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Art Institute of Chicago

13,166 works

Engraved oval portrait of Amerigo Vespucci in a cap and cloak, with a Latin inscription and nautical emblems in the border.

Amerigo Vespucci

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1590/1600

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions and military emblems in the border.

René de Laudonnière

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1598

Engraved oval portrait of Henry IV in armor and ruff collar, with winged angels and Latin text, dated 1596.

Henry IV, King of France

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1596

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in armor with a ruff, framed by two putti holding a laurel wreath, with a city vignette be

Archduke Albert of Austria

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1596

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a lace ruff and sash within an arched frame with Latin inscription.

Frederick V

Crispijn van de Passe I, 1590/1600

Engraved portrait of a woman in a lace ruff and pearls, inscribed with Latin text in an arched frame.

Princess Elizabeth Stuart

Crispijn van de Passe I, c. 1606

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and armor, with coats of arms and a Latin inscription.

Wolfgang William, Count Palatine

Simon de Passe, 1610/40

Engraved oval portrait of a young woman in a lace ruff and pearl headdress, with Latin inscription below, dated 1622.

Maria of Austria, Infanta of Spain

Simon de Passe, 1622

Engraved oval portrait of a bald bearded man in a lace ruff and chain of office, with a coat of arms and Latin text.

Georg Silbermann, Concillor in Neuburg

Wolfgang Killian, 1600/40

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, framed by allegorical figures and a Latin inscription.

Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert

Willem Swanenburgh, 1611

Engraving of bound Christ before a seated high priest, with armored soldiers and halberds in an interior setting.

Christ before Caiaphas, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Engraving of armored Mars holding a rope with a horse and ox beside him, with a farmhouse in the background.

Mars, from The Seven Planetary Gods

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1533

Circular etching of a river landscape with boats, a large tree, townspeople on the banks and a distant town with a church spi

Goose Snatching

Hans Bol, 1550/70

Engraving of an allegorical female figure with a trident among sea creatures, hippocampi, and tritons in an ornate frame, lab

Water, from The Four Elements

Marcus Gheeraerts I, c. 1580

Engraved allegorical print of a female figure with a halo, surrounded by salamanders, flames, candles and ornamental scrollwo

Fire, from The Four Elements

Marcus Gheeraerts I, c. 1580

Upper section of an old print sheet showing an ornamental border with scrolling foliage and figural details, lower part obscu

Earth, from The Fourt Elements

Marcus Gheeraerts I, c. 1580

Engraving of a woman surrounded by birds, including an owl, stork, rooster and turkey, with cherubs blowing wind in the corne

Air, from The Four Elements

Marcus Gheeraerts I, c. 1580

Woman with a bucket on her head walks holding a child's hand beside flowers and a rock, with a poem cartouche above.

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple (Seki), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana K…

Suzuki Harunobu

Engraving in an oval frame of a winged youth playing a pipe beside a bearded man resting in a wooded landscape.

Mercury and Argus

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1585

Engraving of nude Venus with drapery beside winged Cupid holding a bow, in an oval frame with a distant landscape.

Venus and Cupid

Hendrick Goltzius, 1583

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding fruit, with the nude infant Christ on her lap, within an oval frame.

The Virgin and Child

Jacob Matham, c. 1600

Engraving of a seated veiled woman holding a cross and open book before ruins and foliage, with a Latin inscription below.

Faith, from The Seven Virtues

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of a seated woman gazing upward beside an anchor, with a sailing ship in a bay behind her.

Hope, from The Seven Virtues

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of a seated woman nursing an infant, with two putti beside her under a tree, and a Latin verse below.

Charity, from The Seven Virtues

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of seated Justice holding a sword and balanced scales, with classical buildings in the background and Latin text be

Justice, from The Seven Virtues

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of a seated woman with a mirror and a serpent, turning to look over her shoulder, with a landscape behind her.

Prudence, from The Seven Virtues

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of a helmeted woman seated and balancing a heavy column on her shoulder, with a Latin verse below.

Fortitude, from The Seven Virtues

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf pouring water from a ewer into a basin, with a Latin inscription below.

Temperance, from The Seven Virtues

Jacob Matham, 1597

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, surrounded by Latin inscriptions, coats of arms and a fruit garland

Anselm Boethius de Boodt, Physician to Rudolph II

Aegidius Sadeler, c. 1600

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a fur-trimmed robe, with a Latin inscription and coats of arms.

Jacob Chimarrhaeus, Grand Almoner of Rudolph II

Aegidius Sadeler, 1601