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Art Institute of Chicago

13,134 works

Engraved portrait of an older clergyman in a skullcap and ornate cassock, shown head and shoulders against a shaded backgroun

Monsignor Pie, Bishop of Poitiers

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, 1879

Pencil sketch of a thistle with a spiky flower head and thorny stems on pale paper, dated 1882.

St. Cergues

John Ruskin, 1882

Watercolor study of a peacock feather with a blue and red eye-spot at top, signed J. Ruskin, Brantwood, 1877.

Peacock Feather

John Ruskin, 1877

Print of a saw-bill duck head above two crocodile heads, with long bills, teeth and scaled skin shown in fine lines.

Heads of Saw-Bill Duck and Two Crocodiles

John Ruskin, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor study of a Gothic arch with figures in a tympanum, pinnacles, and a column, numbered No. 23.

Design for an Arch

John Ruskin, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of nude Venus with long hair holding a mirror, beside a kneeling winged cupid under a tree.

The Toilette of Venus

Attributed to Bartholomäus Reiter, c. 1600

Etching of a man in a plumed hat and ruff on a rearing horse, with a caption naming Felipe III, King of Spain.

Philip III

Francisco Goya, 1778

Etching of St. Jerome seated on a rock, bowed in prayer, with an angel behind him and two cherubs among clouds above.

St. Jerome

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Etching of a woman in ruff collar riding a pale horse side-saddle, with a hazy hilly landscape behind her.

Margaret of Austria

Francisco Goya, 1778

Etching of a woman on a white horse wearing a large cloak and lace collar, with an inscription beneath the image.

Isabel de Borbon

Francisco Goya, 1778

Hand-colored caricature of a globe balloon carrying a robed figure over a crowd of clergy and academics in a Gothic city stre

Tentand via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo

James Gillray, published August 8, 1810

Etching of a young rider on a rearing horse in a cloudy landscape, with an inscription naming Baltasar Carlos below.

Baltasar Carlos

Francisco Goya, 1778

Etching of a man in armor and a plumed hat riding a rearing horse across an open landscape.

Philip IV

Francisco Goya, 1778

Etching of Gaspar de Guzman on a rearing horse, wearing a plumed hat and holding a baton, with a tree in the landscape.

Gaspar de Guzman, Conde Duque of Olivares

Francisco Goya, 1778

Etching of a seated dwarf in a wide hat and fur-trimmed cloak, leaning on stacked books beside a candlestick.

A Dwarf

Francisco Goya, 1778

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Painter, plate one from Los Caprichos

Francisco Goya, 1797/99

Hand-colored print of a couple at a green door under a Lodgings for Single Men sign, with ships in the harbor behind.

Accommodation, or Lodgings to Let Portsmouth

Thomas Rowlandson, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly man in a red coat kissing a plump woman in a yellow bonnet in a countryside setting.

The Sweet Little Girl That I Love

Thomas Rowlandson, published June 4, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of two women in ornate bonnets, one washing bare feet in a puddle beside a church steeple.

Ganging to the Kirk

George Moutard Woodward, n.d.

Etching of a sleeping man at a desk surrounded by owls, bats and cats, with the caption 'El sueño de la razón produce monstru

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, plate 43 from Los Caprichos

Francisco Goya, 1797/99

Etching of the Madonna seated on clouds holding the infant Christ, with two cherub heads and a radiating halo above.

Madonna and Child on Clouds

Federico Barocci, n.d.

Etching of a standing man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a covered bowl, with dense hatched shading.

The Three Magi: Caspar, King of Tarsus

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Etching of a robed figure in a plumed turban holding a covered gold cup aloft, with fur trim and jeweled buttons.

The Three Magi: Balthasar, King of Sheba

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Etching of a standing man seen from behind, wearing a plumed hat and a long draped cloak.

Melchior, from the Three Magi

Jacques Bellange, c. 1612-1616

Etching of a woman in a dark cloak flying above several grimacing figures in a cloudy sky, numbered 61.

They Have Flown, plate 61 from Los Caprichos

Francisco Goya, 1797/99

Mezzotint portrait of a young man with curly hair and a white lace collar, titled Prince Rupert, after Rembrandt.

Prince Rupert

Valentine Green, 1775

Lithograph portrait of a woman with ringlet curls and an elaborate floral headdress, wearing a dark off-shoulder dress.

Mlle. Noblet

Pierre Louis Henri Grévedon, 1829/30

Etching of a standing robed figure gesturing to kneeling and seated men at a stone ledge, with angels in clouds above.

Institution of the Eucharist

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1764

Etching of the gothic spire of St. Pierre in Caen seen through a stone archway, with turrets and rooftops below.

St. Pierre, Caen

Axel Herman Haig, 1879

Aged printed page titled List of Plates, listing tree species such as beech, oak, ash, and elm with place names.

List of Plates, from The Park and the Forest

James Duffield Harding, 1841