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Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Figures relax and play among a blossoming tree on a grassy hill above a blue sea under a clear sky.

Springtime and Love

Francesco Paolo Michetti, 1878

Monochrome still life of open books, manuscripts, a quill, a globe, a world map and a lute on a patterned table.

Still Life

Hugo Charlemont, 1883

Grayscale reproduction of a tavern scene with two wrestlers facing off while spectators, children and seated men watch.

The Wrestler's Challenge

Mihály Munkácsy, 1875

Painting of women, a nude figure, children and heaps of sea treasures like coral and shells against gold and dark foliage.

Treasures of the Sea

Hans Makart, c. 1870-75

Painting of cattle resting on a green alpine hillside with pink shrubs and a snow-capped mountain behind them.

Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps

Rosa Bonheur, 1885

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in black dress and headscarf, seated before a pale gray background, hand resting at lower le

Maria Sheldon Scammon

Anders Zorn, 1895

Painting of a seated man in a dark suit holding an open book, beside a classical vase and figurine on a mantel.

Portrait of Charles Lawrence Hutchinson

Julius Gari Melchers, c. 1902

Two arched panel portraits: a man in a dark hat and gold chain, and a woman in a red gown and ornate headdress.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; Isabelle of Bourbon (?)

Unknown artist, 1510-30

Still life of a lute, rapier, velvet chair with black cloak, sheet music, blue and white vase and fruit in an interior.

Seventeenth-Century Interior

Charles Gifford Dyer, 1877

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair and beard in a dark jacket and white collar against a black background.

Self-Portrait

Eastman Johnson, 1889

Full-length portrait of a man in black velvet robes beside a white dog, on a checkered floor before a gray paneled wall.

Gian Lodovico Madruzzo

Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1551-52

Ink painting of a tall, hollow garden rock with grass tufts and bamboo shoots beside it, with a signature and red seals.

Strange Rocks

Gao Yang （）, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), early 17th century

White-glazed Chinese bowl with a dark brown painted band around the rim, shown against a plain grey background.

Bowl with Stylized Leaves

Unknown artist, Jin dynasty (1115-1234) or later

Landscape painting of a procession passing a stone bridge below a rocky hill topped with a domed temple and town.

View of Delphi with a Procession

Claude Lorrain, 1673

Fan-shaped Ming landscape with pine trees, rocky peaks, a thatched pavilion, two small figures, and calligraphy on gold paper

The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Attributed to Tang Yin, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 15th -16th century

Fan-shaped landscape painting with green mountains, a tiled pavilion among trees, and a boat on water.

Landscape

Attributed to Qiu Ying, Ming dynasty (1369-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Ink landscape on a fan-shaped leaf with misty mountains, pine trees, rocks and a red seal at the left.

Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan

Attributed to Dong Qichang, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Fan-shaped leaf with cursive black ink calligraphy of a poem on a speckled gold ground, with red seals at lower left.

Poem in Cursive Script

Attributed to Zhu Yunming, 1461-1527

Fan-shaped sheet with cursive black ink calligraphy in Chinese characters and two red seals at lower left.

Calligraphy

Attributed to Dong Qichang, Ming Dynasty(1368-1664);1555-1636

Painting of a croquet game on a lawn with four figures in period dress, including a woman in blue holding a mallet.

Croquet Scene

Winslow Homer, 1866

Painting of a shaded courtyard with trees, a garden wall, and a crouching figure in red near a house.

The Bird Catcher

Thomas Couture, c. 1857

Oil portrait of a woman in black with white lace collar, gesturing beside a flower vase and coins on a marble table.

Mère Grégoire

Gustave Courbet, 1855, reworked 1857-59

Painting of a young woman writing at a desk beside a seated woman, while an elderly man in a dark chair gazes upward.

Milton Dictating to His Daughter

Henry Fuseli, 1794

Black-and-white style painting of elegant figures in a wooded landscape with a distant tower and cloudy sky.

Love in the Open Air

After Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater, After c. 1731

Venus reclines with a winged Cupid in her lap beside a gilded quiver and doves, framed by pink drapery.

Venus and Cupid

Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Painting of figures strolling beneath shade trees in a sunlit park, with city rooftops visible in the distance.

Boston Common

Unknown artist, 1850-63

Painting of a woman in a yellow straw hat with blue ribbon and white feather, wrapped in a white shawl and yellow sash.

Woman in a Straw Hat

Unknown artist, c. 1790

Nude woman raising a sword beside a severed bearded head on a dark background, oil painting.

Judith

Jan Sanders van Hemessen, c. 1540

Hanging scroll of a school of fish in grey ink swimming along a curving stream, with a red seal and signature at right.

School of Fish

Soga Shōhaku, Mid- to late 18th century

Painted manuscript page of fishermen in boats hauling nets among fish and crocodiles on a river, with a woman in red on the b

The Demon Sambar Throws the Infant Pradyumna into the River, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1775