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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Etching of men making wooden barrels in a vaulted cellar, with strong light falling on the arch and workers.

The Great Barrel-Makers

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1790

Sepia print of a wind-swept Roman plain with cypresses, a shepherd, sheep and pack animals on a road under a stormy sky.

View of the Campagna of Rome

Richard Cooper II, 1778

Hand-colored lithograph of a skeletal male face in a spiked helmet with laurel leaves, above a burning village.

Bismarck, from Les Génies de la Mort

Edmond Guilliaume, 1870

Etching of two women on a garden terrace, one holding a parasol and one painting at an easel, with trees and rooftops behind.

The Terrace of the Villa Brancas

Félix Bracquemond, 1876

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a seated draped woman beside a column, with radiating light and an angel above.

Study for the Virgin Annunciate

Camillo Boccaccino, 1529/30

The Song of the Dog

Edgar Degas, 1876-77

Etching of a seated fisherman on a wooden footbridge over a stream, with a dog, tall trees and a woven fence in a forest.

Le Pecheur (The Fisherman)

Pierre Quentin Chedel, c.1725-1763

Etching of a sleeping figure beside a candle, with tall blossoming branches and a dark hilly landscape behind.

Wishes, plate three from A Glove

Max Klinger, 1881

Etching of a tiger lying on sparse desert ground with rolling hills behind it, by Eugène Delacroix.

Tiger Resting in the Desert

Eugène Delacroix, 1846

Etching of a calm canal with sailing boats, a windmill, and waterfront buildings under a pale sky at dusk.

Marine

Charles A. Platt, 1884

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black hakama and floral kimono holding a sword against a striped backdrop.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1781

Pastel print of a Dutch harbor with a triangular buoy in the water, moored boats, masts, and hazy buildings beyond.

In Holland - The Buoy

Paul Signac, 1896

Etching of a Chinese masquerade procession in Rome, with a decorated carriage, costumed attendants and a carved column.

The Chinese Mascarade

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1735

Lithograph of two seated men resting by a river with willow trees, a fence and a bundle of belongings on the grassy bank.

Tramps

Camille Pissarro, c. 1894

Watercolor of a kneeling cloaked figure and a mounted rider on a hillside beside tall rock ruins at sunset.

The Princess is Held Captive

Gustave Doré, c. 1879

Watercolor of a mounted knight with spear leading three roped figures along a forest path toward distant rocky peaks at dusk.

The Giants are Captured

Gustave Doré, c. 1879

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curly hair and lace collar, with a coat of arms below.

Denis Marin de la Châtaigneraye, Secretary to the King

Antoine Masson, 1672

Woodblock print of women pulling a traveler in a seaside street lined with thatched houses, a lantern shop at right.

Goyu: Women Stopping Travelers (Goyu, tabibito tomeru onna), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (To…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Blue woodblock print of a snowy mountain above clouds, with twisted pines and travelers carrying baskets on a rocky path.

Distant View of Mount Asama in the Shinshu District

Utagawa Hiroshige, Early to mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palatial courtyard with arcades, columns, and a fountain with a sculpted figure.

Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Watercolor of a bearded man in a hat paddling a red canoe on a lake under a stormy grey sky.

Adirondacks Guide

Winslow Homer, 1892

Watercolor of a bearded man with a rifle sitting by a gnarled dead tree in a dark, mossy forest clearing.

Campfire, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer, c. 1892

Watercolor of a man in a dark rowboat on a still lake at dusk, with green trees along the right shore.

The End of the Day, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer, 1890

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a sailing boat with three people crossing choppy sea, a steamship on the horizon.

Fishing off Scarborough

Winslow Homer, 1882

Watercolor of grey clouds over a dark forested shore, with a lone small boat on still water below.

The Lone Boat, North Woods Club, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer, 1892

Watercolor of a boy in a rowboat looking toward a lighthouse on pale dunes under a grey-blue sky.

Boy in Boat, Gloucester

Winslow Homer, 1880/81

Two boys sit on a rock by the sea watching several schooners sail under a gray sky in a watercolor.

Two Boys Watching Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of two women standing on a rocky coast under a stormy sky, one in a tan jacket and one in a dark hat.

The Outlook, Maine Coast

Winslow Homer, 1894

Watercolor of large waves breaking into white foam against rocks under a gray sky.

Prout's Neck, Breakers

Winslow Homer, 1883

Watercolor of a large white wave breaking against rocks under a dark stormy sky, with green sea beyond.

Prout's Neck, Breaking Wave

Winslow Homer, 1887