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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Japanese woodblock print of a white goat beneath a blossoming plum tree, with calligraphy and a pink background.

Goat beneath a plum tree

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a red arched bridge over a steep mountain gorge beneath a red sun.

Crossing the Monkey Bridge

Totoya Hokkei, 1824

Woodblock print of two men tending a bonsai pine in a planter, with a stone lantern and potted plants beside a veranda.

Potted Plant (Ueki), from the series "Eighteen Illustrations of the Ladder of Ancient Words (Kogentei juhachiban tsuz…

Totoya Hokkei, 1831

Japanese print of a seated robed man beside a white ox and blossoming plum branches, with calligraphy and a patterned canopy.

A painting of Daoist immortal Huang Chuping (Jp: Ko Shohei)

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Watercolor of a turbaned rider on a pale horse with red harness on a sandy path under a cloudy sky.

The Turkish Rider

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1834

Etching of a seated woman holding a child beside a cow, a turbaned figure, and an owl on a branch under a tree.

The Family of the Oriental Peasant, from Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1735-40

Watercolor and pencil first-floor plan of the William Borden residence with labeled rooms, dimensions and a spiral staircase.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan

Richard Morris Hunt, 1886

The Baron of Besenval

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, n.d.

Aristide Bruant, in His Cabaret

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Lithograph poster of a woman in a ruffled gown beside a greyhound under a crescent moon, with the title Le Tocsin in red.

The Chatelaine, or 'Le Tocsin'

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors: a woman in a black maple-patterned kimono and a man in a red checked robe.

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left), in the Elopeme…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1781

Engraving of the Nativity: Mary and Joseph kneel beside the infant Christ, with a shepherd and an angel, and a landscape seen

Nativity

Ludwig Krug, 1516

Woodblock print of a flatfish, a speckled scorpion fish, and two shells on tan paper, in blue-green ink.

Flatfish, scorpion fish, and shells, from an untitled series of chuban prints

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1831

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns shown in an arched niche, with crowds gesturing below on a checkered floor.

Ecce Homo

Master IS, n.d.

Engraving of Christ on the cross with two haloed saints, a kneeling figure, and sun and moon in the upper corners.

Christ on the Cross

Master S, 1500/25

Woodcut of a haloed saint with a chain and staff standing in a cobbled courtyard beside a Gothic church and a heraldic shield

Saint Ferreolus, from Saints Connected with the House of Habsburg

Leonhard Beck, 1517

Lithograph of a thin man in a top hat pasting a bill on a city wall, with a wicker basket at his side and cobblestones below.

The Poster Man, plate 17 from Bohémiens de Paris

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Woodblock print of a frog on a striped stand with a floral arrangement of yellow blossoms rising from a green vessel.

An Arrangement of Valerian and Chinese Bell Flowers

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796

Black and white woodblock print of morning glory vines and blossoms arranged around a woven basket and bamboo stand.

An Arrangement of Morning Glories

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in pale blue robes holding prayer beads, with Japanese calligraphy beside him.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa School, 1854

Woodblock print of a seated man in blue kimono holding prayer beads, with incense burner and calligraphy, 1862.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1862

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped blue kimono holding prayer beads, with calligraphy text on a green background.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ichizo III

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1865

Woodblock print of a seated man in a blue kimono holding prayer beads, with a sword and incense burner beside him.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Arashi Kichisaburo III

Toyohara Kunichika, 1864

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono holding a bamboo bucket with a white peony, beside tall grasses.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Kawarazaki Kunitaro I

Toyohara Kunichika, 1867

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a ghost in grey headcloth and blue robes beside a red flame.

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro as the Ghost of Koyo Hoshi

Toyohara Kunichika, 19th century

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a pink patterned robe holding prayer beads, with vertical inscriptions.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1824

Woodblock print of a seated man in blue kimono holding prayer beads, with Japanese calligraphy inscriptions beside him.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1861

Woodblock print of a seated bald man in a dark kimono beside a tea kettle and brazier, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Ichikawa Danjuro VII)

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman with a maple branch and a seated man with prayer beads, with calligraphy.

Memorial Portraits of the Actors Otani Baju II (right) and Ichikawa Monnosuke III (left)

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1824

Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in a patterned kimono holding a flowering branch, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Roko IV

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812