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Art Institute of Chicago

3,361 works

Tonal print of a priest at an altar with kneeling clergy, candles, and angels in clouds above.

The Celebration of High Mass

Maria Katharina Prestel, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a courtesan looking up at a youth behind a red lattice, with a green bamboo stalk in hand.

Courtesan Looks Down at Youth Dressed as Mendicant Monk

Isoda Koryusai, c. early 1770s

Woodblock print of a young woman in a blue floral kimono and straw hat, shading her eyes, with irises below.

Young Woman Wearing a Hat

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a black kimono beside a man in a striped robe holding a blue parasol.

Courtesan and Young Man Under Umbrella

Santō Kyōden, c. 1781/89

Woodcut of a seated figure beside a rocky river, with a second figure reaching upward at right, in dark brown and cream.

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite

Paul Gauguin, 1893/94

Etching of a woman milking a cow under a tree, with a woman carrying a basket, a goat, and a resting cow.

Woman Milking a Cow, plate 3 from Four Landscapes

Cornelis Visscher, c. 1649-58

Portrait of an Old Woman, Visscher's Mother

Jan de Visscher, c. 1655-1690

Engraved frieze of armed men and horsemen fighting lions, griffins, an elephant and dogs in a crowded battle.

Battle of Men and Animals, from Combats and Triumphs

Etienne Delaune, c. 1550/60

Engraving of the Lamentation: mourners support the dead Christ beneath a tree, with a distant landscape at left.

The Lamentation, from Cabinet Reynst

Cornelis Visscher, c. 1655-58

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono with a gold hair ornament, with calligraphy above.

Young Woman after a Bath

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1745

Lithograph of two men in top hats and frock coats walking together on a city street, one leaning toward the other.

Masks and faces: Pretty woman? a bad lot

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Etching of a nude woman bathing in a pond beside a seated skeleton on a rocky cliff, under a cloudy sky with birds.

Bathing Woman and Time

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1857

Sketch of a woman in a ruffled dress seated in an armchair, head resting in her right hand, in red and black chalk.

Seated Woman, Head in Right Hand

Jean-Louis Forain, 1897

Lithograph of an elderly woman in a headscarf and shawl looking upward, with rooftops sketched behind her.

Masks and faces: Women afraid of a glass of wine...

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Print of a skeleton standing near a woman bathing in a pond amid dense trees, rocks, and clouds.

Bathing Woman and Death

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1857

Triptych print of women and a child on a riverbank at night, with a wooden bridge and boats on the river behind them.

Women watching fireworks at Sumida River

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Two women with dark hair read a newspaper together in front of draped curtains, drawn in soft lithographic shading.

Masks and faces: Look at the announcements

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Engraving of fishermen in boats hauling a net that traps a large sea monster amid rough waves.

Fishermen Catching a Sea Monster

Adamo Scultori, 1560/70

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono combing another woman's long dark hair.

Hairdresser, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Oval lithograph of a young woman with curly dark hair, ruffled collar and pendant necklace, shaded in soft stipple.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Sauveur J. Legros, n.d.

Etching of an elderly woman sleeping, wearing a plumed cap and fur-trimmed robe, with a hand near her face.

Old Woman Sleeping

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1636

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles behind a mosquito net, with red cloth hanging above.

Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Full-length portrait print of a standing man in a dark suit holding a walking stick against a hatched dark background.

Count Robert de Montesquiou

Beatrix Godwin Whistler, 1894

Etching of an old man in a dark cap and fur collar, one hand raised to shade his eyes, with loose sketched lines around him.

Old Man Shading His Eyes with His Hand

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1639

Black and white chalk drawing of two young girls seated together on the floor, playing with combs held to their mouths.

Two Girls Playing on Combs (recto); Sketch of Seated Woman with Fragment of Another Figure (verso)

Thomas Barker, c. 1790

Engraving of a barrier combat in a grand hall, with armored combatants, pikemen, dense crowds and a coffered ceiling.

The Grand Tournament: The Combat

Jacques Callot, 1627

Pen and ink sketch sheet of several Algerian men in turbans and cloaks, showing heads, profiles and standing figures.

Sketches of Algerian Men

Eugène Delacroix, c. 1832

Black line engraving of an elderly bald man with a beard and open collar, facing forward against a hatched background.

Bust of a Man Facing Forward

Jan Lievens, 1630/40

Loose watercolor of a dancer in a flowing green gown with arms outstretched and a red head covering, on a teal ground.

Green and Blue: The Dancer

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1893

Charcoal drawing of a cloaked rider on a galloping dark horse over rocky ground, with a pale streaked sky behind.

Man Riding a Horse through the Air

François Chifflart, 1860-70