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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Woodblock print of white ocean waves under a blue sky with dark birds flying overhead and wind streaks.

Narumi, section of sheet no. 12 from the series "Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a full moon over a rocky cliff with pine trees and a pagoda roof against a blue night sky.

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama (Ishiyama shugetsu), section of a sheet from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with a coat of arms and inscribed border.

Jan van Broekhoven

Hendrick Goltzius, 1579

Engraving of the nude muscular Hercules leaning on a club draped with a lion skin, standing in a stone niche.

The Farnese Hercules

Giorgio Ghisi, c. 1577

Oval engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a pleated ruff collar, with inscriptions around the border.

Rutgaert Janszoon

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1596

Engraving of an archer aiming a crossbow past a milkmaid with a pail, with cattle and hills in the background.

The Archer and the Milkmaid

After Jacques de Gheyn II, after 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a moustached man in a fur-trimmed cloak, lace collar and chain, with Latin inscriptions.

Burkhard von Berlichingen, Councilor to Rudolph II

Aegidius Sadeler, 1601

Engraved print strip showing a border of flowers, buds and leaves on slender stems against a pale background.

Saint Apollonia

Justus Sadeler, 1590/1600

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, framed by putti, a globe, a skull and an inscribed cartouche.

Hans Bol

Hendrick Goltzius, 1593

Pallas Athena, from Three Goddesses

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Engraving of an allegory of sight: a nude woman, a winged putto with a mirror, an artist at an easel, a cat and a flying bird

Allegory of Visual Perception

Jan Saenredam, 1616

Engraving of a naked child blowing soap bubbles beside a skull, an oyster shell, and a smoking urn, with a Latin inscription

Allegory of Transcience ‘Homo Bulla’

Hendrick Goltzius, 1594

Engraving of the nude biblical figure Susanna gazing upward beside a fountain, with a classical building and trees behind her

Susanna

Hendrick Goltzius, 1583

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, seated at a table with drawing tools, a studio scene behind him.

Jacob de Gheyn II

Andries Jacobsz. Stock, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, framed by allegorical figures, cherubs, and fruit garlands.

Portrait of Josephus Justus Scaliger

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Der Nasweise

Heinrich Ulrich, c. 1600

Engraved print of a plumed colonel in a ruff collar with a sword and baton, standing before a distant landscape.

Colonel, from Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolph II

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1587

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap, with radiating light and a cross on a distant hill.

Pietà

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Engraving of a lute player addressing a masked woman, with a man in armor and tall hat standing beside them.

A Couple Addressed by a Lute Player, from The Masquerades

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1595-96

Engraving of Saint Peter praying on a rock beside a rooster, with keys and a book at his feet and Latin verses below.

St Petrus, from Sinners of the Old and New Testament

Willem van Swanenburgh, c. 1609-1611

Engraved portrait of Sigismund Bathori in armor, framed by an oval inscription, allegorical figures, and an eagle above.

Sigismund Bathori, Prince of Transylvania

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Engraved print of two pendant designs with sea monsters and cherubs, a trident-holding figure, and a decorative cartouche bel

Designs for Pendants with Sea Monsters

Adriaen Collaert, 1582

Engraving of The Last Supper showing haloed Christ and apostles at a candlelit table, with a servant and a city view beyond.

The Last Supper, from The Passion

Hendrick Goltzius, 1598

Bust of a Man in Profile

After Jacob Matham, after 1607

Engraving of a nude man beside an ox under a tree, surrounded by animals and birds in a landscape.

Adam Naming the Animals, from History of the First Parents of Man

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Engraving of Saturn standing on a pedestal over harvesting farmers, reapers and a farmhouse in a rural landscape.

Saturn Presiding over Agriculture, from Seven Planetary Gods

Jan Saenredam, 1596

Engraving of a crowned allegorical figure of Spring holding a basket of flowers, with animal medallions and cherubs above.

Spring, from The Four Seasons

Matthäus Greuter, c. 1589-1600

Engraving of seated St Gregory in papal robes with halo and dove, surrounded by books and a tiara within an arched frame.

St Gregory, from The Fathers of the Church

Jacob Matham, 1600

Engraving of a laureled Roman general riding a chariot pulled by four white horses, flanked by soldiers and SPQR banners.

The Triumph of Caesar

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1580-90

Engraving of a bearded man with a hoe and a kneeling woman with long hair in a landscape with a town.

Noli Me Tangere

Jan Sadeler, c. 1580-1600