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Art Institute of Chicago

2,141 works

Ink landscape scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, a river, and a fisherman in a small boat.

Fishing Recluse by an Autumn Grove (秋林漁隱圖)

Sheng Mao, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Oval miniature portrait of a man with long curled brown hair, lace collar and green bow, with a landscape behind.

Portrait of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610-1688)

Thomas Flatman, 17th century

Ming scroll of two scholars seated under a leaning willow tree with a standing attendant boy and distant mountains.

Two Scholar-Musicians in a Landscape

Unknown artist, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 15th century

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white bonnet and fichu, set in an ornate gold frame with a loop.

Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst

James Peale, 1790

Hanging scroll of misty ink mountains with a waterfall, rooftops, gnarled trees and a small bridge in a valley.

Landscape after Wang Meng

Wang Shimin, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1664

Loose oil sketch of nude women, children and a clothed woman in a hat among green foliage, by Renoir.

Studies of Pierre Renoir; His Mother, Aline Charigot; Nudes; and Landscape

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1885-86

Nativity painting with Mary kneeling by the Christ Child, angels playing instruments, and a pastoral landscape behind.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, c. 1515

Tempera painting of Phaeton driving a chariot of white horses over a night sky above a walled city and figures.

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus

Northern Italian; possibly Verona, 1475-1500

Painting of a sunlit seaside with turquoise waves over rocks, a grassy bluff, and people near a red-roofed pavilion.

Bailey's Beach, Newport, R.I.

Childe Hassam, 1901

Medieval painting of an armored knight striking a rival on a stone bridge, with mounted soldiers, a trumpeter, and a distant

Emperor Heraclius Slays the King of Persia

Unknown artist, c. 1470

Painting of a clump of tall trees beside a dirt road, with a figure in red and cattle under a golden evening sky.

A Clump of Trees

Constant Troyon, c. 1860

Painting of red-sailed boats on blue water near rocky cliffs, with a town and chimney smoke in the distance.

Douarnenez in Sunshine

Maxime Maufra, 1897

Armored rider carrying a wooden cross before a city wall, with a trumpeter, soldiers, a white dog, and a flying angel.

Emperor Heraclius Denied Entry into Jerusalem

Unknown artist, c. 1470

Panel painting with two scenes: Saint Christopher facing demons on a rocky path, and before a king with armored soldiers belo

Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia

Martín de Soria, 1480-85

Painting of a haloed bearded man in animal skins seated under a tree beside a lamb, with light breaking through the foliage.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Denys Calvaert, c. 1610

Loose painting of an orange autumn tree, a rowboat on a pond, a reclining figure on grass, and a cloudy sky.

The Mill Pond

George Inness, 1889

Painting of a knight on a grey horse holding a lance and shield on a mountain path, with a distant rider under a dusk sky.

Don Quixote in the Mountains

Style of Honoré Victorin Daumier, c. 1850

Portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace bonnet and collar, resting her hand on a book beside green drapery.

Woman with a Book

Jonas Welch Holman, 1827-30

Painting of Mary and the Christ Child on a donkey led by Joseph, with an angel, palms, and a walled city behind.

The Flight into Egypt

Bernardino Butinone, c. 1485

Portrait of an older man in a black hood and red doublet, with a rural landscape and farmhouse in the upper left.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, c. 1505

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a pen, before green drapery and a brown background.

Man with a Pen

Jonas Welch Holman, 1827-30

Painting of the Descent from the Cross: a man on a ladder lowers Christ's body while mourners in red and green robes look on.

The Descent from the Cross

Bernardino Butinone, c. 1485

Painting of a bishop with a flaming heart and crozier beside a kneeling veiled nun in prayer, before a green landscape.

Saint Augustine and an Augustinian Canoness

Unknown artist, c. 1530

Painting of a kneeling donor in dark robes with a young saint in red holding a chalice above him in a Gothic interior.

Saint John the Evangelist and Donor

Master of the Morrison Triptych, c. 1490

Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ before a landscape with a castle, rocks, trees and travelers on a path.

Virgin and Child

Workshop of Adriaen Isenbrant, c. 1520

Two women in religious dress in a wooded landscape: one holds a golden crozier and book, the other kneels in prayer.

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness

Unknown artist, c. 1530

Panel painting of Christ ascending above a golden mound as kneeling apostles gaze upward in a landscape with a distant city.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: The Ascension

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Religious panel of Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, a armored saint with banner, and a kneeling donor before gold curtain.

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Saint Gereon, and a Donor

Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder, c. 1520

Dark forest scene with a brook over rocks, a pale cliff behind trees, and a small deer standing on the grassy bank.

The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

Gustave Courbet, c. 1855

Oil portrait of a young man in a green velvet coat and red cravat, seated before a hilly landscape with a lake.

The Actor Maximilian Korn in a Landscape

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1828