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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Engraving of elegantly dressed figures dancing and gathering in an arcaded hall, with a fountain and trees visible in the gar

The Pleasures of the Ball

Gérard Scotin, 1730

Engraving of a woman with a feathered hat whipping a kneeling bearded man on grass, with onlookers in a doorway.

Aristotle and Phyllis

Master M. Z., c. 1500

Small wood engraving of a seated man in a ccap among tall grass, with bare branches, a hare, and a bird.

Tailpiece: Man in Bush

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Engraving of a winged figure on clouds gesturing toward two men, one kneeling in supplication and one shielding his face, in

Fable: The Envious Man and the Covetous

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Black and white woodcut of a spotted serval cat standing on a branch with leafy twigs around it.

The Serval

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Engraving of a man with a stick confronting a bearded figure in a cloak, with dogs and buildings in an oval scene.

Fable: A Man Bitten by a Dog

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Engraved print of robed men conversing in an arched columned hall, one gesturing, within an oval frame.

Fable: The Boasting Traveler

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Engraved illustration of a white-throat bird perched on a stump among foliage, with caption text below.

White Throat (Bird)

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Fox Hound

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Rev. John Farrer

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Engraving of a fox looking up at a bird on a tree branch, with a distant rural landscape and cottages in an oval frame.

Fable

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Wood engraving of a hawfinch perched on a branch with foliage behind it, captioned The Grosbeak, Hawfinch.

Grosbeak

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Leopard

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Wood engraving of a grey lag goose standing in shallow water beside reeds and bare trees, with its title printed below.

Grey Lag Goose

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Engraving of a tame goose standing before a thatched cottage, trees and a wooden fence in a farmyard setting.

Tame Goose

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Engraving of a Brent Goose with dark head and white neck mark standing on grass, with a ruined tower behind it.

Brent Goose

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Wood engraving of a mottled nightjar resting among ferns and grasses, with the caption 'The Night-Jar' printed below.

The Night-Jar

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Black-and-white engraving of a peacock on a wooden rail with its tail spread, a peahen and small birds below, trees behind.

Peacock

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Etching of a riverside marketplace with round sunshades under steep half-timbered houses and a cloudy sky.

Marketplace with Sunshades

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1866

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude male figure with curly hair, turned to one side, on pale paper.

Saint Sebastian

possibly Jacopo Confortini, n.d.

Vertical etching of a grotesque candelabra with winged birds, trumpeting satyrs, medallions and sea creatures.

Grotesque Candelabra with Musical Sayrs and Relief Medallions

Daniel I Hopfer, c. 1505-1536, printed c. 1802

Engraving of a seated woman supervising young students drawing at tables while older men watch, with figure studies on the wa

Contest for the Prize for the Study of Heads and Expression

Jean Jacques Flipart, 1763, based on a drawing from 1761

Pen and brown ink drawing of a sword-wielding figure, a kneeling man, a seated ruler and onlookers in a columned hall.

Damon and Pythias

called Il Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1632

Brown ink and wash drawing of an embrace between two men at left, with a kneeling crowd and arcaded buildings at right.

Joseph Greeting his Brothers

Pier Francesco Mola, c. 1656

Pencil and wash sketch of a village with houses and trees on a sloping hillside path under a pale sky.

Village on Sunny Hillside

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Pencil and wash sketch of a church with a spire and steep roofs beside a road, with a small figure at right.

Leper House at Cleves

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Pencil and grey wash sketch of a crumbling Romanesque ruin with arched openings, broken towers and overgrown shrubs.

A Romanesque Ruin

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Pencil and wash sketch of a flat landscape with a distant village, church tower, and small boats under a pale sky.

Panorama

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Grey wash sketch of a dune landscape with a cottage, a bare tree at left, and a winding sandy path under open sky.

A Dune Landscape

Jan van Goyen, 1650-51

Oval landscape drawing with a dancer with tambourine, seated musicians, goats and a dog beneath a large tree.

Italianate Landscape with Dancer, Musicians and Goats

After Cornelis van Poelenburgh, c. 1750