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Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Painting of two women, one seated in gray dress in front, one leaning in behind her, against a loose green and brown backgrou

Double Portrait: Two Women

Unknown artist, c. 1845

Painting of an 18th-century festival crowd in elegant dress, with garlands, a jumping dog, and spectators on a wooden platfor

Festival in Piazza Navona

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1729

Painting of a kneeling queen offering a gold vessel to a crowned king in an ornate arched interior with courtiers.

King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba

Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group, 1515-20

Painting of nude Adam beside an apple tree with red apples, holding a leafy branch against dark foliage.

Adam

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533-37

Painting of mounted cavalry riding down a muddy road past a saluting civilian beside a wooden bridge.

My Former Regiment

Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, 1881

Painting of a seated crowned king receiving a vessel from a kneeling armored knight, with soldiers and a falconer in a checke

King David Receiving the Cistern Water of Bethlehem

Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group, 1515-20

Dutch sailing ships and whaling boats in icy Arctic waters, with men battling polar bears on an ice floe in the foreground.

The Dutch Whaling Fleet

Abraham Storck, c. 1695

Soldiers in a muddy trench carry a wounded man past a dugout under a cloudy sky, with a dog in the foreground.

In the Trench

Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour, c. 1875

Crowded prison interior with a official reading a list among prisoners, families and a guard beneath an arched barred doorway

The Roll Call of the Last Victims of the Terror

Charles-Louis-Lucien Müller, c. 1850

Night painting of a Gothic tower building on fire with a large smoke plume, watched by a crowd in the street below.

Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Samuel Jones, 1819

Portrait of a man in a black embroidered coat with a gold sword and decorated order cross, against green drapery.

Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1823-26

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in a red cap, purple cape with gold buttons, and gold brocade, against a dark background.

Doge Andrea Gritti

Workshop of Titian, c. 1535

Painting of three nude women, an armored man, a bearded man in red, and Cupid in a wooded landscape with a castle.

The Dream of Paris

Matthias Gerung, 1536

Indian manuscript painting: seated king on gold throne, blue axe-wielding figure battling a many-armed demon on yellow ground

Krishna's Fifth and Sixth Avatars, page from a copy of the Gitagovinda of Jayaveda

Unknown artist, Late 17th century

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and orange robe, gazing sideways against a plain tan background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, Yuan dynasty (1260-1368) or Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Still life painting of red tulips, white anemones and yellow flowers in a green vase beside oranges on a table.

The Vase of Tulips

Paul Cézanne, c. 1890

Painting of an elderly bare-chested man embracing a large diagonal cross against a dark background.

Saint Andrew

Pompeo Batoni, 1740-43

Painting of riders and figures crossing a stone arched bridge over a stream, with trees and a cottage under a soft evening sk

Landscape with Figures Crossing a Bridge

John Rathbone, 1790-1800

Painting of a gesturing haloed man in pink beside a haloed figure in blue on a rocky shore, with a crowd and jagged landscape

Ecce Agnus Dei

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455-60

Renaissance painting of a nude man being whipped by robed figures in a columned classical hall with a seated judge.

The Dream of Saint Jerome

Matteo di Giovanni, 1476

Woman in a red dress and bonnet seated at a café table with a carafe, with gas lamps and figures in the background.

In the Café

Fernand Lungren, 1882-84

Painting of an equestrienne on a grey horse circling a circus ring while a ringmaster with a whip watches, spectators seated

Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1888

Portrait of a seated woman in a red velvet jacket and white lace blouse, arm resting on a dark chair, against a dark backgrou

Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple)

John Singer Sargent, 1888

Painting of a man with a cane speaking to a seated woman in green gown, with ballet dancers and top-hatted men behind them.

In the Wings

Jean-Louis Forain, 1899

Men lunch at a table under a green trellis, with a rowboat on the river beyond, painted in loose blue and green strokes.

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, white lace dress, coral necklace, and pink shawl, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Edith Mildmay

William Grimaldi, Late 18th-early 19th century

Pair of six-panel gold-leaf screens showing willows, a wooden bridge, a waterwheel and a moon over a river.

Willow Bridge and Waterwheel

Hasegawa Soya, c. 1650

Still life of a wicker basket of plums, apricots and cherries with asparagus and peas on a wooden table.

Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus

Louise Moillon, 1630

Portrait of Duchess of Gloucester

Ozias Humphry, Late 18th-early 19th century

Painting of a nude youth on a ladder picking golden fruit, with a companion below holding a fruit and a basket.

The Golden Age

Edward Poynter, 1875