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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Engraving of a peasant couple beside a basket of eggs and a jug, dated 1520, with fine hatched lines.

Peasant Couple Selling Eggs

Sebald Beham, 1520

Engraving of a winged figure of Fame blowing a trumpet beside a pedestal with a Greek inscription and laurel wreath.

Fame, plate 1 from Parnassus Biceps

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1601

Etching of a kneeling penitent with clasped hands beside a skull, gazing up at angels on clouds with rays of light.

The Magdalen

Giulio Carpioni, n.d.

Engraving of a woman with cattle beside a man drawing water at a well under a large tree, with sheep drinking.

Jacob and Rachel

Agostino Carracci, 1581

Etching of a scissors-grinder at a foot-powered wheel outside a cottage, with a woman, children, and a cat nearby.

The Scissors-Grinder

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1741

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man and a crowd in a Paris street, with a turbaned figure and onlookers on balconies.

“- Oh, my friend... I am afraid of these people there. - And rightly so... they are quite vicious, they beat their wo…

Honoré Daumier, 1859

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with young Saint John kneeling with a lamb, a bearded man and angels in the background.

Virgin and Child with Saint John

Diana Scultori, 1575

Lithograph of a man in a top hat pulling a startled woman in a bonnet past a theater curtain, with a costumed actor on stage.

A Misapprehension at the Odeon, on a Day of Drama. “- Come on, come on let's go! - I am telling you it's not finished…

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Engraving of the Annunciation: Mary kneels as an angel offers lilies, with a dove and cherubs in light above.

The Annunciation, plate one from The Birth and Early Life of Christ

Hendrick Goltzius, 1594

Lithograph of a man in a theatre box ogling ballet dancers through opera glasses while a woman beside him watches disapprovin

“- Mr. Colimard, if you don't stop immediately ogling the dancers in such an unseemly manner, I will take you home be…

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Engraving of two women embracing in a courtyard with arches and buildings behind them, a bearded man and small dog at right.

The Visitation, plate two from The Birth and Early Life of Christ

Hendrick Goltzius, 1593

Lithograph of a stern theater director with folded arms facing a woman in a feathered bonnet, with balcony audience behind.

The Terrible Director. “- Indeed! You are telling me that you missed today's rehearsal because you had to set leeches…

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Engraving of the Nativity with angels above, the infant Christ, kneeling Mary, shepherds, an ox and sheep in a ruin.

The Adoration of the Shepherds, plate three from The Birth and Early Life of Christ

Hendrick Goltzius, 1594

Lithograph of two shocked women in bonnets at a crowded salon, with nude paintings and a statue on the walls behind them.

“- Still more Venuses this year... always Venuses!... as if there were any women built like that!,” plate 2 from Croq…

Honoré Daumier, 1864

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man and a woman looking up at framed paintings while a young man watches beside them.

Looking at the Painting of Manet. “- Why the devil is this fat, red-faced woman in her nightdress called Olympia? - B…

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Lithograph of a hunter firing a rifle over a hillside as his own dog lies dead in the grass, with smoke rising.

“- Oh blast! .... it's again my own dog that I shot..... that's the third one in two years.... I'm really not very lu…

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Mezzotint portrait of a young man in a turban beside a cartouche, with a cupid drawing a bow and a Venus figure behind.

Portrait of Gregor Brandmüller

Johann Jacob Haid, c. 1750

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ between two thieves, a ladder, grieving figures, and a city in the background.

The Crucifixion

Jean Duvet, 1545/55

Engraving of a crowned woman beside a satyr, with a winged helmet and acanthus scrollwork above a skull.

Coat of Arms with a Skull

Johannes Wierix, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of Peter I of Russia in armor and sash, above a pedestal inscribed with his name and title.

Peter I of Russia

Jacob Houbraken, 1752

Red-toned print of a flying cupid with curly hair embracing a dove, seen from behind with drapery billowing.

Flying Cupid Kissing a Dove

the Younger Gilles Antoine Demarteau, n.d.

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child with a crowned female saint beneath a tree in an oval landscape.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Carlo Maratti, c. 1625

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly archbishop in robes and lace collar with a cross, framed by Latin inscriptions.

François Rouxel de Medavy, Archbishop of Rouen

Antoine Masson, 1677

Engraved portrait of a man with long hair and mustache in a white collar, inside an octagonal frame with lettering.

F. Devillemontée

Jean Morin, n.d.

Engraving of two nude male figures seen from behind, one lifting the other, with a bridge and soldiers in the background.

The Rape of a Sabine Woman, View from Behind

Jan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1598

Engraving of a classical altar with a statue of a nude youth in an arched niche between Corinthian columns, on a patterned fl

The Altar of Love

Agostino Veneziano, 1510/36

Engraved interior scene of three seated men and a standing woman discussing a marriage, with a verse caption below.

Marriage Consultation

Edward Fisher, n.d.

Engraving of two children with a goat and garlanded deer beneath a tree, cherubs and birds above, a village in the distance.

Spring, from The Four Seasons

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Engraving of a wheat-crowned woman with a horse, cow and rooster in a harvest landscape with cherubs above.

Summer, from The Four Seasons

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Engraving of the Holy Family resting beneath a large tree, with Saint Joseph, a donkey, and a Latin inscription below.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Bernardino Passeri, 1583