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Art Institute of Chicago

13,166 works

Prudentia, plate 4 from The Seven Virtues

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraved print of allegorical Justitia holding scales and a sword, framed by putti and scrollwork, with Latin text below.

Justitia, plate 5 from The Seven Virtues

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraving of a woman in an oval frame with putti and architecture, labeled FORTITUDO, from The Seven Virtues series.

Fortitudo, plate 6 from The Seven Virtues

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraved print of a veiled woman pouring water in an oval frame, flanked by putti and labeled Temperantia.

Temperantia, plate 7 from The Seven Virtues

Hieronymus Wierix, c. 1598

Engraving of soldiers placing a cloth on a bearded figure in a colonnade while turbaned men watch from steps.

Jesus Wrapped in the Robe of Fools, plate 12 from The Passion of Christ

Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 1650/60

Woodcut of a seated sibyl holding a tablet while a winged putto stands beside her near books and an inkwell.

Sibyl Holding a Tablet with a Winged Putto

Bartolomeo Coriolano, c. 1640

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of a young man gazing upward beside a tree, with a lamb and birds in the landscape.

Saint John the Baptist

Attributed to Hendrick Goltzius, 1595/1600

Etching of the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist: a kneeling nude man, a winged angel, and an executioner with a sword.

The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist

Carlo Saraceni, 1615/20

Sheet of twelve engraved studies of seated nude male figures on pedestals, after Sistine Chapel ceiling figures.

Figures from the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Adamo Scultori, 1550/65

Etching of the seated Virgin of Sorrows with cherubs holding a cross, crown of thorns and Passion instruments.

Madonna of Sorrows with Symbols of the Passion

Elisabetta Sirani, 1657

Engraving of Christ raising a young man from a bier as mourners gather under an arched portico with a domed city beyond.

Christ Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain

Jacob Matham, 1593/94

Lydia Reading

Mary Cassatt, 1880-81

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in an oval cartouche within an ornate architectural frame with allegorical figures.

Portrait of Hans von Aachen

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Black and white woodcut of Christ on the cross with kneeling woman, robed figures, skull, bones and a skeletal figure.

Christ on the Cross with Mary, John, the Magdalen, and Stephen

Hans Baldung Grien, 1505/07

Mezzotint of a woman in a patterned gown feeding chickens with grain from a basket beside a tree.

Mrs. Pelham Feeding Her Chickens

William Dickinson, 1775

Woodcut of the Virgin ascending temple steps before a high priest, with onlookers, merchants, a sheep and a winged figure abo

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1503-04

Engraving of three Fates: a seated nude woman spinning thread, a standing nude woman with a distaff, and a man seen from behi

The Three Fates

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1589

Etching of a large willow tree over a pond with a swan, a grazing cow, and distant trees under a cloudy sky.

The Willow

Samuel Palmer, n.d.

Drawing of a servant woman in a white cap and apron filling a copper pot from a fountain spigot in a dim kitchen.

Servant Drawing Water from the Fountain

François Bonvin, 1861

Engraving of Dante riding centaur Nessus across a river of figures while archer centaurs line the rocky shore.

Dante Crosses the Stream of Blood of the Tyrants and Murderers on the Back of Nessus the Centaur

Joseph Anton Koch, 1808

Night lane with a horse-drawn cart on a wet road, bare trees and dark hedges under a greenish sky.

Lane Scene at Night

John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1872

Engraving of Christ raising a young man from a bier before a crowd, under a tall arch with a domed building beyond.

Christ Raises the Dead Son of the Widow of Nain

Jacob Matham, 1593/94

Engraving of the crucifixion of Christ with mourning women kneeling below and a soldier thrusting a spear, dated 1590.

Christ on the Cross

Raphaël Sadeler, 1590

Engraving of a drunken Silenus held up by two satyrs, one raising a cup and one holding grapes, under cloudy sky.

Drunken Silenus

Jonas Suyderhoef, 1642

Etching of a seated woman holding an infant, an older woman, a boy at right, and a man working with an axe behind.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

Elisabetta Sirani, 1650/60

Sepia print of a woman with raised arm triumphing over a writhing serpent-entangled figure on clouds.

The Triumph of Truth over Envy

Maria Katharina Prestel, 1781

Chromolithograph of a cherub among roses and ribbon banners, with gold 1877-1887 numerals and the title Puck.

Puck's Souvenir Performance, from Puck

C. Jay Taylor, published March 2, 1887

Engraved octagonal portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and cross pendant, by Ottavio Leoni, 1623.

Cristoforo Roncalli, called Il Pomarancio

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1623

Engraved full-length portrait of a crowned queen in a jeweled gown, holding a scepter and orb, with a coat of arms above.

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I

the elder Crispijn de Passe, 1603

Etched frontispiece with crucified Christ, angels in clouds, and haloed apostles around a rocky base with a Latin title plaqu

Frontispiece, from The Martyrdoms of the Apostles

Jacques Callot, n.d.