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Art Institute of Chicago

24,101 works

Two saints with halos on gold ground in a Gothic gilded frame: a bishop with crozier and a bearded man holding keys.

Saints Augustine and Peter

Paolo Veneziano, c. 1350

Winter painting of a snowy waterfall between rocky banks, with pink buildings and a wooded mountain behind.

Ice-Bound Falls

Ernest Lawson, 1919

Painting of a woman in a white dress holding hands with a young girl in pink against a dark background.

Dorothea and Francesca

Cecilia Beaux, 1898

Egyptian funerary papyrus with columns of hieroglyphs and a painted scene of a seated deity and a standing woman.

Funerary Papyrus of Tayuhenutmut

Egypt Egyptian; probably Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, probably Dynasty 21 (about 1069-945 BCE)

Half-length portrait of a young woman in a dark headscarf, green bodice and red drape against a dark background.

Portrait of a woman

Ferdinand Bol, c. 1655

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with a kneeling angel and a landscape seen through an arched window.

Virgin and Child with an Angel

Sandro Botticelli, 1475-85

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black cloak and white collar against a red background.

Nobleman

Unknown artist, c. 1625

Half-length portrait of a young man in a lace ruff and cream doublet with red slashes against a dark background.

Portrait of Don Juan of Austria

Alonso Sánchez Coello, 1559-60

Half-length portrait of a young man in a wide-brimmed hat, dark velvet coat and white lace collar against a dark background.

Nicolas Rubens, the Artist's Son

Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1635

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty peaks, a waterfall, a pavilion by a river, a stone bridge, and boats.

Landscape

Attributed to Sotan, 15th century

Painting of Christ crucified on a wooden cross against a dark background, wearing a white loincloth, head bowed.

The Crucifixion

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1627

Ink and color painting of horsemen and a hunting party moving through steep grey mountain gorges with banners and red trees.

A Hunt in the Mountains of Heaven

Artist unknown [spurious signature of Zhao Mengfu, Late Ming /early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Ink painting of a singing bird on a bare branch above blue-green bamboo leaves, with calligraphy at left.

Pillars of the Country

Yao Shou, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 1494

Ink and color painting of a tiled-roof pavilion among bamboo and a pine, with a stone bridge over a stream.

The Xuehong Pavilion in a Scholar's Garden

Qian Du, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1831

Painting of two seated women in a dim interior with a red background, one in a dark dress and one in gray-green.

Portrait of Mme Lisle and Mme Loubens

Edgar Degas, c. 1867

Hanging scroll of geese flying over misty mountains, with a bare tree and waterfowl on green-tinted rocks in the foreground.

Flight of Geese

Unknown artist, Late Yuan (1279-1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Three men drink at a green table beside a green jug, with a child in the lower left and factory chimneys behind them.

The Drinkers

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Painting of a young man in a dark robe praying at a book, with a river landscape through a window and red carnations.

Portrait of a Donor (recto); Saint Anthony of Padua (verso)

Hans Memling, c. 1485

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman in a powdered wig and grey coat, set in a blue enamel frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Ozias Humphry, c. 1770

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a red coat and white cravat, set in a gold pendant with braided hair.

Portrait of an Officer

Attributed to Richard Crosse, c. 1765

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair, white cravat and brown coat against a pale blue background, in a gold fr

Portrait of General William Loftus, M. P.

Andrew Plimer, c. 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a grey-haired man in a brown coat and white cravat against a blue sky, in a metal frame.

Portrait of Benjamin Hopkinson

Unknown artist, c. 1703 (?)

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey curly hair in a blue coat and white cravat against a light blue background.

Portrait of a Gentleman in Blue Coat

Sebastien Gratise, Late 18th century

Miniature painting of two women in a wooded landscape by a stream, in an ornate gilt rococo frame.

Figures in a Landscape

Jacques Clauce, c. 1750

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with pine trees, a small pavilion, and calligraphy and red seals along the edges

Landscape

Wen Boren, Ming dynasty (1369-1644), dated 1565

Oil portrait of a seated man in a red coat and white wig, holding a quill pen over paper at a desk by a window.

Sir Thomas Rumbold, Bt.

Joshua Reynolds, 1788

Ink landscape handscroll with bamboo grove, rocky slope, small houses, and calligraphic inscription at upper right.

The Bamboo Slope 竹坡圖

Wang Hui, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), 1710

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curled hair in a blue dress and lace collar, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Anna Claypoole Peale, 1818

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a gray wig, red coat and lace cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage of Castle Island

Samuel Cotes, 1770

Oval miniature portrait of an older woman with pearl necklace and white lace dress against a blue-grey background, in gilt fr

Portrait of Dorothy Fairchild

Unknown artist, 19th century (?)