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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Engraving of a lion hunt with rearing horses, armed hunters with swords and spears, and lions fighting men on the ground.

The Lion Hunt

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1621/29

Engraved print of a classical statue with a serpent staff on a fluted pedestal, two cherubs, a coat of arms and foliage.

Two Lovers Giving Thanks to the Statue of Health

Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully, n.d.

Etching of Minerva in a helmet guiding two young artists with a palette and brushes near classical sculpture and columns.

Minerva Teaching a Young Artist, illustration for the Catalogue historique du Cabinet by Mariette

Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully, n.d.

Two women in kimono under cherry blossoms, one sweeping petals with a broom while the other looks up, with a poem above.

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of travelers in woven hats and horses on a Tokaido road beside a willow tree and stone wall at dusk.

Fujikawa: View of Post Outskirts (Fujikawa, bohana no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Toka…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of an acrobat balancing upside down on a tall ladder held by men in orange robes, with Mount Fuji behind.

Acrobats on a Ladder

Utagawa Toyokuni, 18th-19th century

Japanese woodblock portrait of a bald man with topknot holding a pipe beside a fan and tray, dark background.

Portrait of Santo Kyoden, the Master of Kyobashi (Edo hana Kyobashi natori)

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1795

Lithograph of two men talking in a doorway, one gesturing in a waistcoat, the other in a cap and overcoat.

Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: And the judge's son told my wife

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Graphite sketch of an audience in a theatre balcony, men and women leaning at the railing beneath chandeliers.

Audience at a Parisian Theatre I

Giovanni Boldini, c. 1885

Pencil sketch of a cello scroll in front of a crowded theatre audience and seated musicians.

Audience at a Parisian Theatre II

Giovanni Boldini, c. 1885

Sepia watercolor of robed monks climbing a stone staircase under vaulted arches, with light streaming in from one side.

Monks on the Staircase of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli

François Marius Granet, c. 1826

Pen and ink sketch of armed bandits confronting seated travelers beside a stagecoach, with wounded figures on the ground.

The Stagecoach Holdup

Bartolomeo Pinelli, n.d.

Engraving of a crowded masked ball in the Grand Gallery of Versailles, with chandeliers, arched windows and elegantly dressed

Decoration for a Masked Ball given by the King

Charles Nicolas Cochin I, 1746

Black-ink side elevation drawing of a three-story house with balustrade, cornice, arched entrance and red dimension lines.

Bryan Lathrop House, Chicago, Illinois, Side Elevation

McKim, Mead and White, c. 1892

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers, riders with spears, and dogs, with a rocky landscape behi

The Road To Calvary

Martin Schongauer, 1485-91

Ink and wash architectural drawing of vestibule door elevations with arched fanlight, pilasters, and paneled walls, labeled O

Vestibule Doors, Bryan Lathrop House, Chicago, Illinois, Shop Drawing

McKim, Mead and White, 1892

Watercolor of a grove of tall trees by a dark river, with a red-roofed cottage at right and a cloudy sky above.

Grove of Trees (recto), Sketch of Aderley Church (verso)

Peter De Wint, c. 1830

Charcoal drawing of a large tree with a woman reaching upward and a small winged child leaping beside her.

Venus Disarming Cupid

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1852/57

Engraving of a crowded village fair with dancing peasants, a brawl, a church tower, thatched houses and a windmill.

The Kermis of Saint George

Joannes van Doetecum, c. 1559

Poster showing a dark centaur lifting a boulder on a rocky hill beneath clouds, with blue lettering announcing the Basel exhi

Boecklin Jubilee Exhibition Basel

Hans Lendorff, 1897

Pen and ink landscape drawing of Saint George on horseback fighting a dragon, with a kneeling figure and distant mountains.

Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon and the Monte Soratte

Joseph Anton Koch, c. 1816

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd of figures ascending through clouds toward heaven, with reaching arms and upturned faces.

Detail Study for The Assumption of St. Agnes

called Il Baciccio Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1670/90

Etched octagonal print of two men and a woman drinking at a candlelit table, with Latin text in the border.

Lot and His Daughters

Bernardino Capitelli, c. 1625

Architectural design drawing of a church altar with columns, a radiant cross, cherubs, and a colored floor plan below.

Design for an Altar in the Church of the Confraternity of Santissima Trinita, Turin

Filippo Juvara, c. 1734

Etching of a classical domed hall with an armored warrior, a woman at an altar, and a fallen figure in the foreground.

Mérope

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1750

Margrave Christoph I of Baden

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bishop saint with mitre, crozier and book, rays of light behind his head.

Saint Willibrord

Abraham Bloemaert, 1625/30

Woodcut print of a bearded man in a turban wrestling a lion on a hill, with a castle and city in the background.

Samson Rending the Lion

Albrecht Dürer, 1496/97

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a wide hat and worn coat, holding a small wooden box.

The Old Savoyard

Jean-Antoine Watteau, c. 1715

Black and white woodcut headpiece with lettering, three figures, a mask, a fox and a bird by Paul Gauguin.

Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece forLe sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899, printed and published 1921