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Art Institute of Chicago

13,154 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped hat and red robe, with bold pink face makeup, by Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796.

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," perf…

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796

Valentine card with lace border, painted pansies and roses on a garden arch, and a small rural scene with a church.

Accept this Offering (valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed lace border, painted blue and white passion flower, green leaves, and handwritten 'I am thine on

I am Thine Only Thine (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Pen and wash drawing of a musketeer in a plumed hat aiming a matchlock musket with a rest stick.

Artilleryman

Workshop of Jacob de Gheyn II, n.d.

Drawing of a young boy with short dark hair in a brown jacket and white collar, labeled Joseph Joachim, 1845.

Joseph Joachim

Wilhelm Girtner, 1845

Black-ground Japanese woodblock print of two cranes flying before a full moon, with a stag, tortoise, and seated figure below

Jurojin with cranes, a stag, and a tortoise

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a rustic wooden farmyard with a ladder to a loft, open doorways, a barrel, and a tree.

Farmyard

Attributed to Adriaen van Ostade, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of a grove of trees with slender trunks and a dense leafy canopy on aged paper.

Grove of Trees

Federico Barocci, 1600/12

Dark watercolor study of a robed woman raising a torch over a reclining figure, with a hooded figure with a dagger behind her

Study for Inquisition, Illustration to Columbiad

Henry Fuseli, c. 1806

Japanese print of children in pink robes rolling a huge snowball, one lifting a smaller ball overhead, under a grey sky.

The Big Snowman

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1764

Portrait of Sebastiano Resta

Arthur Pond, 1738

Valentine card with painted pink rose and red and green leaves, framed by lace-like border, scroll reading Wilt Thou Be Mine

Wilt Thou Be Mine Love? (valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, c. 1840

Valentine card with a pink flower, green and red leaves, embossed lace border, and handwritten text.

True Love's Fond Token (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, n.d.

Woman in red kimono with umbrella watches a frog by a stream beneath a bare tree in rain, Japanese woodblock print.

Ono no Tofu Watching a Leaping Frog

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

Etching of a dim forge with a worker at an anvil and two children walking past a glowing hearth.

La petite forge

Charles Émile Jacque, n.d.

Bonjour Monsieur Robin

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Woodblock print of the Seven Lucky Gods on a sailing treasure ship with a crane flying overhead and waves below.

The Treasure Ship

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1778

Hand-colored valentine with lace border, flowers, ribbons and handwritten verse about despair and refused vows.

Can You See Me in Despair? (Valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Hand-colored valentine with lace border, painted flowers, climbing vines, two birds at a nest, and handwritten verse.

Do Not Bid My Voice Be Mute (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Hand-colored valentine with a white lily, flowers, and urns, framed by lace, with handwritten verse about dedication.

My Life I Dedicate to Thee (Valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Valentine card with painted pink and white flowers, green leaves, blue handwritten verse, and an embossed white lace border.

Dearest 'Tis Time Alone (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a courtesan writing a letter while two men watch through a lattice window behind her.

Courtesan Writing a Letter as Two Men Watch through a Window Lattice

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Valentine card with blue and white urn of pink roses and flowers, green garland, lace border, and a small dark bird below.

Untitled Valentine (Vase of Flowers with Bird)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Pen and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Christ Child with angels above, kneeling figures, and animals in a stable.

Adoration of the Christ Child

Filippo Bellini or circle of, 1580/1600

Valentine card with two birds beside a yellow nest with eggs, flowers and leaves, inside a white lace border.

An Offering of Love (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Valentine card with lace border showing two grey birds, a yellow nest with eggs, blue flowers, and the words 'To my dear Vale

To My Dear Valentine (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Watercolor of a blue and white vase with yellow and pink flowers, framed by an embossed paper border.

Untitled Valentine (Blue and White Vase with Flowers)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border, a silver dove within blue rays and a blue scroll oval, and painted pink and yellow flowe

Untitled Valentine (Silver Dove)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a lattice fence under a blossoming cherry

Courtesan Parading Beneath Cherry Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Medieval Bible page with gold and blue foliate border and a small illuminated initial showing a man and woman joining hands.

The Marriage of Hosea and Gomer in a Historiated Initial "V" from a Bible

Unknown artist, 1345/48