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Art Institute of Chicago

13,166 works

Engraving of the goddess Bellona in armor wielding a whip and spear above a battlefield with soldiers and banners.

Bellona Leading the Imperial Armies

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1600

Engraving of nude allegorical women embraced in air under a winged trumpeter, with gods on clouds and a harbor city below.

Apotheosis of the Arts

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1597

Oval engraving of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, showing an executioner, a severed head, and onlookers in dark tonal

Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Hendrick Goudt, 1610

Engraving of a night street scene with a lantern, children and figures in hats gathered at a lit doorway beneath a cloudy sky

Shrove Tuesday

Jan van de Velde II, 1616/40

Red chalk study of two arms, one hand gripping a sword hilt and the other hand open above it.

Hands of Horatius from The Oath of the Horatii

Jean Baptiste Debret, 1785/90

Engraving of Saint Peter leaning on a staff with keys, holding a book, with a distant landscape at right.

Saint Peter

Master HL, 1522

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude woman beside a seated man, with a curtain and winged figures in the background.

An Erotic Fantasy

Henry Fuseli, 1790/92

Portrait of a young man in a white wig and blue embroidered coat with lace jabot, turned toward the viewer.

James Milliken Jr.

Jean-Étienne Liotard, c. 1761

Engraved portrait of a man's head with closed eyes wrapped in a cloth, with French inscriptions, after Marat's death.

Marat, As He Was At The Moment Of His Death

Jacques-Louis Copia, 1794

Engraving of the dead Christ held by Mary and mourning angels, with putti holding a crown of thorns and spear above.

Pietà with Angels (Descent from the Cross)

Lucas Kilian, 1608

Engraving of Christ with a halo joining the hands of a man in a cape and a flower-crowned woman holding a palm.

Marriage for Spiritual Love, from Three Kinds of Marriages

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Engraving of a couple in period dress joined by a winged Cupid who holds their hands, with a landscape behind them.

Marriage for Worldly Love, from Three Kinds of Marriages

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Engraving of a wealthy woman in ruff and jewels beside an old man and a horned devil holding a purse, with Latin text below.

Marriage for Wealth, from Three Kinds of Marriages

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Etching of a huntress in a flowing tunic holding a large dog by its collar beside a tall tree in a wooded landscape.

Nymph Holding a Large Dog by the Collar, known as The Beautiful Huntress

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1656

Hand-colored stipple print of a woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and white gown against a wooded landscape with cloudy sky.

Miss Farren

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1792

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin and Christ child with young Saint John the Baptist holding a cross, with radiating li

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Andrea Andreani, 1591

Engraving of a young couple walking past a tree, with a skeleton hiding behind the trunk in a landscape.

Young Couple Threatened by Death (The Promenade)

Albrecht Dürer, about 1498

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with a city street scene behind him and Latin text in the border.

Portrait of Albert Fransz. Schatter

Hendrick Goltzius, 1581

Engraved title page with putti, a skull, draped curtains and a heart-shaped Latin inscription panel around a grotesque mask.

Title page, from The Seven Vices

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraved print of a woman in a ruff collar within an oval frame, surrounded by putti and ornament, with a Latin inscription b

Superbia, plate 1 from The Seven Vices

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Avaritia, plate 2 from The Seven Vices

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraving of a woman's bust in an oval frame with putti and a Latin inscription reading Luxuria.

Luxuria, plate 3 from The Seven Vices

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraving of an elderly veiled woman biting an apple with a serpent coiled around her, framed by putti and strapwork.

Invidia, plate 4 from The Seven Vices

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraving of a haloed figure holding a goblet, framed by four drinking putti in an ornate cartouche border.

Gula, plate 5 from The Seven Vices

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraved oval portrait of a wild-eyed man with a dagger, framed by putti and scrollwork, labeled IRA.

Ira, plate 6 from The Seven Vices

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraving of a sleeping woman resting her head on her hand, framed by an oval medallion and four sleeping putti.

Acedia, plate 7 from The Seven Vices

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraved title page with a central Latin text cartouche surrounded by winged cherubs holding a cross, scales, and sword.

Title page, from The Seven Virtues

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraving of a veiled woman holding a cross in an oval frame, surrounded by putti and ornamental scrollwork, labeled FIDES.

Fides, plate 1 from The Seven Virtues

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraved print of a veiled woman gazing upward in an oval, surrounded by stars and four cherubs in an ornate frame.

Spes, plate 2 from The Seven Virtues

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraving of the allegorical figure Charitas with flames, putti and scrollwork border, with Latin text below.

Charitas, plate 3 from The Seven Virtues

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598