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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Hand-colored Japanese print of the infant Buddha on a lotus, with two dragons pouring water and attendants below.

The Birth of the Buddha Sakyamuni

Kondo Kiyoharu, c. 1720

Pencil sketch of a cupboard with violin, cornet, fan and music sheets, with handwritten notes on frame and materials.

Still Life Sketch

William Harnett, n.d.

Etching of a rocky landscape with a gnarled tree and an armored figure lying on the ground at lower left.

St. WIlliam

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, n.d.

Etching of a seated woman in a sketchy interior with a sofa corner, dark tonal background and loose hatched lines.

The Corner of the Sofa (No. 1)

Mary Cassatt, c. 1879

Etching of a calm river lined with dark trees and reflections, with slender birch trunks in the right foreground.

The Vale of Clyde

David Young Cameron, 1898

Etching of windmills and trees silhouetted at dusk under a pale sky, with dense dark hatching in the foreground.

Evening

John Henry Twachtman, 1881

Engraved allegory of sight showing a woman in an oval frame beside a mirror, with instruments and a Latin verse below.

Sight, plate one from The Five Senses

Jacob van der Heyden, n.d.

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf playing a lute, surrounded by musical instruments in an oval frame with Latin text below.

Sound, plate two from The Five Senses

Jacob van der Heyden, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a woman holding a flower sprig, framed by roses and carnations, with Latin verse below.

Smell, plate three from The Five Senses

Jacob van der Heyden, n.d.

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf tasting food from a footed bowl, framed by fruit vines and cherries.

Taste, plate four from The Five Senses

Jacob van der Heyden, n.d.

Feeling, plate five from The Five Senses

Jacob van der Heyden, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a riverside Roman scene with an arched stone bridge, watermills, houses and a church tower.

View of the Ponte Rotto, Rome, with Watermills

Jan Asselijn, late 1630s

Sepia watercolor of sailing boats and figures in a misty harbor, with a windmill and city buildings in the distance.

Boats in a Harbor

Richard Parkes Bonington, c. 1824

Two elderly Noh theater figures in patterned robes and black hats stand side by side, one holding an open fan.

Nimin Okina, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of a Noh dancer in black robe and mask on red ground, with a seated figure in blue kimono beside a pine scree

Chitose Sanbaso, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Japanese woodblock print of a Noh performer in a patterned kimono carrying a black lacquer box along a veranda beside pines.

Mentako, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Japanese woodblock print of three Noh performers in blue and violet robes, with an older white-haired figure beneath a dragon

Tama-no-i, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of two robed figures with brooms and a staff, with a purple screen at upper left, from Nogaku Zue.

Shiga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Japanese woodblock print of two Noh performers, one in a red-haired mask and patterned robe, the other kneeling with a staff.

Mekari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in patterned robes beside a kneeling man before a stage with a peony panel.

Yokihime, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of an elderly man with a fishing rod beside two cloaked figures, with an inset of a cormorant diving.

Ugai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of a Noh performer in a floral kimono holding a fan, with a seated man and mountains in a side panel.

Tama Kuzu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of a Noh performer in a blue robe with gold clouds and red wig, beside seated figures on a stage.

Zenkai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of two Noh costumes, a blue robe with golden dragon headdress and a pale blue robe with jeweled crown, with s

Enoshima, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of three women in white hoods seated on a platform framed by ivy, with a wicker basket beside them.

Ohara Miyuki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of Noh characters: a wild-haired figure in blue, a woman in green kimono, and a seated old man.

Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woman in white robe and black hat holds bamboo beside a lantern stand and crescent moon over a temple, Japanese print.

Miidera, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of a Noh performer in a blue robe beside seated figures, with a red-based stage prop, from 1898.

Sakuragawa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of a Noh scene with a performer inside a bird-like cage of pine, flanked by seated and standing figures.

Unjakuzan, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898

Woodblock print of a Noh performer in a demon mask and red robe confronting two kneeling men beside a pine tree.

Adachiga Hara, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1898