New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with grey curls, white lace cap, blue ribbons, and a diamond-set frame.

Portrait of a Lady, said to be Mrs. Fitzherbert (1756-1837)

George Place, c. 1790

Painting of a armored warrior with a sword beside a woman holding an olive branch and shield, in a wooded setting.

Allegory of Peace and War

Pompeo Batoni, 1776

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curled hair, wearing a white dress and striped blue shawl, in a gold and pearl

Portrait of the Wife of André de Chenier (?)

Attributed to Daniel Saint, 1800/10

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a red coat with blue collar and gold epaulette, with powdered hair and a white jabot.

Portrait of an Officer

John Smart, 1788

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman in maroon coat and white cravat, framed by faceted clear stones and a bow.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Gervase Spencer, 1760

Painting of a chaotic battle with chariots, archers and horses on a red background, with a multi-armed figure at center.

Battle of the Forces of Krishna and Bana, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

Unknown artist, c. 1520-1530

Painting of workers with wooden barrels on a sunny beach beside whitewashed houses, a church tower, and the sea.

Sitges

Juan Roig y Soler, 19th century

Painting of figures in kimono enjoying a picnic and music under cherry blossom trees on a gold background.

Pleasures of the Seasons

Hishikawa Morohira, About 1700

Tibetan thangka of a multi-armed Hevajra embracing his consort in yab-yum, with skull garland and gold scrollwork border.

Hevajra Kapaladhara and Nairatmya in Ritual Embrace (Yab-Yum)

Unknown artist, c. 1604

Grayscale painting of fashionable 18th-century figures, including a man in a Turkish turban, before a columned interior.

Fashionable Figures, with a Man in Turkish Costume

Unknown artist, 1733-35

Seated arhat with halo in a green mountain landscape, with an attendant, a white peacock, and a small deity above.

Arhat Vanavasin, One of the Sixteen Great Arhats, from a Set of Twenty-Three

Chinese or Tibetan, late 17th/early 18th century

Oval miniature portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and blue coat, set in an ornate silver filigree pendant with gemston

Portrait of a Gentleman

Attributed to Nathaniel Hone, c. 1755

Six-panel folding screen of misty blue-green mountains, a red pavilion, and small figures on a gold ground.

The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (front); Geese among Reeds (back)

Noguchi Shōhin, 1900

Loose sketch of seated women and a man in a bowler hat at a railing, with a crowded dance hall behind them.

Moulin de la Galette

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1889

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a long curled wig and white lace collar, set in a silver filigree frame with red stones.

Portrait of King Charles II (1630-1685)

Attributed to Paul Prieur, c. 1675

Mural fragment of a bodhisattva with jeweled headdress, green halo, and draped shawls in muted earth tones.

Bodhisattva

China, probably from the Cisheng Si, Henan province, Song dynasty (960-1278)

Stylized painting of a striped blue fish leaping over green tropical leaves, flowers and dark water.

The Leap of the Rabbit

Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, 1911

Ink landscape with a thatched pavilion, slender trees, bamboo and a tall rock beneath distant mountains, with calligraphy at

Poetic Thoughts in a Forest Pavilion 林堂詩思圖

Ni Zan, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), c. 1371

Painting of a woman in an olive dress working on a hat among hat stands and trimmed millinery in a shop interior.

The Millinery Shop

Edgar Degas, 1879-86

Painting of a rocky coast with a grassy headland, calm blue sea, small sailboats and distant islands under a pale sky.

Rocky Coast

John Frederick Kensett, c. 1860

Painting of a woman in a black hat reading an open book at an outdoor table with greenery behind her.

Woman Reading

Édouard Manet, 1880-82

Tibetan painting of seated Bodhisattva Maitreya on a lotus throne, surrounded by attendants and rows of Buddha figures in red

Bodhisattva Maitreya Surrounded By His Retinue

Unknown artist, 16th century

Tibetan painting of a blue Medicine Buddha on a lotus throne, surrounded by bodhisattvas and rows of deities in arched niches

The Medicine Buddha Bhaishajyaguru With His Mandala Retinue

Central Tibet, 14th century

Loose oil sketch of a young woman with tousled brown hair, dark jacket and blue neck ribbon, against a warm ground.

Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders

James McNeill Whistler, 1896-97

Tibetan painting of two seated lamas flanked by rows of lineage figures in arched niches, with gold clouds and lotus thrones.

Two Lamas in the Sakya Lamdre Teaching Lineage

Unknown artist, c. 16th century

Oval miniature of a woman with curly brown hair in a blue off-shoulder gown and pearl necklace, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Lady Clarke (d. 1695)

Samuel Cooper, c. 1660

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair, blue sash and order medal, in a gold filigree and enamel frame.

Portrait of Paul I, Emperor of Russia

Unknown artist, c. 1796

Tibetan thangka of wrathful deity Rakta Yamari with buffalo head and flames on blue ground, surrounded by smaller deities.

Rakta Yamari, a Wrathful Form of Manjushri

Unknown artist, 18th/19th century

Two women on a veranda beside a bamboo blind, with calligraphy columns and a small boat landscape on the left.

Two Beauties on a Veranda

Santō Kyōden, 1802/16

Saint George on a white horse spearing a dragon as a kneeling princess watches, with a castle behind them.

Saint George Killing the Dragon

Bernat Martorell, 1434