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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Pencil drawing of Saint Peter's Basilica dome and colonnade in Rome, viewed over rooftops with small figures in the piazza.

View of Saint Peter's in Rome

Attributed to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

Etching of a hunched old man in a wide hat playing a flageolet, with a cloak and exaggerated features.

Flageolet Player, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

Man Playing a Grill as a Violin, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

Etching of a hunchbacked bagpipe player in a long coat, carrying a sack and basket, standing on a plain ground.

Bagpipe Player, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

Etched print of a masked comedian in a bird-beaked mask strumming a guitar while striding across the ground.

Masked Comedian Playing the Guitar, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

Etching of a hunchbacked man in a feathered hat and cloak playing a guitar and singing.

The Wobbly Man Playing the Guitar, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman carrying bread and a pitcher, with a basket and vessels at her feet and a village behind

Abigail

Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1560

Victorian valentine card with pink roses in an urn, embossed lace border, and a cursive verse in a central panel.

If Souls Could Always Dwell Above (Valentine)

H. Dobbs, 1855/60

Valentine card with embossed lace paper border, painted flower bouquet in a medallion, and a printed verse scroll.

Maiden Fair of High Degree (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Victorian valentine with embossed lace border, hand-colored flower bouquet, and handwritten verse in script.

Flowers are the Brightest Things (valentine)

George Kershaw, 1855/60

Lace valentine card with a painted pink rose bouquet, a metallic bow above and a metallic bird below.

Untitled Valentine (Bouquet)

George Kershaw, 1855/60

Valentine card with lace border, pink rose and blue flowers, and an arrow piercing a banner with a love verse.

My Heart Beats Fondly (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, 1850/59

Valentine card with lace border, painted flower wreath around a BE MINE banner, cupid, doves, and a pierced heart at top.

Be Mine (Valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Victorian Valentine card with white paper lace gothic arches, two cupids holding a banner reading LOVE FOR LOVE, and a centra

Love for Love (Valentine)

David Mossman, 1850/59

Embossed white lace-patterned card with scrolling motifs and an oval panel bearing handwritten brown ink inscription.

Untitled Valentine (Gold Ship in Wreath)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Embossed valentine card with painted roses, forget-me-nots, a gold heart, blue ribbon rosettes and a 'Don't Forget Me' banner

Don't Forget Me (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Die-cut paper lace valentine with painted purple and yellow pansies, a small bird, and floral sprigs in the corners.

Untitled Valentine (Large Purple and Yellow Flowers)

Dobbs Kidd, 1815/30, inscribed 1865

Valentine of white cut-paper lace on green with a framed portrait of a bearded man and a floral wreath.

Forget Me Not (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1857

Decorative paper lace valentine with three hearts, painted red roses, gold bows, and green sprigs on a cream ground.

Untitled Valentine (Three Hearts)

Berlin and Jones, c. 1865

Lace-edged paper valentine with a central round medallion of red and turquoise cutwork and a black ribbon bow below.

Untitled Valentine (Wreath with Rope Tie)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

La France

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1912

Saint Bartholomew, from The Holy Family and the Twelve Apostles

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1742

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man gazing upward with one hand raised, identified as Saint Andrew.

Saint Andrew, from The Holy Family and the Twelve Apostles

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1742

Saint Matthew, from The Holy Family and the Twelve Apostles

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1742

Saint Simon, from The Holy Family and the Twelve Apostles

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1742

Engraved head study of a man with curly hair and a draped cloth, inscribed Sanctus Thaddaeus, after Piazzetta.

Saint Theodore, from The Holy Family and the Twelve Apostles

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1742

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with clasped hands gazing upward, holding a staff, inscribed Sanctus Thomas.

Saint Thomas, from The Holy Family and the Twelve Apostles

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1742

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man looking upward, holding keys, inscribed Sanctus Petrus.

Saint Peter, from The Holy Family and the Twelve Apostles

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1742

Engraved portrait of a bearded saint gazing upward while holding a long axe, with a cloak draped over his shoulder.

Saint Matthias, from The Holy Family and the Twelve Apostles

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1742