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Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Miniature painting of a red and white palace with flying warriors on clouds, weapons and flames scattered over a green field.

Pradyumna Enters the Palace of the Demon Sambar and Challenges him to Battle, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana…

Unknown artist, c. 1775

Painted manuscript page of a palace with domed pavilions, Krishna and Rukmini figures, and rowed boats on water below.

Rukmini Seeks Krishna's Permission to Visit her Brother Rukma, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1775

Painting of Venus and Cupid with a satyr holding fruit, a basket of white doves, and a seated nude woman at left.

Allegory of Venus and Cupid

Imitator of Titian, c. 1600

Album leaf with vertical columns of black ink calligraphy and red seals, set within a patterned silk mount.

Album of Landscapes and Figures with Calligraphy by Chen Xiuyu

Chen Xiuyu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1896

Ink and light color scroll of a snowy garden with a plum tree, rocks, and robed figures at a pavilion doorway.

Emperor Song Taizu Visiting Scholar on Snowy Night

Attributed to Zeng Jing （Chinese, 1568-1650 ), late 19th century

Grayscale painting of women dancing with satyrs in a woodland revel, with reclining figures and a cherub in a tree.

Bacchic Revels

Johann Georg Platzer, c. 1740

Hanging scroll of a bearded robed man with a walking staff beside columns of Chinese calligraphy and red seals.

Portrait of Tao Yuanming

Attributed of Yu Zhiding, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), early 19th century

Chinese hanging scroll of court ladies and attendants melting gold over a brazier, with a seated noblewoman under a canopy an

Melting the Gold and Predicting the Future

Yu Guiyan, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1901

Ink painting of black birds perched on bare branches with green leaves, with calligraphy and red seals on buff paper.

Black Birds

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1893

Hanging scroll painting of cranes, pheasants and ducks among gnarled tree branches and leaves.

The Five Virtues

Hanging scroll of a squirrel beneath drooping bamboo leaves, with ink inscription and red seals on beige silk.

Bamboo and Squirrel 松鼠翠竹圖

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), late 19th century

Hanging scroll of drooping wisteria with blue blossoms above three goldfish swimming among floating leaves on beige silk.

Wisteria and Goldfish 紫藤金魚圖

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), late 19th century

Hanging scroll of mandarin ducks with lotus leaves, lotus blossoms and reeds, with calligraphy at upper left.

Mandarin Ducks and Lotus

Hanging scroll of a parrot on a branch beside white chrysanthemums and red leaves, with Chinese calligraphy at upper left.

Parrot and Chrysanthemums

Attributed to Ren Yi, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1888

Ink painting of two partridges perched on a rock beside dark bamboo leaves, with calligraphy at upper left.

Partridges and Bamboo 竹鳥圖

Hanging scroll of two paradise flycatchers on a branch beside lavender wisteria, with ink-wash rock and calligraphy.

Paradise Flycatchers and Wisteria

Ink and color painting of three roosters on a rock beside pink blossoming branches, with calligraphy and red seals at upper r

Roosters and Blossoming Apricots 雄鷄圖

Ink painting of two black mynah birds on a branch above lotus flowers and rocks, with calligraphy at upper right.

Mynah and Lotus 鷯哥荷花圖

Ink painting of sparrows perched on a plum branch with red blossoms above rocky ground, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Birds on Red Plum

Hanging scroll of goldfish swimming beneath drooping wisteria branches with lavender blossoms and green leaves.

Wisteria and Goldfish 紫藤金魚圖

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), mid/late 19th century

Hanging scroll of three crested myna birds perched among yellow chrysanthemums and autumn leaves, with calligraphy and red se

Crested Myna Birds and Chrysanthemums

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), c. 1892

Ink painting of plum blossoms, pine branches and bamboo on pale paper, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Plum, Pine, and Bamboo

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), mid- to late 19th century

Painting of a woman in a blue bonnet seated with a child on a shore, facing the sea under a pale sky.

Mother and Child on a Seashore

Jozef Israëls, c. 1890

Seated woman in pink and gold robes gently touches a white lamb against a patterned gold background.

Meekness

Eustache Le Sueur, 1650

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white gown and tiara standing beside a pink striped chair.

Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth)

John Singer Sargent, 1897

Portrait of a man in a red embroidered coat with a white wig, holding a letter beside an inkstand and books.

Don José Moñino y Redondo, Conde de Floridablanca

Pompeo Batoni, c. 1776

Panoramic painting of Julius Caesar's assassination, a gold-robed procession through a city, and a funeral pyre, in gilded te

The Assassination and Funeral of Julius Caesar

Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni, 1455/60

Corot landscape with nude bathers in a pond beneath large dark trees, a pale building and a dusky sky at dusk.

Bathing Nymphs and Child

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1855-60

Medieval-style painting of a mounted battle with gilded knights, a walled city, and boats in a harbor.

The Battle of Pharsalus and the Death of Pompey

Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni, c. 1455

Painting of a harvest field with a standing man, haystacks, trees, and a cloudy sky by George Inness.

Harvest, Montclair, New Jersey

George Inness, 1884