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Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with Christ at center, haloed mourners left, and armored soldiers with spears right.

The Crucifixion

Taddeo di Bartolo, 1401-04

Painting of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist with a headless body at a barred window and an executioner in gold armor.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455-60

Two-panel gilded icon: enthroned Virgin and Child on the left, Crucifixion with mourners and angels on the right.

Diptych of the Virgin and Child Enthroned and the Crucifixion

Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, c. 1280

Grayscale painted panel of a crowd of richly dressed figures, horsemen and tents before a classical building and hilltop cast

The Continence of Scipio

Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni, c. 1455

Painting of a banquet where a kneeling servant presents a platter with a severed head to Herod and startled guests.

The Head of Saint John the Baptist Brought before Herod

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455-60

Medieval panel painting of a nude crowned figure on stairs before a crowd of robed onlookers and a balcony window.

Christ Presented to the People

Unknown artist, c. 1480

Bust portrait of a man with dark bowl-cut hair, hands clasped in prayer, against a deep blue background.

Portrait of Jean Gros (recto); Coat of Arms of Jean Gros (verso)

Rogier van der Weyden, 1460-64

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue mantle holding the nude infant Christ against a red cloth backdrop.

Virgin and Child

Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1460

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in green robes speaks to Mary in blue and red, with a dove and open book.

The Annunciation

Jean Hey, 1490-95

Medieval panel painting of the Annunciation: the angel Gabriel in red and the Virgin Mary in blue in a Gothic interior.

The Annunciation

Johann Koerbecke, Completed by 1457

Triptych with the Virgin and Child surrounded by female saints in a garden, with standing saints on the side panels.

Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints

Unknown artist, c. 1510

Painting of fishing boats and figures on a calm shore beneath a cloudy grey sky, with a wooden pier at left.

Fishing Boats in a Calm

Jan van de Cappelle, 1651

Painting of an elegant company in a paneled room with a viol, a laid table, and richly dressed figures in ruffled collars.

An Elegant Company

Pieter Codde, 1632

Painting of a man aiming a rifle at a bowing friar holding out shoes in a dim interior by Goya, c. 1806.

Friar Pedro Offers Shoes to El Maragato and Prepares to Push Aside His Gun

Francisco Goya, c. 1806

Painting of sailing boats and a rowing boat on a calm estuary under a cloudy sky, with a windmill on the distant shore.

Fishing Boats off an Estuary

Jan van Goyen, 1633

Painting of a ruined stone archway with figures in a street, weathered walls, scaffolding and a cloudy sky.

Ruined Archway

Francesco Guardi, 1775-93

Painting of a friar in a brown habit raising a rifle to strike a sprawled man in a courtyard with an arch.

Friar Pedro Clubs El Maragato with the Butt of the Gun

Francisco Goya, c. 1806

Woman with violin and man with lute in a room with sheet music, a dozing spaniel, and a wall map.

The Music Lesson

Jacob Ochtervelt, 1671

Painting of a housekeeper leaning over a barrel in a barn interior, surrounded by jars, baskets, plates and chickens.

The Housekeeper

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, 1657

Painting of a town street with a white gabled building, townspeople, and a hilltop castle beyond red rooftops under a blue sk

View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein

Bernardo Bellotto, 1750

Painting of a friar firing a rifle as a horse rears beside a startled man in yellow breeches, with smoke in the sky.

Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off

Francisco Goya, c. 1806

Painting of a young man playing a flageolet beside an elderly woman reading music in a dim tavern interior.

The Flageolet Player

David Teniers the Younger, 1635/40

Arched altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth, with a kneeling monk offering a monstrance.

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1730-35

Painting of a hooded friar tying a seated man's ankles with rope, blood on the ground, musket nearby, armed men behind.

Friar Pedro Binds El Maragato with a Rope

Francisco Goya, c. 1806

Young woman in gold silk dress pointing at an ornate gilded mirror beside a patterned table, with a red curtain behind her.

Girl Standing before a Mirror

Caspar Netscher, 1668

Still life painting of pomegranates, lemons, eggplant and peppers on a blue and white dish and white tablecloth.

Fruits of the Midi

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881

Painting of a seated woman in a pink dress beside a table with fruit and a glass against a teal background.

Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne

Paul Gauguin, 1890

Oil painting of a monkey reaching toward fruit, grapes, peaches and melon on a ledge, with flowers and a garden behind.

Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1724

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, with a curly-haired young Saint John peering from the left.

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Circle of Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1530

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled brown hair in an ornate silver filigree frame.

Portrait of Nell Gwynne (supposedly)

Peter Cross, c. 1690