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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Elaborate Neapolitan nativity crèche with angels, shepherds, livestock, and townspeople among ruined arches.

Crèche

Unknown artist, 1725-75, with later additions

Woodblock print of two women playing cat's cradle beside a bamboo screen, with a cat at their feet and birds in the sky.

Two Young Women Playing Cat's Cradle

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1769

Brown wash drawing of a figure group at a table in a rustic interior with dogs and a basket, by Jacob Jordaens.

Jacob and Esau

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1655

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a sword and maple branch beside a spotted deer under a tree.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Goi no Sho Munesada with a Deer, in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (Flower of J…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1771

Japanese print of a songbird on a branch beside pink orchids and green leaves against a red and blue gradient background.

Orchid and Bird

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Woman in patterned kimono reaching into a bamboo birdcage on a yellow tub, Japanese woodblock print by Utamaro.

Murasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series "Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika k…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1805

Etching of a fast horse-drawn carriage passing a standing gentleman at a gateway, with a village and birds in the distance.

August - Dogs Have Their Days from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853

George Cruikshank, 1839, printed c. 1880

Brown ink drawing of a hunter with dogs, a netted game scene, dead deer and birds in an octagonal woodland setting.

The Industrious Hunter, in Spring

Johann Elias Ridinger, n.d.

Sketch of a snarling lion standing with lowered head, bristling mane and curled tail on pale paper.

Standing Lion

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Etching of top-hatted men walking past dogs pulling a loaded cart, with speech balloons, by George Cruikshank.

Dog Days - Legislation Going to the Dogs from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (t…

George Cruikshank, 1844, printed c. 1880

Brown ink drawing of a hunter in a snowy forest camp with a bear, wolves, a falcon, and dogs around him.

The Daring Hunter, Enduring in Winter

Johann Elias Ridinger, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a man beside a pine tree and stone marker, with a rice field behind.

Horse, from the series "Twelve Hours of the Floating World (Ukiyo juni shi)"

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Lithograph of two children huddled by a stone wall as a large dog and a puppy stand near a fireplace.

Children Frightened by a Dog

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1829

Print of a large gnarled tree with an old man, a standing girl, and a dog beneath it, with a fence in the background.

Old Trees with Old Man, a Girl, and a Dog, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Richard Corbould, 1802, published 1803

Print of a huge gnarled tree with men and dogs resting at its base in an open landscape with distant hills.

Resting, Men and Dogs Under a Big Tree, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

William Delamotte, 1802, published 1803

Lithograph of a lion attacking and standing over a fallen horse against a dark rocky background.

Lion Devouring a Horse

Eugène Delacroix, 1844

Engraving of Daniel among lions in a rocky cave, with a city, shepherd and sheep in the landscape and a floral bird border.

Daniel in the Lion's Den, from Landscapes with Old and New Testament Scenes and Hunting Scenes

Adriaen Collaert, 1584

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman leaning on a gold screen beside a cat and plum blossoms.

Parody of the Third Princess and Her Pet Cat

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono holding a red leash to a small dog, with a hanging cloth behind her.

Dog (Inu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu juni shi)"

Attributed to Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Engraving of a nude man with a shield watching animals fight, including a lion, dragon, unicorn and boar, among rocks.

Allegory: Combat of Animals in the Presence of Man with Shield

Master of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 1515/20

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women, one exhaling smoke that forms a galloping horse and rider in the sky.

Couple Conjuring Up a Horse and Rider (parody of Tekkai [Chinese: Li Tieguai] and Chokaro [Chinese: Zhang Guo Lao])

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772/81

Woodcut of a haloed bearded man surrounded by lions, a unicorn, sheep, birds and a winged dragon, with bare trees and a strea

The Virtues of Christ and the Wickedness of His Enemies Symbolized by Diverse Birds and Beasts (verso); The Last Supp…

Michael Wolgemut and Workshop, 1491

Tall engraved ornament panel with putti, a vase, scrolling foliage, and a dog and cat at the base.

Four Children with a Cat and a Dog, plate nine from Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, c. 1505-15

Woodblock print of a woman in a checkered kimono hanging a cord as a striped cat plays at her feet, by Isoda Koryusai.

Young Woman Hanging a Mosquito Net as Cat Plays at Her Feet

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Pen and ink drawing of a young bull grazing with head lowered, shown in side view on pale paper.

Young Bull

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496, erroneously inscribed in another hand 1508

Monochrome print of two shepherds with cattle, sheep and a dog by a stream beneath a large tree.

Two Shepherds with Cattle

Jacob Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, n.d.

Etching of a Chelsea street with shopfronts, a horse and cart, pedestrians, and windows crowded with birdcages.

Bird-Cages, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Woodblock print of a saddled horse grazing under a flowering plum tree with white and red blossoms.

Horse beneath a Flowering Plum Tree

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/99

Monochrome landscape with cattle and sheep by a river, a shepherd, trees, a stone tower and a bridge.

Landscape with Cattle

Jacob Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, n.d.

Woodblock print of women in kimono at a garden teahouse beside a peacock aviary, with a servant carrying tea.

Women Visiting the Bird and Flower Teahouse (Kachojaya)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792/93