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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Etching of two harnessed horses resting on an open grassy field under a pale sky.

Horses' Rest

Giovanni Fattori, c. 1885

Triptych woodblock print of three pairs of women playing flute and shamisen before latticed screens with calligraphy.

Set of Three, Love Birds in Three Kinds of Music (Sampukutsui hiyoku no san kyoku)

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1748

Japanese woodblock print of a lion, peonies, a rock and butterflies with swirling clouds, in orange and brown tones.

Lion and Peonies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1720/25

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered around a basket, with a turbaned man reaching in and a reclining figure

Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

After Lucas Kilian, after 1602

Engraving of an elegant 18th-century interior with men at a card table, a seated woman in a gown, and a dog in the foreground

Plate One, from Marriage à la Mode

Gérard Scotin II, 1745

Engraving of an elegant interior with a seated man, a woman at a tea table, and a standing man holding papers.

Plate Two, from Marriage à la Mode

Bernard Baron, 1745

Pencil drawing of a male lion reclining with a lioness standing behind him, with a small engraved lion scene in the lower lef

Lion and Lioness

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim, c. 1882

Engraved interior scene with figures in 18th-century dress, a dog by a dining table, and an overturned chair.

Plate Six, from Marriage à la Mode

Gérard Scotin II, 1745

Drawing of a sleeping lion with head on its paws and a smaller lion sketch in the upper right corner.

Lion's Head and Sketch of a Lion

Edmé Saint-Marcel, c. 1860-70

Woodblock print of three dancers in patterned kimono, one playing a drum and two carrying a hobby horse on a pole.

The Hobby Horse Dance (harugoma odori)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1750

Engraving of a man with a stick confronting a bearded figure in a cloak, with dogs and buildings in an oval scene.

Fable: A Man Bitten by a Dog

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a horse seen from behind with a second faint horse study at right, on pale paper.

Studies of a Horse

Edgar Degas, 1868/75

Woodblock print of a man in an orange kimono riding a white horse, with two attendants in floral robes beside him.

Young Man on a Horse

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1760s

Engraved illustration of a white-throat bird perched on a stump among foliage, with caption text below.

White Throat (Bird)

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Engraving of a lion hunt with rearing horses, armed hunters with swords and spears, and lions fighting men on the ground.

The Lion Hunt

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1621/29

Woodcut print of a bearded man in a turban wrestling a lion on a hill, with a castle and city in the background.

Samson Rending the Lion

Albrecht Dürer, 1496/97

Black and white woodcut headpiece with lettering, three figures, a mask, a fox and a bird by Paul Gauguin.

Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece forLe sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899, printed and published 1921

Woodblock print of a courtesan standing on a veranda while two attendants play with a black dog beside her.

Courtesan and Two Attendants Playing with a Dog

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Monochrome print of three labourers pushing a cart with a man riding on it, a harnessed horse, and a sleeping dog in woodland

Labourers

George Stubbs, January 1, 1789

Japanese woodblock print of a black dog with a red ribbon beside a hanging kimono, a bowl of ornaments and clouds.

Black Dog

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772/81

Woman in patterned kimono kneels on tatami holding a cord to a white cat beside a cherry blossom screen.

The Third Princess and Her Pet Cat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Two goats beside a flowering branch in an arched frame, with Arabic calligraphy above and below on an Iranian manuscript page

Two Goats from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Unknown artist, c.1300

Woodblock print of a striped cat with a pink ribbon reaching toward goldfish in a patterned bowl beside pine branches.

Cat Pawing at Goldfish

Isoda Koryusai, c. early 1770s

Woodblock print of a woman with a green parasol and a child riding a toy horse beside a fence under cherry blossoms.

The Hobby Horse

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Lithograph of caricatured bathers in the Seine with a crowd on a distant sloping riverbank under a hazy summer sky.

View of the Seine near Asnières during the dog days, plate 2 from Croquis D'été

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Japanese print of two green birds perched on a branch with red hibiscus flowers against a blue background.

Two Birds on Hibiscus Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child making a snow dog in a snowy garden beside a red gate and pines.

Making a Snow Dog

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Pen and watercolor drawing of a coach changing horses in a busy inn yard, with passengers, a horn player and dogs.

Coach Changing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of two Chinese lions beside rocks and pink peonies, with a tiger's face in a cloud above.

Chinese Lions and Peonies

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Woodblock print of three figures releasing a bird from a cage beside a tree, with a poem inscribed above.

Freeing a captured bird

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70