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Art Institute of Chicago

657 works

Oil painting of a wooded landscape with a group of figures near a stream and a small temple in the distance.

Birth of Bacchus

Károly Markó Sr., 1826 (?)

Vertical columns of black ink running-script calligraphy on pale paper with a red seal, framed in patterned silk brocade.

Calligraphy Acompanying Xugu's Painting for Liu Songfu

Chen Xiuyu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1897

Angel in white embraces a bearded man in green while guards sleep in a vaulted prison corridor lit by a torch.

Liberation of Saint Peter from Prison

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Painting of a seated man in a dark suit holding an open book, beside a classical vase and figurine on a mantel.

Portrait of Charles Lawrence Hutchinson

Julius Gari Melchers, c. 1902

Painting of a young woman writing at a desk beside a seated woman, while an elderly man in a dark chair gazes upward.

Milton Dictating to His Daughter

Henry Fuseli, 1794

Album leaf with vertical columns of black ink calligraphy and red seals, set within a patterned silk mount.

Album of Landscapes and Figures with Calligraphy by Chen Xiuyu

Chen Xiuyu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1896

Framed painting of two sparrows on a golden silk ground with a calligraphic signature and red seal at upper right.

Two sparrows

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 18th century

Round miniature portrait of a young blonde woman in a blue dress, mounted in a brown leather case.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Artist unknown, active 19th century), c. 1890

Expressive painting of a colorful autumn forest on a hill, with a blue winding river, red slopes, and distant mountains under

Landscape no. 26

Marsden Hartley, 1909-10

Oval miniature of a woman with powdered grey hair and pearls, wearing a fur stole and white bow, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Eleanore Denuelle

Eusebius Johann Alphen, 1750/72

Round miniature portrait of a young man with dark curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Young Man

Pierre Edouard Gautier d'Agoty, 1817

Abstract painting of bold red circles, black triangular form, white zigzags and chevrons outlined in black on colorful ground

Movement

Marsden Hartley, 1913

Oval miniature portrait of a white-haired man in a black coat and striped white cravat, within a blue enamel frame.

Portrait of Andre Liodet

R. Duparcq, 1813

Miniature portrait of a smiling woman with curly dark hair in a white gown and red shawl, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Mlle. de Stael

Baron François-Xavier Fabre, c. 1810

Miniature portrait of a man in a powdered grey wig and red collar, set in an ornate gilt circular frame.

Portrait of Carl Theodor, Archbishop of Mainz

Friedrich Heinrich Füger, c. 1775

Circular miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair in a white dress with a blue sash, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Antoine-Joseph Helant, 1790s

Circular miniature of a young woman in a yellow hat with blue ribbon and yellow shawl, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Charles Hénard, c. 1785/1808

Miniature portrait of a mother and daughter in dark and white dresses before a tree, the mother holding violets.

Portrait of Mother and Daughter

Unknown artist, c. 1810

Circular miniature portrait of a young woman with curled hair, green leafy headpiece, and white dress before a chair.

Portrait of Mlle de Saint-Ange

Jérôme Langlois le Pere, 1793

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat with red collar and white cravat, set against a hazy tree landscape.

Portrait of a Man

Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux, late 18th/early 19th century

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark hair, white lace collar and blue striped dress against a red background, in a go

Portrait of a Lady

Simon Jacques Rochard, c. 1825

Oval miniature of a woman with curly dark hair in a white dress, holding a brush beside a panel, with a tree landscape behind

Portrait of Madame du Gazon

Attributed to Louis Sené, c. 1775

Oval miniature portrait of a young man in lavender coat and lace cravat, set in an open gilt-inlaid tortoiseshell box.

Portrait of a Young Gentleman

John Smart, 1761

Oval miniature portrait of an older woman with pearl necklace and white lace dress against a blue-grey background, in gilt fr

Portrait of Dorothy Fairchild

Unknown artist, 19th century (?)

Peasant family gathered at a stone well with a donkey, children, a seated woman, and a woman drawing water.

Peasant Family at a Well

Master of the Children's Caps, 1650/60

Abstract painting with blue, red and yellow shapes and black linear strokes suggesting towers and curves, by Kandinsky, 1913.

Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)

Wassily Kandinsky, 1913

Sinan Reis and Hayreddin Barbarossa

Unknown artist, c. 1535

Round painted box lid showing a city street with the American Museum building, a columned hall, carriages and pedestrians.

Box with Painted Lid

Hudson River School, 19th century

Circular painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child in a classical arched setting, courtiers, horses, an

The Adoration of the Magi

Attributed to Raffaello Botticini, c. 1495

Small painting of three winged angels lowering a draped female figure into a stone tomb, set in an ornate gilded frame.

Entombment of Saint Catherine

Unknown artist, 16th-17th century