue dress holding a red-brown muff.

Woman with a Muff

Constantin Guys, c. 1860-1864 (?)

Sepia watercolor of a seated man in drapery reaching toward a winged figure above a cemetery of tombs and obelisks.

Each Moment Has Its Sickle

Charles Reuben Ryley, n.d.

Caricature of a seated man in a fedora with a large red-brown cigar, drawn in chalk on tinted paper.

Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar

Claude Monet, 1855/56

Faint watercolor bust of a woman with lowered head and blue-tinted hair, mounted on tan paper with a purple stamp.

Bust of a Tahitian Woman

Paul Gauguin, 1894

Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”)

Claude Monet, c. 1858

Pastel homage to Berlioz: allegorical women, a laurel wreath, and a marble inscription bearing the composer's name.

The Anniversary (Homage to Hector Berlioz)

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1877