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Art Institute of Chicago

13,163 works

Etching of a woman seen from behind in a dark dress, holding a book and cane, viewing framed paintings in a gallery.

Mary Cassatt in the Paintings Gallery at the Louvre

Edgar Degas, 1879-80

Hand-colored valentine showing a couple seated under a tree with a pink-dressed woman, framed by ornate borders and a verse.

Dearest 'Tis Sweet to Loving Hearts (valentine)

George Kershaw, 1840/60

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black floral kimono holding a sword, against a pale reed-grass background.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1787

Old Woman Leaning on a Cane, from Life-Sized Heads

Thomas Frye (, 1760

Valentine card with lace paper border, silver foliage, colorful flowers and a ribbon reading 'Wilt Thou Be My Bride'.

Wilt Thou Be My Bride (valentine)

David Mossman, 1847

Woodblock print of a courtesan washing her hands at a basin beside bamboo, with another woman on a veranda above.

Courtesan Washing her Hands

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Valentine card with a bouquet of red, yellow and pink flowers in a blue and white vase, embossed border and handwritten verse

Is it Weakness thus to Dwell (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Valentine card with blue flowers and leaves in an oval wreath, a bird at top, red ribbon, and handwritten sentiments.

Believe My Heart Will Ever Prove (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young man in a kimono holding a hawk, with a mountain above.

Young Man with Symbols of the First Dream of the New Year

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol, with Mount Fuji and a pagoda in the distance.

Finely-Dressed Woman Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Victorian Valentine card with teal heart, silver doves, handwritten verse, and painted flower wreath within white lace border

Oh, Had We Only Met in Time (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1850

Victorian valentine with gilt embossed foliage, lace paper panels, a cameo portrait of a woman, and a bouquet of colorful flo

Affections Offering (Valentine)

John Windsor, c. 1850

Valentine card with embossed border, lace diamond, painted yellow flowers, silver birds and handwritten verse in black ink.

Life Will Have No Charms for Me (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Victorian-style valentine with embossed border, lace panel, central painted blue flowers, silver birds, black bows and blue h

Life is Sweet (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a patterned kimono watching two kneeling attendants playing cat's cradle.

The Courtesan Segawa of Matsubaya Watching Her Attendants Play Cat's Cradle

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

Cut-paper valentine with white lace border of trees, a courting couple by a fence, and handwritten verse in an oval on blue.

To Esther (Valentine)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Graphite and wash drawing of a long-haired seated woman holding a skull against her chest, on cream paper.

Female Saint Holding Skull

Possibly Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, n.d.

Woodblock print of Shoki the demon queller holding a sword and subduing a red demon at his feet.

Shoki the Demon Queller

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Etching of a nude woman raising her arms to her hair, with a child preparing a basin at right beside a draped bed.

Catherine Prepares the Bath and Louise, Nude, Fixes her Hair

Suzanne Valadon, 1895

Engraving of a groom bridling a horse with a castle and hills in the background.

A Groom Bridling a Horse

Hans Baldung Grien, early 1540s

Woodblock print of a large sumo wrestler in black robes beside a woman in a green kimono holding a paper lantern.

The Sumo Wrestler Kurogumo Otozô with the Teahouse Waitress Naniwa Okita

Katsukawa Shun'ei, Early 1790s

Engraving of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist with a servant holding the head on a platter and an armored man by a tree.

Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Master of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, n.d.

Engraving of Saint Sebastian tied to a tree while an archer draws a bow beside him, with classical architecture behind.

Saint Sebastian

Master I.B. with the Bird, 1506/07

Woodblock print of a carp rising through swirling blue water with green aquatic plants and detailed scales.

Carp

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1830/44

Engraving of Saint Sebastian tied to a tree while an archer draws a bow beside him, with classical architecture behind.

Saint Sebastian

Master I.B. with the Bird, 1506/07

Woodblock print of a carp rising through swirling blue water with green aquatic plants and detailed scales.

Carp

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1830/44

Mezzotint of a woman in a turban reaching for leather books on a shelf while holding a candlestick at night.

Female Lucubration: Étude Nocturne

Philip Dawe, 1772

Etching of a knifegrinder working a treadle wheel on a cart beside a brick oven, with a child and village houses behind.

The Knifegrinder

Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1671

Woodblock print of two standing figures in green patterned kimono, one holding a straw basket hat, c. 1749.

The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I dressed as mendicant monks (komuso)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1749

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hairpins, one in a dragon-patterned kimono, with calligraphy at up

The Courtesans Shizuka and Akashi of the Tamaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797