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Art Institute of Chicago

13,164 works

Medieval miniature of Christ crowning the kneeling Virgin Mary, surrounded by angels playing musical instruments.

The Coronation of the Virgin, from a Book of Hours

Attributed to Willem Vrelant or his workshop, 1460/70

Kneeling saint in blue robe before an altar with a vision of Christ, attended by two kneeling figures in red, in a gilded min

The Mass of St. Gregory, from a Book of Hours

Willem Vrelant or his workshop, 1460/70

Pastel portrait of a young woman in a blue gown with pearls, holding a blue parrot on her hand.

A Young Lady with a Parrot

Rosalba Carriera, c. 1730

Engraving of a cloaked man embracing a nude woman at the sea's edge under a crescent moon, with a tower and fire on the cliff

Phrosine and Mélidore

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1797

Mezzotint of a seated woman in lace-trimmed gown holding a cup and saucer as a servant offers a tray beside her.

Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse Du Barry, and her servant Zamor

Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier D'Agoty, c. 1771

Grey lithograph of bearded warriors, a trumpet player and ghostly faces, with names inscribed along the bottom margin.

Galvina, from Collection of Study Heads

Hyacinth Aubry-Lecomte, 1821

Lithograph of a woman reading a book in an armchair while a dove perches beside her, with a garden urn behind.

A Reading

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1822

Lithograph of a bearded man with a topknot and raised fist, lit by a radiant burst among clouds, shaded with fine hatching.

Swaran, after The Apotheosis of French Heroes Who Died for Their Country during the War for Liberty

Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte, 1821

Engraved oval portrait of an older man in a powdered wig, seated with drafting tools, with a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Joanni Rodolpho Perronet

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1782

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, lace collar, and mustache, above a coat of arms and laurel wreath.

Gillaume de Brisacier

Antoine Masson, 1664

Etching of a Venetian palazzo with arched windows, gondolas on a canal, and their reflections in the water below.

Byzantine Palace, Venice

Joseph Pennell, 1883

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache wearing a fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscription and coat of

Pompone II de Bellièvre

Robert Nanteuil, 1657

Etching of a priest giving communion to two kneeling worshippers in a dim church, with an altar server behind the rail.

Communion in the Church of St. Médard

Alphonse Legros, c. 1861

Etching of moored sailing ships and their reflections on calm water, with a city skyline in the distance.

Below Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia

Joseph Pennell, 1884

Etching of a seated classical statue inscribed LA RESISTANCE, with soldiers, huts, smoke and a cannon in the foreground.

The Statue of The Resistance by Falguière, plate four of The Siege of Paris, 1870

Félix Bracquemond, 1874

Print of the Holy Family in an oval frame with angels, a child with a lamb, and an older man drawing back a curtain.

Holy Family in an Oval Frame

Ludwig Büsinck, 1623

Etching of a crowded Fleet Street with a Gothic church tower, carriages and pedestrians between stone buildings.

St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Lithograph of an elderly gentleman raising a finger to his lips, with two companions behind him, signed Celestin Nanteuil.

A Gentleman and Two Companions

Célestin François Nanteuil, n.d.

Etching of a weary bearded elderly man in a hat seated on a slope with a walking stick and sack, horse and fence behind.

The Exhausted Ragpicker

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1880

Etching of pedestrians with umbrellas on a rainy night street, lit shop fronts, a carriage, and a bare tree at right.

Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono and striped robe holding a fan beside a bamboo fence.

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Katsura Kokingo Haruhisa

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Engraved oval portrait of a cardinal in fur-trimmed robes, with a coat of arms on a pedestal below.

Portrait of Cardinal Fleury

the elder François Chereau, 1726

Etching of a busy city street with an elevated railway, tram tracks, pedestrians and tall buildings under smoky skies.

Forty-Second Street

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary holds the Christ Child while Joseph sits beside her, with a winged child at lower left.

The Holy Family

Orazio de Santis, 1568

Hand-colored print of a fishwoman offering mackerel to two women at a doorway, with a fish basket on the steps.

New Mack'rel, New Mackrel, Plate 5 from The Cries of London

After Francis Wheatley, 1795

Etching of St Paul's Cathedral dome and columned west front seen down a narrow London street between tall buildings.

Saint Paul's, Fleet Street, London

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Etching of a woman in a long dress carrying a tea tray with a teapot, beside a pug dog on a patterned carpet.

Breakfast

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1895

Colored print of a woman carrying a basket of strawberries on her head past a horse, carriage, and city buildings.

Strawberries, Scarlet Strawberries, Plate 9 from The Cries of London

After Francis Wheatley, 1799

Etching of a Gothic archway with a stone staircase and small figures climbing toward the lit entrance of Henry VII's Chapel.

Entrance to Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec, from the first album of L'Estampe originale

Charles Maurin, 1893