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Art Institute of Chicago

13,082 works

Two nude women on a rocky shore by the sea, one seated on sand and one standing on a boulder under a blue sky.

The Bathers

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1884

Oval rococo painting of a young couple sharing grapes beside sheep, goats, and a boy in a shaded forest clearing.

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)

François Boucher, 1747

Painting of Hercules with a bow facing a many-headed serpent at right, with fallen figures and a sunset over the sea.

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra

Gustave Moreau, 1875-76

Two nude male figures in a cypress grove: one with a lyre and laurel wreath, the other playing a flute.

Apollo and Marsyas

Hans Thoma, 1888

Painting of a kneeling bearded old man resisting a woman with cherubs, with a lion, a lake and mountains behind.

The Temptation of Saint Jerome

Giorgio Vasari, 1541-48

Painting of a snowy field with two small evergreens and a dark tree line under a muted green and pink sky.

Snow Field, Morning, Roxbury

John La Farge, 1864

Painting of a twig bird's nest with blue eggs, surrounded by ferns and leaves in a dark woodland setting.

Bird's Nest and Ferns

Fidelia Bridges, 1863

Painting of a bearded friar in a brown hooded robe with crossed hands and a crucifix, against a stormy sky and rocks.

Saint Francis

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615

Full-length 18th-century portrait of a man in a red embroidered coat holding a red book and black hat by a balustrade.

Alexander Grant

Cosmo Alexander, 1770

Painting of street lamps along a terrace, a wooden observation deck with seated figures, pedestrians, and a pale blue sky.

Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre

Vincent van Gogh, Early 1887

Painting of two cows and a young bull in a meadow beside a fence, with a bare tree and cloudy sky.

Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow

Paulus Potter, 1647

Painting of a nude man seen from behind, holding a white towel, standing before green trees and loose brushwork.

Standing Bather, Seen from the Back

Paul Cézanne, 1879-82

Two nude infants with curly red-gold hair kiss on a green cushion under a red canopy, with a landscape behind them.

The Infants Jesus Christ and Saint John the Baptist Embracing

Joos van Cleve, 1520-25

Two standing religious figures in a landscape, one pointing toward the other who holds a staff, with Latin banners above.

Ecce Agnus Dei

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655

Seated woman in white gown with curly hair and red ribbon holds a small book beside a wooden chair, with blue sky behind.

Portrait of Constance Pipelet

Jean Baptiste François Désoria, 1797

Painting of a seated woman holding a rose as a man leans toward her on a grassy hillside.

The Lovers

William Powell Frith, 1855

Christ with a crown of thorns leans against a large cross, with a helmeted soldier and a man in green behind him.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1515-17

Woman in black velvet and red sleeves reading a book beside a gold ewer, with a landscape view through a window.

A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene)

Master of the Female Half-Lengths, c. 1530

Painting of three nude women before armored men under a bare tree, with Cupid and a river landscape behind.

The Dream of Paris

Monogrammist PG, 1536

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a red veil holding an apple beside the nude infant Christ, with a landscape window behind.

Virgin and Child

Hans Memling, c. 1485

Painting of women and a man at a stone fountain under large trees, with goats, sheep, and a hilltop castle at sunset.

The Fountain at Grottaferrata

Ludwig Richter, 1832

Painting of a grieving woman in a teal veil with clasped hands and a tear, against a cloudy sky and green landscape.

Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Mourning Virgin

Jean Hey, c. 1500

Painting of a rocky gorge framing a hazy view of a bay, a hillside town, and a distant volcanic mountain.

Italian Landscape

Attributed to Heinrich Reinhold, 1821-24

Ink landscape scroll with misty mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, and village houses beside a river.

Landscape after Huang Gongwang

Wang Yuanqi, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); dated 1701

Painted portrait of a young man in a red robe and green cloak, gazing upward with hands on his chest beside a wooden beam.

Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Saint John the Evangelist

Jean Hey, c. 1500

Painting of Mary riding a donkey with the infant Jesus while Joseph leads the way, with angels and clouds above.

The Flight into Egypt

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, c. 1650

Three nude women rest by a woodland clearing on draped cloths, surrounded by dark trees and foliage.

Nymphs Leaving the Bath

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1843

Painting of a woman with blond hair reclining on a rose cushion, holding an open book beside a pearl necklace and letters.

Lady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard

Bernard d'Agesci, 1780

Painting of Adam and Eve in paradise with animals, an angel and cherubs in the sky above a landscape.

Adam and Eve in Paradise

Francesco Solimena, c. 1700

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds with four angels while apostles gather around an open tomb below.

Assumption of the Virgin

Marcellus Coffermans, 16th century