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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Caricature of a coachman with a whip atop a carriage speaking with a top-hatted gentleman reaching up from the street.

“- Coachman, are you booked? - No, citizen. - Well then: 'you'd rather accept being advised than hired out?,'” plate…

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Daumier lithograph: a top-hatted man faces a gaunt, nearly nude bather in a bathhouse, with French caption below.

A Confession Of Faith. “Yes Sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country. I was convinced that…

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Etching of a peasant family in a cluttered interior, a man seated with a child and a woman standing behind him.

The Pater Familias

Adriaen van Ostade, 1648

Engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair in a dark cloak, resting his gloved hand on a stone pedestal.

Portrait of Jacob van Campen

Abraham Lutma, c. 1650

Monochrome print of women leaning over a reflecting pool with water lilies, hills and trees behind them.

The Mirror of Venus

Félix-Stanislaus Jasinski, 1896

Etching of a domed church and gondolas across a calm Venetian lagoon, with soft hatched lines.

Little Salute

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/80

Etched copper plate showing a garden doorway with steps, trees, a standing figure and a reclining figure, crossed by diagonal

The Garden

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/80

Brass etching plate with a faint line drawing of a Venetian skyline, domes and towers above water, with scratches across it.

Salute Dawn

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/80

Etched copper plate showing a Venetian canal scene with the Rialto, gondolas, crowds on the quay and arcaded buildings.

The Rialto

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/80

Engraved street scene of Amsterdam with children carrying flags and pikes, a woman in white, and fallen figures on cobbleston

The Boys of Amsterdam

Jacob Houbraken, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair resting his hand on his chin, Chilon of Sparta, 1596.

Chilon of Sparta

Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1596

Engraved oval portrait of a man in curled periwig and armor with a sash, inscribed frame and coat of arms below.

Portrait of Adrien-Maurice, Duke of Noailles

Pierre Drevet, 1721; printed posthumously after 1780

Engraved portrait of a man in a cap and fur-trimmed robe holding a palette and brushes beside a stone window ledge.

Portrait of Hyacinthe Rigaud

Pierre Drevet, 1700; printed posthumously after 1780

Engraved portrait of a bewigged man in silk robes with a sword, standing beside a column and draped curtain.

Portrait of Henning Meyercron

Cornelis Martinus Vermeulen, 1693

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a periwig and velvet robe, pointing toward ships in a harbor.

Portrait of Samuel Bernard, Counselor of State

Pierre Imbert Drevet, 1729

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a cloak and periwig beside a book, with a drape and column behind him.

Charles d'Hozier, King's Genealogist

Gerard Edelinck, 1691

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a long curled wig and lace cravat, with an inscribed frame and verse cartouche below.

François Van der Meulen

Pieter van Schuppen, 1687

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves, a mounted soldier with a spear, and weeping women below.

The Crucifixion (Le Coup de Lance)

Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1631

Etching of a bent figure in a cloak kneeling on a dirt lane beside trees and a grassy bank under an open sky.

A Vagabond Walking Along a Lane

Alphonse Legros, c. 1890

Etching of a riverbank with tall trees, a seated figure in the grass, calm water and distant hills under a pale sky.

Along the Riverbank

Alphonse Legros, c. 1885

Etching of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds with a halo, surrounded by angels playing musical instruments and putti.

The Glorification of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin

Jacques Callot, n.d.

Engraved print of a crowded fairground with stages, a clock tower, flags, dancers, and a collapsing wooden scaffold.

Southwark Fair

William Hogarth, 1733/34

Engraving of a chaotic night street scene with a bonfire, lantern-bearing figures, a barber's window and an overturned cart.

Night, plate four from The Four Times of the Day

William Hogarth, May 1738

Engraving of a raucous election feast in a crowded tavern, with diners, musicians, a servant pouring drink and a banner.

An Election Entertainment, plate one from Four Prints of an Election

William Hogarth, 1757/58

The Maid Shopping

Camille Pissarro, 1888

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped female figure with a turreted crown stepping on a serpent between two columns.

Cybele Stepping on a Serpent

Follower of Paolo Farinati, n.d.

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of women dancing on a veranda under red lanterns, with pine trees behind.

Dancing Courtesans, One, from the pentaptych series of "Furuichi Dance Performance (Furuichi odori)" for the Hisakata…

Yashima Gakutei, mid 1820s

Pen and ink drawing of two standing draped figures with flowing robes and hatched shading, on yellowed paper.

Two Standing Draped Figures (Saint John and the Magdalene?)

Attributed to Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, 1540/60

Pen and wash landscape with trees, rocks, a stream, goats and small figures on a path.

Landscape with Satyr, Goats and Other Figures

Attributed to Abraham Genoels II, n.d.

Red chalk study of a muscular right hand and forearm on yellowed paper, with hatched shading on the fingers and tendons.

Right Hand of Jupiter

Bernard Baron, n.d.