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Art Institute of Chicago

13,057 works

Small etching of a seated figure at a basin in a niche, framed by a circular border of letters with a rebus caption below.

Rebus: Here Lies the Ancient Vendetta

Charles Meryon, 1862

Title page of Meryon's portfolio of etching copies, with ornamental script, blue capitals and a handwritten dedication.

Portfolio

Charles Meryon, May 10, 1890

Small etched print of a rider on a rearing horse with a balloon-shaped headdress, above French verse text.

Little Prince Dito

Charles Meryon, 1864

Etched dedication plate with ornate script verses addressed to Eugène Bléry, signed by Charles Meryon, on a pale sheet.

Verses Dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No. 2

Charles Meryon, 1854

Small printed sheet with a handwritten-style verse dedicated to Eugène Bléry in ornate script within a decorative border.

Verses Dedicated to Eugène Bléry, No. 1

Charles Meryon, 1854

Etching of a columned classical building beside a busy Paris square with an obelisk, carriages, and birds in a cloudy sky.

The Admiralty, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1866

Color print of a young woman with a ribbon in her hair, wearing a blue wrap and orange dress with a rose, against a dark back

Bust of a Woman

Louis-Marin Bonnet, c. 1771

Pencil sketch of a tall old building with steep roof, dormer windows and a chimney, drawn on pale paper.

Rue des Toiles, Bourges

Charles Meryon, 1853

Engraving of Cupid atop a flaming pedestal drawn by horses, with women walking in the foreground and a crowd behind.

The Triumph of Love

Attributed to Francesco Rosselli, 1470/90

Soft-focus black and white print of a woman smiling faintly, face emerging from dark hair against a shaded background.

Elise Smiling

Eugène Carrière, 1895

Woman in pink kimono climbing snowy stone steps beside a pine tree, woodblock print.

Climbing the steps one hundred times

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Woman in a patterned robe and red hat sits in a boat under a willow branch, holding a fan beside a drum.

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Woodblock print of a seated robed figure riding a black ox led by a child, with moon, pine trees and boats over water.

The Poet Sugawara Michizane

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

Fan-shaped Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a floral kimono with an attendant in lavender robes beside her.

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya and her attendant, from the series "Fans of the East (Azuma ogi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1777/78

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono kneeling beside a latticed shoji screen, one leaning against the other.

Double Pillow

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hair combs, one holding a shamisen, in patterned kimono.

The Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya

Eishosai Choki, c. 1792

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono bowing in a snowy garden beside a fence and umbrella.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in Private Life, Standing in a Snow-Covered Garden

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Ukiyo-e print of two sumo wrestlers standing side by side in decorated aprons, with Japanese inscriptions in the margins.

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: (right) Nijigadake Somaemon of Sekiwake Rank from Awa Province, and (left) Fuden…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1782/83

Pen and ink sketch of a tall gothic belfry above gabled houses, with small figures in a street below.

The Flemish Belfry

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Woodblock print of two figures in hanging baskets descending a green gorge above a rushing river.

Mushroom Gathering at Kumano in Kii Province (Kishu Kumano iwatake tori) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of gabled wooden houses on stilts above a shore, with small figures and swirling clouds.

The Edge of the Shore

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a mounted soldier with a lance, flanked by smaller riders and a group of cavalry on tan paper.

Russian Cavalry

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen drawing of a woman in a long gown holding a rosary, with a crucifix, a veiled figure, a man by a column, and a landscape.

Refuge in Prayer

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etching of the tall Column of Marcus Aurelius in a Roman piazza, with carriages, people and palazzo buildings around it.

The Column of Marcus Aurelius, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of a ruined domed Roman interior with an oculus, brick arches, and small figures among fallen column fragments.

Interior view of the so-called Tempio della Tosse [Temple of the Cough], from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a town on a hill, robed figures walking, and many small inverted figure studies.

Sheet of Sketches: The Life of Christ

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a Gothic church tower and gabled houses along a canal, with rowboats in the foreground.

Maritime Village

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a horse beside a reclining man among flowering grasses, with mountains and calligraphy above.

Sojo Henjo, from the series "One Hundred Satirical Poems (Kyoka neboke hyakushu)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Etching of a woman in a patterned dress and hat holding an umbrella, set against dark crosshatched night background.

Strolling Woman with Umbrella

Jean-Louis Forain, n.d.

Lithograph of a woman in a dark shawl beside a curtained bed, with a nightstand, lamp and slippers on the floor.

Breakfast (vertical plate)

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1895