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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Etching of a Paris riverside quay with tall houses, a church tower, workers, carts and a rowboat on the Seine.

Quai de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Sepia print of Manerbawr Castle's ruined walls and arches, with workers, a cart and scaffolding in the courtyard.

Manerbawr Castle from the Inward Court, plate nine from Twelve Views in South Wales

Paul Sandby, 1775

Pencil drawing of a robed female saint holding a spear, standing in an arched niche between two pilasters.

Saint Standing in a Niche

Follower of Carolo Maratti, n.d.

Etching of a Paris quay with moored barges, figures on deck, and tall buildings with steep roofs behind the embankment.

Quai des Grands Augustins

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Pen and brown ink study of struggling figures among classical columns and arches, with a seated woman and a fountain.

Study for the Rape of the Sabines

Circle of Jacopo Zanguidi, called Bertoia, 1564/74

Pen and wash drawing of a painter at an easel in a crowded arched studio with many figures around him.

Earthquake in an Artist's Studio

Pietro da Cortona, c. 1660

Brown and pink wash drawing of a kneeling woman in a draped robe with hands clasped in prayer, with blue cloth behind her.

Draped Female Figure at Prayer

Francesco Fontebasso, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a young woman with curled hair and a headdress, gazing upward, drawn in loose lines.

Portrait of Lady

John Hoppner, n.d.

Watercolor of a woman gesturing to two boys and a child kneeling beside a broken wooden toy under a tree.

The Broken Toy

Alfred Edward Chalon, 1800/60

Portrait of a Woman

John Downman, n.d.

Etching of a stone arched bridge over a river with a barge in front, tall Paris buildings behind, and trees on the left bank.

Le Pont St. Michel, Paris

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Charcoal study of a young woman in a headscarf leaning against a pillar, looking over her shoulder.

Study of a Peasant Girl

Camille Roqueplan, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a nude woman seen from behind, holding a round fan, with a braid over her shoulder.

Nude Figure Holding a Fan

Charles French, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a town skyline with a tall church spire, gabled rooftops and light blue and red washes.

View of Douai

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 1667-70

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair and lace cravat, with Latin inscription and coat of arms below.

Portrait of D. Hieronymous van Beverningk

Abraham Blooteling, n.d.

Etching of a bowman drawing his bow beside a pool, with a bird flying overhead and robed figures before a domed building.

The Bowman, frontispiece from The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from Firdusi

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1882

Etching of a tall column topped with a statue beside a garden terrace, with figures, trees and city rooftops behind.

Luxembourg Column, Paris

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Etching of sailing boats and a rowboat of men on calm harbor water, with masted ships and a hazy sky.

South Sea Fishers

Charles Meryon, 1850

Hand-colored print of fashionable people strolling under striped awnings in the Palais Royal garden, with tall trees and arca

Promenade du Jardin du Palais Royal (The Palais Royal Garden Walk)

Louis Le Coeur, 1787

Manuscript page with a painted viper coiled among rocks beside a shrub with red flowers, framed by Persian calligraphy.

Viper in a Rocky Garden from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Unknown artist, c. 1300

Drawing of a seated nude woman with hair in a bun, looking down, on a blue-grey toned paper.

Seated Female Nude

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, n.d.

Engraved portrait of a woman in a lace ruff and pearls, framed by flowers and drapery, with cherubs below a cartouche.

Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Spain, plate 13 from Duces Burgundiae (Dukes of Burgundy)

Jacob Louys, 1644

Watercolor of a schooner with figures on deck and a rowboat in turquoise choppy water near a distant palm-fringed island.

Schooner - Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1898/99

Etching of the Holy Family resting by classical ruins, with a donkey, palm tree, and distant town in the background.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Sébastien Bourdon, n.d.

Etching of a street quack performing on a wooden stage before a crowd of onlookers, with a patient seated in front.

The Quacksalver

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1785

Sepia etched portrait of a bearded elderly man wearing a light head wrapping over a dark cloth.

Study of an Arab Head

Hubert von Herkomer, 1895

Pencil portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and period dress, shown in an oval vignette on a pale sheet.

Portrait of Henry IV

Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, 1817

Watercolor sketch of a clown balancing on one leg above a small black piglet in a circus ring with spectators behind.

At the Circus Fernando: Medrano with a Piglet

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, c. 1889

Engraving of a procession of pilgrims on horseback passing a Gothic gateway, with dogs and birds under a stormy sky.

The Canterbury Pilgrims

William Blake, 1810

Black and white etching of a stone bridge over a stream beside a winding road, with trees and a cloudy sky.

An Old Bridge at Salisbury

John Constable, c. 1826