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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind a village with porters in blue coats carrying red poles through rice fields.

Mount Fuji Seen from the Senju Pleasure Quarter (Senju kagai yori chobo no Fuji), from the series "Thirty-six Views o…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Woodblock print of a huge cedar tree with travelers at its base and blue Mount Fuji rising behind rolling hills.

Mishima Pass in Kai Province (Koshu Mishimagoe), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind a rippling river, with a boat, a horse and a figure on the sandy shore.

Tama River in Musashi Province (Bushu Tamagawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind a green hillside with pack horses and travelers on a path.

Inume Pass in Kai Province (Koshu Inume-toge), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Woodblock print of Lake Suwa with two pine trees, a thatched hut, a sailboat, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshu Suwako), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Architectural elevation drawing of a two-story house with a porch and arched windows, plus a wall section at right.

Joseph H. Lathrop House Addition, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elevation and Section

Bauer & Loebnitz, c. 1870

Ink architectural drawing of north and south elevations of a house addition with arched windows, bay window and chimneys.

Joseph H. Lathrop House Addition, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elevations and Section

Bauer & Loebnitz, c. 1870

Ink and wash presentation elevation of a symmetrical two-story villa with a central pediment and classical detailing.

Design Studies, Elevation of a Villa, Presentation Elevation

Carl J. Furst, c. 1870

Woodblock print of two women in kimono pausing by a pine and a yellow mile post while a porter adjusts luggage.

Travelers stopping at a mile post

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1805/06

Color woodblock print of two potters working on clay pieces under a pavilion beside a river with boats and reeds.

Potters at Work - Imado

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1808

Colored architectural floor plan of a second story residence with labeled rooms, staircase, and dimension notations.

William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Second Story Plan

Richard Morris Hunt, 1885

Red chalk drawing of draped fabric folds over the knees of a seated figure, shaded in warm reddish-brown tones.

A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure o…

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1520/30

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Flight into Egypt with a donkey, palm tree, bridge and wooded landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1540

Black chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, muscles modeled with hatched shading, mounted in a gilt border.

Study of a Standing Male Nude

called Cavaliere d'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari, 1595/96

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lidded urn supported by two draped female figures on a scrolled pedestal.

Antique Carved Marble Candelabra Base

Andrea di Lione, 1642/44 or 1647/51

Drawing of allegorical figures on clouds with a robed figure ascending above, in brown ink and red chalk.

Allegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin V

Benedetto Luti, 1700

Pencil sketch of a seated ruler on a throne watching a procession of spearmen and horses, with onlookers at lower left.

A Procession

Ambroise Dubois, c. 1610

Black and white chalk study of a muscular nude man raising a club overhead, on tan paper.

Hercules Raising his Club: Study for “Hercules and Cacus”

François Lemoyne, 1717

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Christ Child with saints in clouds, an angel pouring from a vase toward souls below.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory,…

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1690/1710

Woodblock print of three women weaving cloth on a wooden loom beside a pine tree and bamboo fence.

Women weaving on a loom

Katsushika Hokusai, late 1810s and/or early 1820s

Japanese woodblock print of courtiers in a blossoming garden, some kneeling near markers while women watch from a veranda.

Courtly event modeled on the Lanting Gathering

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/07

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono viewing peonies in a garden beside a veranda, with a pine tree and gardener.

The Peony Show

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1799

Japanese print of a picnic party under a wisteria tree with women in kimono, a man in green, and a dancing figure.

Picnic party

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/07

Drawing of The Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table beneath billowing curtains and a hanging chandelier.

The Last Supper

Pieter de Grebber, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a Last Judgment scene with an enthroned central figure, angels, rising souls and damned figures in flam

The Day of Judgment

William Blake, 1805

Woodblock print of boats on a river beside a wooden bridge, a lantern-hung shop, and figures with a bonsai tree.

Boating parties on the Sumida River

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1808/12

Woodcut of a crowned man and woman clasping a heraldic shield beneath an arch, with a Latin inscription above.

Maximilian and Maria of Burgundy, plate 2 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Trium…

Albrecht Dürer, 1515-17, printed c. 1520

Pen and ink first floor plan of a Chicago factory building showing column grids, framing, stairs and dimensioned walls.

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1891 Destroyed by fire on April 15, 1989

Ink roof plan of a rectangular factory building with stone coping, chimneys, drainage conductors and dimension lines on traci

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Roof Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1891 Destroyed by fire on April 15, 1989

Woodblock print of a boy with a kite under a pine, two women and a child on a path near a bridge.

Boy releasing a kite

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800/10