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Art Institute of Chicago

657 works

Circular engraving of the Virgin seated on an altar holding the Christ child, with kneeling worshippers in a classical colonn

The Virgin Seated on an Altar

Jean de Gourmont, 1520/40

Etching of a satyr family in a pastoral landscape, with a satyr carrying a fruit basket, a nymph riding a goat, and a child.

Satyr Family Walking

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1657

Engraving of Roman senators and soldiers in a procession beneath a brick arcade, with a laurel branch and standards at left.

The Senators, from Triumph of Caesar

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, c. 1495

Engraving of a haloed goldsmith hammering at an anvil in an arcaded workshop, with an assistant at a fire and a king at right

Saint Eligius and King Dagobert

Jean de Gourmont, 1520/30

Etching of a stone bridge with a water spout over a basin, framed by trees, with an empty central cartouche.

Title Page

Karel Dujardin, n.d.

Ink and watercolor sketch of Victorian-era figures in crinolines and top hats strolling in a park.

Hyde Park

Attributed to Constantin Guys, n.d.

Circular engraving of St. Eligius at a workbench with a hammer, beside a furnace, inside a classical arcaded hall.

St. Eligius

Jean de Gourmont, n.d.

Pen and ink botanical study of Salvia Silvarum flower parts with lettered details, by John Ruskin, 1881.

Salvia Silvarum

John Ruskin, 1881

Pen and brown ink drawing of two young women standing close, turned toward each other in conversation.

Two Young Women in Conversation

School of Guercino, n.d.

Engraving of a nude child seated among classical columns, an arch, a draped statue and a flaming urn in a ruined courtyard.

Nude Child Seated

Jean de Gourmont, 1520/30

Red and black chalk portrait of a young girl with bobbed hair, a black hair ribbon, and a ruffled white collar.

Mademoiselle Ellen Helleu

Paul César Helleu, c. 1897

Small etched print of a bearded man's head with tousled hair and a ruffled collar, set in a light paper mount.

Head of a Breton

Charles Émile Jacque, n.d.

Circular engraving of a tethered ape in a classical colonnaded courtyard with an arch and distant tower.

The Ape Tied in a Courtyard

Jean de Gourmont, 1520/30

Etching of farm workers harvesting wheat, with a bearded man with a scythe and a kneeling woman binding sheaves.

Harvest

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1872

Etching of a dark forge interior with a blacksmith at an anvil, a figure beside two horses, and sunlight through an archway.

The Little Forge

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1902

Circular engraving of a garlanded colonnade and rotunda, with a sleeping child among architectural fragments in the foregroun

The Child in the Courtyard

Jean de Gourmont, 1520/30

Pen drawing of a medicine show crowd in hats gathered before an ornate wagon, with a fringed performer gesturing and musician

A Day with the Medicine Man

Philipp William May, n.d.

Etching of a stone windmill with latticed sails above village rooftops, a grazing cow, and trees at right.

The Windmill

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1902

Illuminated manuscript page with a crowned figure in blue holding a scroll within a Gothic arch and red borders.

Female Saint in a Historiated Initial "L" from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 1330/40

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned robe seated in a boat beneath willow branches on a river.

Shirabyoshi dancer in asazuma boat

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Etching of a wooden jetty and moored sailboat beside a stone tower, with figures on the quay and a grassy hill behind.

La Passerelle, Boulogne

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1902

Etching of ruined stone arches and columns in the foreground with Mount Etna rising over the sea in the distance.

Aetna from Taormina

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Lithograph of a long-haired woman raising clasped hands above a shouting crowd of workers with tools and flags.

March 18

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1894

Etching of a domed church and colonnade framed by trees, with a seated figure in shrubbery in the foreground.

Idillio, Venezia

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1908

Lithograph of French soldiers in plumed shakos advancing through smoke, with a fallen soldier in the foreground.

Close the Ranks

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1832

Etching of a seated man in a cap resting his head on his hand, reading by candlelight at a table in a dark room.

Student at a Table by Candlelight

Salomon Savery, 1642/65

Etching of a domed church on a hilltop above terraced fields and trees, with small figures and a dog in the foreground.

San Lucca dei Colli

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1904

Black-and-white print of plumed horsemen and trumpeters with eagle banners riding in a dense procession across open ground.

Triumph of Maximilian

the elder Hans Burgkmair, n.d.

Etching of an elderly woman in a wrapped headdress and fur collar, shown in bust length, turned to the side.

Woman with a High Headdress Wrapped Around the Chin: Bust

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630

Etching of San Gimignano's tall towers above a valley of trees and fields, with a cypress-lined road in the foreground.

San Gimignano

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909