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Art Institute of Chicago

663 works

Design sheet with ink and pencil studies of a coffee pot, showing a floral rose motif, pearl beading, and spout details.

Ham and Pearling Design for Coffee Pot No. 6652

Tiffany and Company, c. 1882

Illuminated manuscript initial R showing the Virgin holding a red book, surrounded by kneeling haloed saints in gold and blue

The Virgin Adored by Saints in a Historiated Initial "R" from an Antiphonary

Unknown artist, 15th century

Etching of a family gathered around a dying old man in bed, with a kneeling son and a gesturing woman in a domestic interior.

The Punished Son

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1777-78

Illuminated initial showing a bearded prophet with a halo, holding a scroll, framed by blue and red ornament on gold.

Prophet in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Gradual

Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci, 1392/99

Medieval painted initial P showing the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Christ in a manger, animals and angels on gold.

The Nativity in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, c. 1390

Two pen and ink sketches of a weeping woman in draped robes, one seated with head bowed and hands to her face.

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

Benjamin West, n.d.

Foundation and basement plan of a factory building with a grid of square column footings and dimension lines.

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Foundation Plan and Basement Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1891 Destroyed by fire on April 15, 1989

Illuminated initial E showing three haloed women in a landscape with gold sunburst sky, framed by green foliage and gilt deco

The Three Marys at the Tomb in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 1470/80

Black chalk and red chalk drawing of a standing draped figure with a trailing robe on cream paper.

Kneeling Draped Figure

Edward Burne-Jones, c. 1865-70

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono beside a red panel of poetry and willow branches.

Willow Tea (Yanagicha), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Illuminated initial P with a haloed friar in grey habit holding a crucifix, surrounded by gold and blue foliate border.

Saint Francis in a Historiated Initial "P"

Unknown artist, 1375/99

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role holding a monkey mask, in a red dragon-patterned kimono before a dark sky.

The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in a female role

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830s

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a blossoming plum branch and wooden fence, with calligraphy.

Yellow (Ki), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)"

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, c. 1820

Illuminated initial showing a kneeling robed saint with raised hands as two men raise stones in a green landscape.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen in a Historiated Initial "A" or "C" from a Gradual

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Faded drawing of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in red drapery, with an angel's head at upper right.

Virgin and Child with Angel

After Sebastiano del Piombo, n.d.

Japanese print of a large fish above shells, seaweed, a striped fish, and a squid on rocks, with calligraphy at upper left.

Fish and shells

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1821

Illuminated initial G showing attendants bathing an infant beside a haloed woman in a red-draped bed, with a gold and pink bo

The Birth of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "G" from an Antiphonal

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Woodblock print of three seated men beside a brazier and kettle on a veranda, with a bamboo screen and calligraphy.

Satsuma no Fukuyorime from the Veritable Records of Emperor Montoku (Satsuma no Fukuyorime, Montoku jitsuroku), from…

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

Girl at the window

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1804

Brown wash drawing of a Calvary scene with a mounted soldier holding a banner, kneeling women, and a cross under a cloudy sky

Calvary

Attributed to Pedro Machuca, n.d.

Woman in patterned kimono stands on a wooden balcony beside a bare tree, with Japanese calligraphy in the margins.

Kibi ehime from the Chronicles of Japan (Kibi ehime, Nihongi), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Fili…

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

Pen and ink anatomical study of a kneeling male figure with a separate sketch of muscles and tendons below.

Anatomical Study and Sketch of Kneeling Figure

Follower of Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a flying winged putto reaching upward, surrounded by sweeping cloud-like hatching.

Flying Putto

Attributed to Francesco da Urbino, c. 1581

Red chalk drawing of a satyr embracing a horned goat, with hatched shading on a pale paper ground.

Satyr and Goat

After Annibale Carracci, after 1600

Brown ink study of a robed saint and a knight with a companion before sketched columns and architecture.

Study for Saint Francis of Assisi Giving His Cloak to an Impoverished Knight

called Il Fiamminghino Giovanni Battista della Rovere, 1591/95

Pen and wash drawing of a mounted warrior fighting on a bridge beside a round castle tower and a distant city.

Horatius at the Bridge

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a haloed seated saint with an open book beside a resting ox.

Saint Luke

After Paolo Caliari, called Paolo Veronese, n.d.

Red chalk sketches of Saint Sebastian, two nude male figures with raised arms on a pale sheet with ruled border.

Two Sketches of Saint Sebastian

Attributed to Simone Cantarini, c. 1639

Two Heads

Previously attributed to Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, n.d.

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a curly-haired winged putto above billowing drapery and a bare-footed figure below.

Angel with Putti Carrying Object

Attributed to Sebastiano Conca, n.d.