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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a blue parasol, holding a shamisen and lantern on a stone path.

Itinerant female musician, from the triptych "Series of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1830

Engraving of foolish virgins dozing by a fireplace in a tapestried room, with tipped lamps and French verses below.

The Wise and Foolish Virgins, plate five

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Pen and brown ink anatomical study of muscular arms and clenched fists with hatched shading on paper.

A Sheet of Anatomical Studies

Peter Paul Rubens, 1600/10

Illuminated initial showing a kneeling man offering a golden cup to a crowned king and queen before a red canopy.

Nehemiah before King Artaxerxes, initial ‘C’ from a Bible

Masters of Zweder van Culemborg, about 1430

Illuminated manuscript page with a robed saint holding a crozier inside a large letter O, surrounded by colorful foliate bord

Saint Benedict, initial ‘O’, with border fragments from a Missal

Attributed to Jakob Elsner and workshop, 1491

Painted miniature of a bishop beside white deer, with a hunting party on horseback and hounds in a green landscape.

Miracle of the Deer of Saint Bassiano, from a Choir Book

Master B. F., 1500/10

Etching of a laughing old man in a swing, legs stretched out, gripping two ropes against a dark background.

Old man on a swing

Francisco Goya, 1825/27

Black and white lithograph of a uniformed man waving a saber over a map of France, with a lit bomb and figures with a torch b

Emperor Nicolas working in his cabinet, plate 94 from Actualités

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Caricature lithograph of two bearded and helmeted classical men with folded arms, one looking upward in disdain.

Achilles and Agamemnon. Achilles: “- And what do I care about your Troy!,” plate one from Physionomies Tragiques

Honoré Daumier, 1851

Woodblock print of a seated man with a brush beside an attendant grinding ink, with rolled scrolls on a yellow floor.

Tachibana no Hayanari preparing to make the first writing of the New Year

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a small figure, with willow branches and calligraphy.

Willow Bath (Yanagiyu), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Lithograph of a bespectacled nude man on a bank with arms folded, two wading bathers, and clouds, in an ornate frame.

Neighborhood nymphs, come discreet nymphs Laboulie in these places arrayed with his glasses, Shows himself to your gl…

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono reading a book beside a decorated New Year pull toy with a pine tree design.

Woman with book sitting next to a New Year pull toy

Totoya Hokkei, late 1810s

Sketch of a performer in a ruffled costume and feathered headdress, one hand raised to her face, before stage drapery.

Anna Held, in Toutes ces Dames au Théâtre

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894, published 1895

Woodblock print of a warbler in a red cage beside a ceramic pot and blossoming plum branch, with calligraphy.

Warbler in a cage, from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Engraving of mourners grieving over the body of Christ laid on the ground, with a cross and rocky hills behind.

Lamentation Over Christ

Master S, 1500/25

Japanese woodblock print of passengers on a boat with a poling boatman and a kite flying over a river.

Crossing the Sumida River on New Year's Day

Totoya Hokkei, 1830s

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a kimono beside a fish basket, with an alcove scroll and children playing in the backgro

Lady Seated by a Tokonoma Alcove

Totoya Hokkei, 1829

Woodblock print of a robed man holding a paper umbrella by a stream, with a frog and willow branches.

Ono no Tofu, from the series "A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1820

Woodblock print of two decorated fans: one with Mount Fuji and red-green pattern, the other with a pheasant and plum blossoms

Fans decorated with motifs of the three auspicious dreams of the New Year

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1821

Woman in white kimono and red hakama seated beside a hanging incense burner, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Court lady sitting beside hanging incense burner

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Vertical engraved ornamental panel with grotesque masks, musicians, satyrs, putti, and inscribed tablets at top.

Ornamental Panel: Victoria Augusta

Nicoletto da Modena, c. 1507

Black and white etching of a nude piper and a kneeling woman with a bowl beside a gnarled tree in a dense forest.

The Sacrifice of Pan

the elder Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, 1808/15

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned robes seated on a veranda beside a lantern and pine branch.

Courtesan sitting on a veranda next to a lantern

Totoya Hokkei, 1814

Woodcut of a cardinal in robes and hat, with a skeleton figure of Death behind him and a swordsman beneath vines.

The Cardinal

Hans Holbein the Younger, n.d.

Monochrome print of two shepherds with cattle, sheep and a dog by a stream beneath a large tree.

Two Shepherds with Cattle

Jacob Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, n.d.

Monochrome landscape with cattle and sheep by a river, a shepherd, trees, a stone tower and a bridge.

Landscape with Cattle

Jacob Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a white goat beneath a blossoming plum tree, with calligraphy and a pink background.

Goat beneath a plum tree

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a red arched bridge over a steep mountain gorge beneath a red sun.

Crossing the Monkey Bridge

Totoya Hokkei, 1824

Woodblock print of two men tending a bonsai pine in a planter, with a stone lantern and potted plants beside a veranda.

Potted Plant (Ueki), from the series "Eighteen Illustrations of the Ladder of Ancient Words (Kogentei juhachiban tsuz…

Totoya Hokkei, 1831