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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Etching of a striped tabby cat asleep on a ledge, with a small mouse at left beside a barred window.

The Large Cat

Cornelis Visscher, 1657

Lithograph of horses going to a fair, with a rider and a leading figure beside a stone pillar on rocky ground.

Horses Going to a Fair, plate 3 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Pale watercolor sketch of a white horse galloping with a rider, a gallows on the right and a crescent moon at left.

Death on a White Horse

Possibly Henry Fuseli, n.d.

Angora Rabbits, plate two from Animal Studies

Theo van Hoytema, 1898, printed 1917/19

Black and cream woodcut print of a horse in center with a dog on a bench at right, surrounded by dense ornamental patterns.

Horse, with Other Animals and Ornaments

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with several male nude figure studies, a small animal, and ornamental designs.

Sketches of Male Nudes, Animals, and Ornamental Details

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a horse and a dog in overlapping poses on pale toned paper.

Sketch of Horse and Dog

Dirk Valkenburg, n.d.

Pencil sketches of two birds on tan paper with handwritten notes in the margins.

Sketches of Birds

Henry Stacy Marks, c. 1888

Etching of a Chicago street with a stone lion sculpture, tall ornate buildings, and pedestrians beneath a hatched sky.

The Lion, Chicago

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Etching of four draught horses pulling a loaded cart across a field, with a driver near the wheel at right.

Draught Horses

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1906

Etching of a galloping horse with harness in a loose street scene with figures and buildings behind it.

Galloping Horse

Edvard Munch, 1915

Watercolor of a large black bass leaping from dark water beside a riverbank with palm trees and a bird in the sky.

Life-Size Black Bass

Winslow Homer, 1904

Lithograph of three men on a shore with a sailboat and cottage, one carrying a long pole, by Daumier, 1843.

“- Well, fancy that! I thought that we had just discovered a deserted island or at least a country inhabited by canni…

Honoré Daumier, 1843

Engraving of a farmer driving cattle through a river beneath a large oak tree, with a cottage and footbridge at left.

A Farmer Driving his Cattle into the Water

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1780

Victorian lace paper Valentine with gold ribbon bow, religious figure, flaming red heart and painted flower garland.

Untitled Valentine (Antique Figures and Birds)

John Windsor, c. 1860

Watercolor of three dogs in a debris-strewn alley, one crouched sniffing the ground, on a green-gray background.

Three Dogs in an Alley

Charles B. Newhouse, 1825-1877

Lithograph of a hound with drooping ears looking upward, with soft hatched shadows behind it on a pale background.

He [The Narrator's Dog] Kept His Eyes Fixed on Me With a Look So Strange, plate 3 of 6

Odilon Redon, 1896

Gilt lace valentine card with a central scene of a woman holding a goat beside a child and cottage, framed by flowers.

Untitled Valentine (Country Girls with Dog)

John Windsor, c. 1873