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Art Institute of Chicago

3,361 works

Armored rider carrying a wooden cross before a city wall, with a trumpeter, soldiers, a white dog, and a flying angel.

Emperor Heraclius Denied Entry into Jerusalem

Unknown artist, c. 1470

Monochrome painting of a family taking tea on a stone terrace with greyhounds, a servant, and a cypress urn beneath trees.

Family Group on a Terrace

Sr John Theodore Heins, c. 1740

Portrait of a woman in a striped red dress and gold chain, holding a white handkerchief, against a green background.

Portrait of a Lady

Michele Tosini, c. 1555

Loosely painted standing woman in a white robe with a red sash against a dark, sketchy background.

Nubian Woman

Jules Robert Auguste, c. 1830

Painting of women in jewelry and draped dress resting among adobe buildings at dusk, with a figure watching from a rooftop.

Women of the Ouled Nayls

Eugène Fromentin, 1867

Painting of Circassian cavalry waiting before an ornate Byzantine-style facade with striped arches and domes.

Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument; Memory of the Orient

Alberto Pasini, 1880

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with haloed saints, a golden chalice, and a kneeling female donor in prayer.

The Holy Family with Four Saints and a Female Donor

Antonio Rimpatta, c. 1510

Two Lawyers

Honoré Daumier, c. 1860

Black and white bust portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man with Gray Hair

Henry Raeburn, 1810-20

Monochrome painting of a seated woman examining a child in a dim interior with a bed, chair, and kettle.

Woman Looking For Fleas

Attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1715

Two haloed saints, a man with a branch and a crowned woman in blue, stand before a tower in a late medieval painting.

Diptych of Saints Achatius, Barbara, Apollonia, and Sebald

German; Franconia, c. 1490

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe against a dark background, turned toward the right.

Portrait of a Man

Attributed to Martin Schaffner, c. 1525

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a red garment and gold chain against a dark olive background.

Portrait Presumed to be of Antonio Zantani

Unknown artist, c. 1555

Oil portrait of a young man with curled powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a golden background.

Robert Brown of Newhall

Henry Raeburn, 1792

Panel painting with two scenes: Saint Christopher facing demons on a rocky path, and before a king with armored soldiers belo

Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia

Martín de Soria, 1480-85

Medieval panel painting with two scenes of a haloed saint at a royal banquet and preaching to a crowd with a baptism.

Saint Christopher Taking Leave of the King Who Feared Satan; Saint Christopher and His Converts

Martín de Soria, 1480-85

Oil portrait of a woman with upswept hair in a red dress with gold collar, before a dark landscape with trees.

Abigail Inskeep Bradford

Rembrandt Peale, 1803-8

Oil portrait of a man in a dark blue cap and dark coat over a white shirt, turned to the left against a brown background.

Sir Andrew Fountaine

Jonathan Richardson the Elder, c. 1710

Virgin Mary kneels in prayer beside the infant Christ, with angels, an ox and a donkey, against a gold background.

The Nativity

Master of Pulkau, 1507-10

Black-and-white portrait of a woman in a ruffled white bonnet, white collar, and dark dress with an ornate belt buckle.

Portrait of a Woman

Attributed to Mathias Stoltenberg, c. 1820

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet, black dress and dark shawl against a black background.

Woman in Black

Unknown artist, 1820-40

Peasants dancing and drinking in a rustic tavern, with a violinist playing and onlookers gathered around the room.

Merrymakers in an Inn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1674

Woman in white cap and red jacket preparing food at a kitchen table with a wine bottle and clay jug.

The Maid

François Bonvin, c. 1875

Painting of a young woman with pinned hair sewing white fabric, with a bouquet of flowers in a blue vase behind her.

Young Woman Sewing

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1879

Painting of a bearded man in a green cloak holding a white lamb, standing on a checkered floor between stone columns.

Saint John the Baptist

Master of the Morrison Triptych, c. 1490

Painting of a knight on a grey horse holding a lance and shield on a mountain path, with a distant rider under a dusk sky.

Don Quixote in the Mountains

Style of Honoré Victorin Daumier, c. 1850

Pointillist portrait of a seated woman in a dark blue dress with gold brooch, against a dotted orange background.

Portrait of the Artist's Sister

Georges Lemmen, 1891

Gold-ground panel of a haloed saint praying beside a crowned king, with an angel above a spiked wheel and a kneeling figure b

Saint Catherine Delivered from the Wheel

Unknown artist, c. 1395

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown robe, gazing upward with one arm raised against a dark background.

Penitent Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, c. 1630

Portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace bonnet and collar, resting her hand on a book beside green drapery.

Woman with a Book

Jonas Welch Holman, 1827-30