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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Sepia lithograph of a Gothic cathedral choir with carved wooden stalls, robed clergy, and a chandelier in the nave.

View of the Choir of the Cathedral of Mainz, plate four from Allemagne Monumentale et Pittoresque

Charles-Claude Bachelier, c. 1848

Bibi Lalouette

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Lithograph of a rider in a long coat and cap on a prancing horse, with a second horse led beside him on rough ground.

The Dane

The Muff

James McNeill Whistler, 1874

Print of enslaved men crowded in a ship's hold, some lying on bunks, with two clothed men holding a lantern at right.

Negroes in the Ship's Hold, plate one from Customs and traditions of the Negroes, volume 4 of Voyage pittoresque dans…

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1835

Black and white lithograph of a harbor with a sailing ship, rowboats at a dock, and officials seated under a tiled-roof build

Disembarkation, plate two from Customs and traditions of Negroes, volume 4 of Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1835

Lithograph of an arcaded hall with seated and standing figures, a merchant, a cooking fire, and a harbor view through the arc

Negro Market, plate five from Customs and traditions of the Negroes, volume 4 of Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1835

Lithograph of figures resting and cooking under a open shelter while horsemen and carriers move cargo, with palm trees behind

Transport of a Negro Convoy, plate four from Customs and traditions of the Negroes, volume 4 of Voyage pittoresque da…

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1835

Black and white lithograph of people outside a thatched hut among banana plants, with children and a figure weaving a mat.

Negro Dwelling, plate 5 from Customs and traditions of Negroes, volume 4 of Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1835

Engraving of a reclining nude woman holding a sleeping child, with a stag, deer and pheasant in a wooded landscape.

The Penitence of Saint John Chrysostom

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Pencil sketch of a castle on a rocky headland with a flagpole, figures at its base, and waves breaking on the shore.

Holy Island Castle, Durham

Thomas Girtin, n.d.

Hand fan showing horses, a carriage, and figures in top hats beneath trees, with a carved wooden frame.

Fan: The Races at La Marche

John Lewis Brown, 1885

Etching of a bearded man in a hat carrying a young child in a white dress through a garden with broad-leaved plants.

The Widower

James Tissot, 1877

Mezzotint portrait of Sir Henry Gould in judicial robe and white wig, seated with a quill and documents beside stacked books.

The Honorable Sir Henry Gould

Thomas Hardy, 1794

Lawyer Wade

Anders Zorn, 1890

Lithograph of Nadar leaning from a balloon basket labeled Photographie Nadar, aiming a camera over Paris rooftops.

Nadar Elevating Photography to the Heights of Art, plate 367 from Souvenirs d’artistes

Honoré Daumier, 1862

Cover for L'Estampe originale

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Engraving of a crowned rider on a white horse with attendants, dogs and tall trees in a rocky landscape.

Abigail Before David

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1507

Botanical plate of moonwort and adder's tongue ferns with fronds, spore spikes and roots arranged in labeled rows.

Nature Print of Moonwort and Adder's Tongue Ferns, plate 51 from The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland

Henry Bradbury, 1855

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with tall masts and figures working in a harbor.

Fishing Boats in Port

Follower of Richard Parkes Bonington

Etching of a rural road with a stone house, hay cart, two figures and a dog, with a lake and cliffs beyond.

The Monk and the Hunter

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Etched landscape of a wooden footbridge over a river, with a large tree, rocky bank, stone buildings and figures.

The Wooden Bridge

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

Etching of a rustic riverside landscape with cows, figures, a ruined arch, a village and tall trees.

Rustic Landscape in Ambronay

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Etching of a riverside scene with old stone buildings, a tower, figures by a well, and boats loaded with barrels on the water

Old Customs House on the Tiber

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1807

Ink title page for Goethe's Faust with a central Goethe medallion, skeletons, an owl and an ornate frame.

Portrait Medallion of Goethe, title page from Faust

Achille Devéria, 1828

Lithograph of a medallion portrait of Faust and Marguerite with a dark demonic figure above, and Paris publisher text below.

Portrait Medallion of Faust and Marguerite, publisher's sheet from Faust

Achille Devéria, 1828

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one carrying a long pole over his shoulder and one kneeling in patterned robes.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the footman Gunsuke and Sakata Sajuro I as Yamaga no Sashiro in the play "Iro Jogo…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1765

Woodblock print of a woman washing paper in a basin while men sit on a veranda watching, with poetry text above.

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook (Soshiarai Komachi)

Torii Kiyomasu II

Architectural floor plan of the Schiller Building first story showing a curved auditorium, vestibule, elevators and loggia.

Schiller Building Rental Plans, Chicago, Illinois, Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, c. 1891-1893

Woodblock print of figures gathering shellfish on a tidal flat, with boats and a waterside pavilion in the foreground.

Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari no zu)

Furuyama Moromasa, 1740s