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Art Institute of Chicago

24,101 works

Portrait of Thomas Carrick (1786-1814)

John Turmeau, c. 1810

Painting of a stone farmhouse with red roofs among grassy dunes under a pink autumn sky, with a path in the foreground.

October Day

Jean-Charles Cazin, 1890-93

White figures in classical drapery on a dark blue ground, including an infant, a goat, a lyre player and women with fruit.

The Birth of Bacchus

Unknown artist, c. 1790

Two men in dark robes stand beside a pale stone tomb opening, lit by warm light against a shadowed background.

The Two Disciples at the Tomb

Henry Ossawa Tanner, c. 1906

Anonymous 1597 English group portrait of three royal figures in jeweled costumes before a gold curtain and coat of arms.

Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and Edward VI

Unknown artist, 1597

Dark painted landscape of a leaning tree over a wooden river lock, with a seated man in red and a dog.

Landscape (The Lock)

Attributed to John Constable, c. 1820-25

Monochrome painting of a courtyard with a timber-framed house, an archway, a boat, barrels and a figure carrying buckets.

Courtyard

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, c. 1855

Oil study of two pigs in a dim barn, one rooting near a wooden trough and one lying on straw.

Study of Pigs

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, c. 1855

Figure with torch beside a red canopy bed, while arched windows show a city burning at night.

Aeneas Rescuing Anchises from Burning Troy

Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger, c. 1610

Painting of sailing boats on a choppy green sea under a dramatic, cloud-filled stormy sky.

Barks Fleeing Before the Storm

Jules Dupré, 1870-75

Painting of a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road beside a large oak tree under a cloudy sky.

On the Road

Jules Dupré, 1856

Painting of a thatched cottage and large tree beneath a stormy sky, with a small figure walking on a sunlit path.

The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky

Jules Dupré, c. 1860

Painting of tall trees beside a still pond under a cloudy sky, with a small footbridge and dark foliage in the foreground.

Landscape

Théodore Rousseau, c. 1850

Four men in white dhotis with turbans, numbered 1 to 4, holding a spear, hookah, and walking stick in watercolor.

Four Recruits in White Dhotis, page from the Fraser Album

Unknown artist, Company School, c. 1815-1816

Loose painted sketch of a muscular nude man struggling as armored soldiers advance, beside a reclining woman in pink drapery.

The Capture of Samson

Peter Paul Rubens, 1609-10

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and cape holding a hat, against a muted brown background.

Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Painting of a bearded metalworker tuning a large bronze bell as a violinist plays and children and a woman watch nearby.

Toning the Bell

Walter Shirlaw, 1874

Painting of a windswept rocky Maine coast with bare, bent trees and white sea spray under a dark, stormy sky.

Coast of Maine

Winslow Homer, 1893

Painting of a poet reading a scroll to a seated man in red and two women in a classical columned hall.

Virgil Reading the "Aeneid" to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1790

Oil painting of two tan cows lying face to face on dark earth under a muted sky, by Emile van Marcke de Lummen.

The Tête-à-tête

Émile van Marcke, c. 1875-90

Abstract painting with blue, red and yellow shapes and black linear strokes suggesting towers and curves, by Kandinsky, 1913.

Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)

Wassily Kandinsky, 1913

Handscroll painting of robed figures washing a large white elephant, with a red-robed monk holding a staff at left.

Washing the Elephant

Attributed to Qian Xuan, Ming dynasty (1369-1644) or earlier

Sinan Reis and Hayreddin Barbarossa

Unknown artist, c. 1535

Medieval triptych with Crucifixion at center and saints Anthony, Christopher, James and George on the wings, gold background.

Triptych of the Crucifixion with Saints Anthony, Christopher, James and George

Netherlandish or German; possibly Rhenish, c. 1400

Muted still life of a pear and banana on a dark plate with angular white cloth folds and a grey background.

Movement No. 10

Marsden Hartley, 1917

Painting of a white waterfall beside a red waterwheel, with birds, a fox drinking below, and angular colorful buildings.

The Bewitched Mill

Franz Marc, 1913

Painting of art students drawing at easels in a studio, seen through an arched doorway beside plaster casts and busts.

An Alcove in the Art Students' League

Charles Courtney Curran, 1888

Hanging scroll of a long-haired robed figure in a braided grass robe, with calligraphy above and a gold brocade border.

Monju Dressed in a Robe of Braided Grass (Nawa Monju)

Unknown artist, dated 1415

Painting of a squirrel on a mossy tree trunk beside a dark hollow, framed by rhododendron and ferns in a forest.

The Squirrel

Seymour Joseph Guy, 1860s-70s

Monochrome painting of a family group taking tea on a stone terrace with dogs, a servant, and a classical portico.

Family Group on a Terrace

John Theodore Heins, 1740