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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, framed by allegorical figures, cherubs, and fruit garlands.

Portrait of Josephus Justus Scaliger

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Der Nasweise

Heinrich Ulrich, c. 1600

Engraving of Arion playing a lyre on a dolphin, surrounded by a circular border of tritons, fish and sea creatures.

Arion on a Dolphin surrounded by a Border decorated with Sea Creatures, from a Set of Designs for Plates (Fonds de Co…

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1580-1600

Engraved perspective of a city street with colonnades, ornate facades, a tower, and a domed building in the distance.

Perspective view of a street

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1560

Etching of a woman beside a white cow and a kneeling man with a staff, with trees on the left and open landscape on the right

Juno Delivering Io, plate 1 from The Story of Mercury and Argus

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, c. 1620-26

Engraved frontispiece with allegorical figures around a globe, portrait medallions of Vespucci and Columbus, and Italian coas

Frontispiece, from Americae Retectio (The Discovery of America)

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1589

Engraving of a crowned woman on a lion-drawn chariot holding keys, with a town, mountains and forest behind her.

Earth, from The Four Elements

Philips Galle, 1564

Pale print edge at top of a grey image, with faint sepia tones of a paper sheet; the rest of the scan is blank grey.

S. Anthonis Marckt met de Waegh, from Views of Amsterdam

Reinier Nooms, c. 1660

Engraved print of a plumed colonel in a ruff collar with a sword and baton, standing before a distant landscape.

Colonel, from Officers and Soldiers of the Bodyguard of Emperor Rudolph II

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1587

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ across her lap, with radiating light and a cross on a distant hill.

Pietà

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596

Engraving of a lute player addressing a masked woman, with a man in armor and tall hat standing beside them.

A Couple Addressed by a Lute Player, from The Masquerades

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1595-96

Etched landscape with rocky cliffs, a large tree, walking figures on a path, and ruins on the left under a hazy sky.

Three Pedestrians on a Wooden Bridge across a Stream, from Twelve Landscapes

Gillis van Scheyndel, c. 1605-1650

Engraving of Saint Peter praying on a rock beside a rooster, with keys and a book at his feet and Latin verses below.

St Petrus, from Sinners of the Old and New Testament

Willem van Swanenburgh, c. 1609-1611

Woodblock print of pine trees on a riverbank, a wooden bridge, travelers with baskets, and a mountain under a golden sky.

No. 12: Shinmachi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Engraved portrait of Sigismund Bathori in armor, framed by an oval inscription, allegorical figures, and an eagle above.

Sigismund Bathori, Prince of Transylvania

Aegidius Sadeler, 1608

Engraving of an August harvest with reapers, an ox cart of sheaves, a river and walled town in the distance.

August, from Twelve Months

Adriaen Collaert, 1609-1610

Title page of an 1558 print series by Hieronymus Cock, with Latin heading and Dutch text in black type on paper.

Title Page, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraving of a crowded Gothic church interior with a robed allegorical figure holding a book before a cross and ladder.

Faith, from The Seven Virtues

Philips Galle, 1559

Etching of a beached sperm whale on a shore with a crowd of people in 17th-century dress and sailing boats offshore.

Beached Sperm Whale at Noordwijk

Esaias van de Velde, c. 1614, printed 1645

Engraved print of two pendant designs with sea monsters and cherubs, a trident-holding figure, and a decorative cartouche bel

Designs for Pendants with Sea Monsters

Adriaen Collaert, 1582

Engraving of Christ on a cross as workmen prepare it, with soldiers and a mounted rider, and a haloed Christ standing at righ

The Martyrdom of Christ, from The Martyrdom of Christ and the Apostles

Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1578

Engraving of The Last Supper showing haloed Christ and apostles at a candlelit table, with a servant and a city view beyond.

The Last Supper, from The Passion

Hendrick Goltzius, 1598

Bust of a Man in Profile

After Jacob Matham, after 1607

Engraving of a nude man beside an ox under a tree, surrounded by animals and birds in a landscape.

Adam Naming the Animals, from History of the First Parents of Man

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Engraving of Saturn standing on a pedestal over harvesting farmers, reapers and a farmhouse in a rural landscape.

Saturn Presiding over Agriculture, from Seven Planetary Gods

Jan Saenredam, 1596

Engraving of a crowned allegorical figure of Spring holding a basket of flowers, with animal medallions and cherubs above.

Spring, from The Four Seasons

Matthäus Greuter, c. 1589-1600

Engraving of seated St Gregory in papal robes with halo and dove, surrounded by books and a tiara within an arched frame.

St Gregory, from The Fathers of the Church

Jacob Matham, 1600

Engraving of a laureled Roman general riding a chariot pulled by four white horses, flanked by soldiers and SPQR banners.

The Triumph of Caesar

Adriaen Collaert, c. 1580-90

Engraving of a bearded man with a hoe and a kneeling woman with long hair in a landscape with a town.

Noli Me Tangere

Jan Sadeler, c. 1580-1600

Engraving of the Parable of the Wise Virgins showing women with a harp, lute, lamps and sewing in an interior with a banquet

Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: The Wise Virgins

Harmen Jansz Muller, c. 1567-70