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Art Institute of Chicago

24,208 works

Persian miniature of men gathered in a courtyard with musicians, a reclining figure, flowering trees and a horse.

Judge (Qazi) of Hamadan in a Drunken State, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa'di

Unknown artist, about 1550

Miniature painting of a seated ruler under a canopy with courtiers and chained prisoners in a flowering garden.

Chained Prisoners are Brought Before a King, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa'di

Unknown artist, c. 1550

Persian miniature of armored men gathered around a reclining figure in orange, with a kneeling man in blue beside a green tre

Iskander Comforts the Dying Darius

Unknown artist, 1590

Painted Indian folio: a serpent arches over a palace while figures in blue and red move toward a bed, with lotuses below.

The Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

Unknown artist, c. 1520-1530

Indian miniature of two women feeding fish in a pool beside a terrace, with a standing man, palm trees, and lotus flowers.

Royal Women Feeding Fish

Unknown artist, c. 1740

Indian miniature painting of a couple on a canopied bed in a palace garden at night, attended by women, with a gold floral bo

Lovers in a Zenana Garden at Night

Unknown artist, 17th/18th century

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a drum, a birdcage with a green bird, and a flower vase.

Two Women with Drum

Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of two nude lovers on a futon in a traditional room with a green curtain and lattice screen.

Lovers in Bed, from an untitled series of erotic prints

Isoda Koryusai, late 18th century

Japanese woodblock print of a reclining couple in a room with plum blossoms, striped doors, and a servant peering in.

Lovers Interrupted, sheet 18 from the series "Poems of the Husband and Wife Mane'emon (Haikai meoto Mane'emon)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/71

Japanese woodblock print of two adults and a young child in a tatami room with bamboo and a lattice screen outside.

Lovers with Young Attendant Looking on, from an untitled series of erotic prints

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in an interior with a green hanging net, paper lantern and patterned screen.

Two Lovers

Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of fireworks over Ryogoku bridge at night, with boats crowding the blue river below.

Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Etching of a cow lying on grass beside a tree, head turned toward the viewer, with fine hatched lines.

Cow Lying Beside a Tree, plate 7 from Eight Bulls and Cows

Paulus Potter, c. 1640-54

Engraving of nude Oedipus on rocks facing a winged sphinx at a cave entrance, with a small figure in the background.

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, 1867

Woodblock print of an arched wooden bridge over a river at night, with a boatman poling past bamboo yards under a full moon.

Bamboo Yards and Kyo Bridge (Kyobashi Takegashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Engraving of Christ comforted by an angel in a garden while three disciples sleep below under a tree.

Christ at Gethsemane

Pierre Imbert Drevet, c.1717-1739

Portrait of Charles Frederick de Heincken

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1770

Baroque engraved print with oval portrait of a man in a curled wig, palm trees, lion, eagle, and Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Joseph I

Elias Christoph Heiss, 1701

Reddish-brown etching of a winged female figure embracing a reclining figure beside a bed with draped sheets.

Frontispiece to Les baisers morts

Félicien Rops, 1893

Etching of a church doorway with a pointed stone arch, wooden door and iron hinges, with brick wall above.

Church Doorway, EdgwareImpression: Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago(1924.659)Church Doorway, Edgware

James McNeill Whistler, 1887/1888

Woodblock print of snowfall at Gion Shrine with blue torii gate, stone lanterns, and women with parasols walking on snowy pat

The Gion Shrine in Snow (Gionsha setchu), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834

Etching of a crowded Brussels street with shopfronts, upper windows, a cart wheel, and figures in long dresses and coats.

High Street, Brussels

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of river boats with passengers and poled boatmen under a full moon on calm water.

Yodo River (Yodogawa), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834

Etching of a flat countryside with a horse and cart, a windmill, a telegraph pole and distant trees.

Railway-Station, Voves

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Black-and-white print of workers at a canal lock under a stone arch, with factory chimneys and smoke in the background.

Woodblock for Lock of the Canal Saint-Martin

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1890, published 1910

Pen and ink interior scene of a seated man reading a newspaper beside a sleeping dog, with crowded framed prints and shelves.

Anecdotes: Proof

George Cruikshank, 1827

Fine-line etching of a crowded battle with mounted and foot soldiers, fallen figures, and a walled city on hills behind.

The Great Battle

Rodolphe Bresdin, c. 1883

Caprice

Jean-Baptiste de Grateloup, n.d.

Etching of a row of houses with shop windows, a cobbled quay, figures, and dark water below.

The Embroidered Curtain

James McNeill Whistler, 1889

Woodblock print of travelers and a loaded horse on a road among tall pines, with a moon over the sea.

No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38