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Art Institute of Chicago

238 works

Travellers with horses and a dog halt outside a rustic inn while villagers drink and smoke under a cloudy sky.

Travellers Halting at an Inn

Style of Isaac van Ostade, 1643

Painting of a shaded courtyard with trees, a garden wall, and a crouching figure in red near a house.

The Bird Catcher

Thomas Couture, c. 1857

Painting of Venus and Cupid with a satyr holding fruit, a basket of white doves, and a seated nude woman at left.

Allegory of Venus and Cupid

Imitator of Titian, c. 1600

Ink painting of black birds perched on bare branches with green leaves, with calligraphy and red seals on buff paper.

Black Birds

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1893

Hanging scroll of mandarin ducks with lotus leaves, lotus blossoms and reeds, with calligraphy at upper left.

Mandarin Ducks and Lotus

Hanging scroll of a parrot on a branch beside white chrysanthemums and red leaves, with Chinese calligraphy at upper left.

Parrot and Chrysanthemums

Attributed to Ren Yi, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1888

Hanging scroll of three crested myna birds perched among yellow chrysanthemums and autumn leaves, with calligraphy and red se

Crested Myna Birds and Chrysanthemums

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), c. 1892

Ink painting of sparrows perched on a plum branch with red blossoms above rocky ground, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Birds on Red Plum

Painted procession of a mounted ruler on a white horse with attendants, a cheetah, and a falcon on a green field.

Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession

Unknown artist, c. 1820

Small brown bird beside cattails and grasses on a gold-leaf ground, with a red seal in the lower left corner.

Bird and Cattails

Shibata Zeshin, Meiji period (1868-1912)

Painting of Cupid restrained on the floor by a red-clad figure as a woman watches and doves fly above.

Cupid Chastised

Bartolomeo Manfredi, 1613

Painting of a roebuck head with antlers resting beside two white and brown ptarmigan birds on rocky ground.

Head of a Roebuck and Two Ptarmigan

Edwin Landseer, c. 1830

Mughal miniature of a seated ruler under a green canopy with courtiers, a struggle, horses, and a fortress behind.

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama

Unknown artist, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595

Dark still life of two dead birds, a jay and another bird, with a wooden bird call and lead shot on a table.

Dead Birds and Shot Bags

Attributed to Pieter Boel, c. 1660

Painting of a white waterfall beside a red waterwheel, with birds, a fox drinking below, and angular colorful buildings.

The Bewitched Mill

Franz Marc, 1913

Miniature painting of two horsemen before a tiled city with owls on rooftops and a flowering tree among rocky hills.

King Anushirwan and the Owls, from the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), c.1535

Painting of a street with a furniture-laden cart, people and dogs, and a domed building in warm sunlight.

The Movings

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Grey monochrome painting of a bare-chested man raising his arms on a hilltop while blanketed figures look up below.

The Fire Eater Raised His Arms to the Thunder Bird

Frederic Remington, c. 1900

Painting of a severed head floating in rough water near a lyre, with white birds overhead and a reclining figure on the rocky

The Death of Orpheus

Henri Leopold Lévy, c. 1870

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with an elderly woman and young John the Baptist beside a landscape view.

Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Jacques Blanchard, c. 1628

Nude young man seated on a rock in a forest with a lamb and wading birds, holding a cross staff.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Adam Elsheimer, c. 1605

Painted wooden crucifix with Christ crucified at center, Mary and John below, and angels in the arm panels.

Crucifix

Master of the Bigallo Crucifix, c. 1240

Two blond putti stand in a dark landscape, one holding a bird and bow, the other carrying arrows, within a gold octagonal fra

Two Putti

Matteo di Giovanni, 1490-1510

Grayscale painting of saints ransoming chained captives beneath an angel and the Trinity in an arched composition.

St. John of Matha and St. Felix of Valois Ransoming Christian Slaves

Franz Xavier Karl Palko, c. 1745

Painting of a woman nursing an infant beside a stone bench, with playing children, red and blue drapery, and a white bird.

Allegory of Charity

Francesco de Mura, c. 1743-44

Angel Gabriel kneels before the seated Virgin Mary as a white dove glows with golden light above them.

The Annunciation

Frans Francken II, c. 1620

Arched panel painting of the Virgin and Child with gold halos, a dove above, and Latin inscriptions on a gilded frame.

Virgin and Child

Lippi-Pesellino Imitator, c. 1465

Black and white view of a rooster, ducks and hens beneath a tree, with a flying duck and village spire in the distance.

Birds in Landscape

Marmaduke Cradock, Date unknown

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white bonnet and fichu, set in an ornate gold frame with a loop.

Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst

James Peale, 1790

Nativity painting with Mary kneeling by the Christ Child, angels playing instruments, and a pastoral landscape behind.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, c. 1515