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Art Institute of Chicago

24,101 works

Round miniature portrait of a young blonde woman in a blue dress, mounted in a brown leather case.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Artist unknown, active 19th century), c. 1890

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with powdered hair, white lace collar and pink bodice, in an ornate gilt frame.

Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France

After Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, c. 1860/80

Oval painting of an open-air comedy on a raised stage with costumed actors and a crowd of spectators in an amphitheatre.

An Italian Comedy in Verona

Marco Marcola, 1772

Painting of a burning house under a smoky sky, with a shackled figure dragging a ball and chain past a sign reading Old Virgi

Old Virginia Home

David Gilmour Blythe, 1864

Portrait of a seated man in black coat with hand on Parr's Medical Dictionary, with a small toy horse beside him.

Cornelius Allerton

Ammi Phillips, 1821-22

Oil portrait of a standing bearded man in a dark suit and white collar against a dim brown background, dated 1896.

Portrait of Henry Field

Léon Bonnat, 1896

Seated man in a dark coat and white shirt beside an open book and inkwell, painted against a dark background.

Alexander N. Fullerton

James Forbes, 1865

Painting of a heap of dark purple plums on green grass, with two pale plums lit at upper right against shadowy foliage.

Purple Plums

Carducius Plantagenet Ream, 1895

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat against pale blue.

Portrait of a Gentleman

William Grimaldi, 1802

Oval miniature portrait of a young gentleman with curled dark hair, grey coat, pink waistcoat and lace jabot on blue.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Peter Paul Lens, c. 1720

Painting of a dying woman in blue drapery, a hooded man in red leaning over her, a dog and spear in a forest.

The Death of Procris

Benjamin West, 1770, retouched 1803

Painting of a pale moon over breaking ocean waves, with a distant sailboat and pink-lit clouds above a wet beach.

The August Moon

William Trost Richards, 1889

Grayscale painting of a crowd gathered by tents and horses in a wooded clearing, with wagons receding into mist.

The Show (La Parade)

Nicolas Antoine Taunay, 1784-87

Two smiling peasants look into a small red-framed mirror, the woman pointing and laughing, in a 16th-century genre painting.

Two Peasants Looking at a Mirror

Follower of Jan Massys, c. 1550

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and black cape, seated at a red-draped table beside a letter and quill.

Jacopo Butera

Francesco Solimena, c. 1695

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet in an arcaded hall, with apostles and a dining table behind.

Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples

Nicolas Bertin, 1720-30

Painting of the Seine with a domed institute building, a footbridge at left, dark barges on rippling water, and trees.

Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts

Alfred Sisley, c. 1875

White cloud-shaped ceramic pillow with black painted carp and scrolling leaf designs on lid and sides.

Cloud-Shaped Pillow with Fish

Unknown artist, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), 12th/13th century

Hanging scroll of towering cliffs, gnarled trees and a scholar in a pavilion by a stream, in muted ink and color.

Quiet Life in a Wooded Glen 林麓幽居圖

Wang Meng, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), dated 1361

Painting of a woman in a striped blouse with flowers in her hair, holding a pink fan, beside a carved figure and gold glyphs.

Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana)

Paul Gauguin, 1893

Painting of a bearded officer in blue uniform on a dark horse, with red banners and soldiers behind him.

General Juan Prim (1814-1870)

Henri Regnault, 1868

Painted portrait of a woman in a blue dress with a lace collar, red rose brooch, and gold earrings, before red drapery.

Woman in a Blue Dress

School of William Matthew Prior, c. 1840

Painted lodge banner with two men in top hats, allegorical symbols, a skull, hourglass, and the words Amicitia Amor et Verita

Emblems for Royal Crown Lodge No. 22

Unknown artist, 1810-15

Half-length portrait of a woman in a brown dress and ruffled lace bonnet, holding a rose sprig against a dark background.

Lady in Brown

Frederick R. Spencer, c. 1855

Painted folio of a crowded wedding procession in a walled city with temple spires, boats on a river, and an elephant.

Krishna's Marriage to Kalinda, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1775

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, mourners in red and blue robes, and a walled city on a gold background.

The Crucifixion

Austrian or Bavarian, 1494

Hanging scroll of a white crane beside a twisting tree trunk with red plum blossoms on a pale ground.

Red Plum Branch and a Crane

After Ogata Kenzan, 19th century

Painting of Cupid restrained on the floor by a red-clad figure as a woman watches and doves fly above.

Cupid Chastised

Bartolomeo Manfredi, 1613

Painted head study of a young woman with curly brown hair gazing upward, pale garment at shoulders, muted brown background.

Head of a Girl

Attributed to Anthony van Dyck, c. 1618-c. 1620

Dark grayscale painting of a crowded, frenzied revelry with a standing man in a cloak gesturing above a mass of figures.

The Carousal (Scene from Faust?)

Unknown artist, c. 1860-70