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Art Institute of Chicago

3,361 works

Baroque painting of the Virgin Mary on clouds with angels above and Saint James and kneeling figures below.

Saint James's Vision of the Virgin of the Pillar

Attributed to Antonio González Velásquez, c. 1750

Seated woman in a white satin gown with gold embroidery and pearls, beside a window view of the sea with sailboats.

Portrait of a Lady

Attributed to Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, c. 1565

Painting of a bearded man in a tall hat and red cloak leaning from a window, holding a tankard, with ivy above.

Man with a Tankard at a Window

Adriaen van Ostade, 1650-60

Portrait of a woman in black with white lace collar and headdress, holding a prayer book against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman with a Prayer Book

Bartholomäus Bruyn the Younger, c. 1565

Painting of three women and a small child in an elegant interior, one woman in a white gold-trimmed gown with an attendant ho

Lady at Her Toilette

Pietro Longhi, Late 1740s

Full-length portrait of a young man in gold satin suit with red cloak, lace collar, and sword against dark background.

John Van der Wall

Thomas Hudson, c. 1745

Half-length portrait of a man with dark hair in a black coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Man in Black

Unknown artist, 1820-40

Portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet and collar holding a green book, with red drapery and a river landscape behind her.

Woman with a Green Book (Louisa Gallond Cook)

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1838

Painting of a woman in a yellow skirt walking through a snowy park with a uniformed man, carriage and wooded hill behind.

New York Street

Childe Hassam, 1902

Portrait of a seated woman in a satin gown with lace cuffs, leaning on a table beside a white handkerchief.

Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene)

John Singleton Copley, c. 1764

Gold-ground painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue star-patterned mantle nursing the Christ Child beneath a golden crown.

Madonna of Humility

Unknown artist, 1375-1400

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ between two thieves, surrounded by armored soldiers, mourning women and a dark sky.

The Crucifixion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1538

Half-length portrait of a woman in black with white lace ruff, gold chain and clasped hands, against a dark green background.

Portrait of a Woman

Flemish; possibly Antwerp, 1562

Painting of a young man in a black cap holding a quill pen, with a desk, inkwell, sketch, and window landscape behind him.

Portrait of a Young Artist

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Laughing bearded man with a rommel pot and stick, surrounded by smiling children and onlookers in a doorway.

The Rommel-Pot Player

Workshop of Frans Hals, c. 1630

Gold-ground panel of Christ in a red robe carrying a cross, pulled by soldiers in colorful armor, with a veiled mourner at le

Christ Carrying the Cross

Master of the Worcester Carrying of the Cross, c. 1425

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and fur-trimmed mantle holding a pink carnation against green.

Portrait of Leonhard Fuchs

German; Bavaria, 1525

Painting of the Virgin holding the nude Christ Child, who grasps cherries, against a blue background.

Virgin and Child

Attributed to Ercole de' Roberti, 1490-96

Oil sketch of three muscular male figures raising arms and a sword against a teal dramatic sky.

Sketch for "Oath on the Rütli" (recto), Female Figure (verso)

Henry Fuseli, 1779-81 (recto); 1785-90 (verso)

Woman pouring from a jug at a table with two children in a sunlit Dutch-style kitchen with a window and tiled floor.

A Family Meal

Evert Pieters, 1890s (?)

Oil portrait of a woman in a green silk robe holding a palette and brushes beside an easel, c. 1735.

Portrait of an Artist

Unknown artist, c. 1735

Painting of a woman in an orange gown with fur trim gazing upward on a stone terrace among trees.

The Beautiful Greek Woman

Nicolas Lancret, 1731-36

Half-length portrait of a man with long hair and mustache, in a dark velvet cloak and white lace collar, before a tree and cl

Portrait of a Man

Johannes Mytens, c. 1665

Painting of soldiers in a tavern with a drummer, a woman in a white cap, and a child near a whitewashed wall.

Trepanning a Recruit

George Morland, c. 1790

Seated woman in black veil and bonnet with orange bodice, beside a mounted rider in red coat under a cloudy sky.

The Traveler

Jacques-Émile Blanche, c. 1890

Oval portrait of a man in a tricorn hat, powdered wig and red embroidered coat against a cloudy landscape.

Portrait of a Man in a Tricorn Hat

John Russell, 1767

Oil portrait of a woman in a silver satin gown with pink drapery and pearls, set before a wooded landscape.

Mrs. Freeman Flower

Joseph Highmore, 1747

Portrait of a man in a white wig, brown velvet coat and white satin waistcoat, with trees and a stone urn behind him.

Freeman Flower

Joseph Highmore, 1747

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and robe holding rolled papers, with an apple and book on a table.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Venetian or Lombard, c. 1540

Painting of a fisher family on a pebble beach with hanging nets, a toddler, a wooden boat, and a calm sea.

The Fisherman's Family

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1887