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Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Painting of a town street with houses, villagers and a rider, a church spire and a hilltop castle in the distance under a blu

View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1760

Six-panel gold screen with a gnarled tree, red autumn maple leaves, and hanging calligraphy poem slips over rocks.

Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Tosa Mitsuoki, 1654/81

Painting of a crowned male figure hurling thunderbolts at falling giants, with an eagle and dark storm clouds.

Jove Casts His Thunderbolts at the Rebellious Giants

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1695

Horizontal gold-ground painting of cranes, green pines, a rushing stream and rocks, with a flying crane at upper right.

Mount Hôrai

Kano Isen'in, About 1802-16

Six-panel gold folding screen painting of misty bamboo stalks and leaves above a diamond-patterned lattice fence.

Bamboo and Fences

Tosa Mitsuoki, 1654/81

Painting of a schooner towing a rowboat on choppy sea at sunset, with a steamship and other sailing ships in the distance.

The Schooner Jane of Bath, Maine

William Bradford, 1857

Portrait of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex (1485-1540)

Attributed to Hans Holbein, the younger, After 1537

Hanging scroll with three mice beside a wooden stand bearing a gold Daikoku figure, with red seals and black calligraphy.

Image of Daikoku and the Artist's Seals

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1754-1799

Pen and grey wash sketch of two women seated on a stepped structure among trees, with leaping deer and armed figures below.

Two Ladies Converse at a Step-Well (Baoli) in a Walled Garden

Unknown artist, 18th century

Sun Dance scene with a central pole, dancers under an arbor, mounted riders, and horses drawn in pencil and color on cream pa

Sun Dance Scene

Painter unknown, c. 1885

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, clouds, and a small thatched pavilion beneath trees.

Scholar in Landscape

After Gao Kegong, 1248-1310, or later, Yuan dynasty (1280-1368), 14th century or later

Loose painting of an orchestra rehearsing in a circus hall with red-striped seating and spectators in bright costumes.

Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver

John Singer Sargent, c. 1879

Ostracon with a Drawing of a King

Egyptian, New Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 19-Dynasty 20, about 1213-1069 BCE

Still life painting of strawberries in a glass compote, walnuts, an orange, dates, and porcelain dishes on a ledge.

Still Life - Strawberries, Nuts, &c

Raphaelle Peale, 1822

Life Study (Study of an Egyptian Girl)

John Singer Sargent, 1891

Persian miniature of a horseman, a tower with a figure at a window, tents and rocky hills, framed by calligraphy and a gold b

Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), dated 1580/90

Painting of a severed male head resting on a wooden block with white cloth, against a dark background.

Head of a Guillotined Man

Théodore Géricault, 1818-19

Oil portrait of a man in a green coat with gold buttons and lace jabot, turned toward the viewer on a dark background.

Dr. Jonathan Potts (1745-1781)

Henry Benbridge, 1770-76

Portrait of a man in a feathered hat and dark cloak, with a mountain river landscape behind him.

Portrait of Fridrich Rorbach

Conrad Faber von Kreuznach, 1532

Painting of a couple reclining on a canopied bed on a moonlit terrace, with attendants, a hookah and a lattice railing.

Seduction Scene on a Terrace by Moonlight

Unknown artist, 18th century

Painting of a sunlit garden pergola with orange trees, stone columns, pink roses, and a seated man near an arched gate.

Pergola with Oranges

Thomas Fearnley, c. 1834

Oval miniature of a young boy in a red lace-collared garment and blue sash with a star badge, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1688-1766)

Nicolas Prévost, 1692

Oval miniature of a woman with powdered hair, pearl tiara and blue gown with red sash, in an ornate gold filigree frame.

Portrait of Maria Fedorovna, Empress of Russia

Unknown artist, c. 1796

Painting of an equestrienne riding a grey horse in a circus ring as a ringmaster with a whip looks on.

Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887-88

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child on a pedestal, with halos, a white dove, and a cloudy sky behind them.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1516

Painting of Saint John the Baptist climbing rocky peaks above a walled gate, with a city and striped fields in the distance.

Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455-60

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin's death, with apostles around the bier, Christ above holding her soul, and angels with candle

The Death of the Virgin

Starnina, 1405-10

Painting of a bishop writing in a study while a monk looks at a vision of two saints in a niche above books.

Saint Augustine's Vision of Saints Jerome and John the Baptist

Matteo di Giovanni, 1476

Painting of Saint John the Baptist behind prison bars speaking to two disciples, with a chained dog and Gothic buildings.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455-60

Painting of Christ being baptized in a river by John the Baptist, with four angels on the banks under a cloudy sky.

The Baptism of Christ

Pietro Perugino, 1500-05