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Art Institute of Chicago

796 works

Painting of a crowned male figure hurling thunderbolts at falling giants, with an eagle and dark storm clouds.

Jove Casts His Thunderbolts at the Rebellious Giants

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1695

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in green robes speaks to Mary in blue and red, with a dove and open book.

The Annunciation

Jean Hey, 1490-95

Painting of fishing boats and figures on a calm shore beneath a cloudy grey sky, with a wooden pier at left.

Fishing Boats in a Calm

Jan van de Cappelle, 1651

Painting of a friar firing a rifle as a horse rears beside a startled man in yellow breeches, with smoke in the sky.

Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off

Francisco Goya, c. 1806

Woman with violin and man with lute in a room with sheet music, a dozing spaniel, and a wall map.

The Music Lesson

Jacob Ochtervelt, 1671

Painting of a housekeeper leaning over a barrel in a barn interior, surrounded by jars, baskets, plates and chickens.

The Housekeeper

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, 1657

Painting of a roadside cafe with horses and figures on a dusty road under a cloudy sky.

A Roadside Tavern

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1863

Painting of Apollo reclining and gesturing to a young man beside white horses, with figures and a blue sky behind.

Apollo Granting Phaeton Permission to Drive the Chariot of the Sun

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1695

Painted tambourine showing a ringmaster at left and a horse with rider at right in loose blue, purple and red strokes.

At the Circus: The Bareback Rider (Au Cirque: Écuyère)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1888

Painting of a brown monkey on a red leash walking across green grass, framed by a red border.

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey

Unknown artist, c. 1705-1710

Painting of the Wedding at Cana with Christ seated at a banquet among guests, servants, a dog and a cat.

The Wedding at Cana

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1686

Painting of nude Eve holding an apple beside a serpent in a tree, with a deer resting at her side.

Eve

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533-37

Painting of a horse-drawn cart on a sandy road under a stormy sky, with a windmill and birds on the right.

The Storm

Georges Michel, c. 1814-c. 1830

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king in gold robe, and a landscape with horsemen.

Adoration of the Magi

Jan van Scorel, c. 1519

Painting of geese wading in shallow water with grazing horses on a distant grassy bank under a dusky sky.

Les Oies

Theodor Philipsen, 1897

Painting of a fantastical paradise garden with a central fountain, nude figures, animals and strange rock formations.

The Garden of Paradise

Workshop of Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1500-c. 1520

Painting of a seated woman with a boy holding grapes, a dog and a white hen, and two men behind a rock ledge.

Pastoral Scene

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1740

Silk embroidery of three children in a garden with a tree, a basket, a bird and a wicker cage, framed in gilt.

Portraits of Serafina, Gaetanino and Ciccillo di Ottaiano

Embroidered by Princess Isabella Albertini de Medici di Ottaiano, 1815

Painting of a farmhouse in a green pasture with a blue mountain behind, cattle and goats, and a large tree on the right.

A Farmhouse in the Bavarian Alps

Johann Georg von Dillis, c. 1825

Painting of workers and a horse-drawn cart digging sand from a pit on a grassy slope under a cloudy sky.

The Sand Pits, Hampstead Heath

John Linnell, 1834

Painting of riders and goats on a sunlit road through rocky hills, with a distant coastal city under a pink evening sky.

Sur la route de Nice

Paul Huet, c. 1844

Woman in white and gold drapery holds a skull beside books, a globe, and an hourglass in a dim study.

Melancholia

Domenico Fetti, c. 1615

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white lace-trimmed dress holding a parakeet, with ivy and a red box on a ledge.

Untitled (Lady with a Parakeet)

August Canzi, 1856

Painting of a kneeling woman in white gown before a seated king extending a golden sceptre, with courtiers and attendants.

Esther Before Ahasuerus

Frans Francken II, 1622

Black-and-white image of a wounded stag lying on a rocky slope with a hound standing behind it in a dark landscape.

Wounded Stag and Dog

Edwin Landseer, c. 1825

Painting of a woman in red greeted by a turbaned man before a palace, with kneeling camels and travelers in a hilly landscape

Rebecca Welcomed by Abraham

Attributed to Barent Fabritius, c. 1650

Buddhist painting of narrative scenes with a seated Buddha, pavilions, mountains, clouds, monks, and animals in red and green

Birth Stories of Prince Mirror-Face, the Sage Born in a Cattle Shed, and Peaceful Intellect, from a set based on the…

Tibet or China, c. 1450-1550

Painting of a rider on a white horse fighting lions among fallen men, with a mountain landscape behind.

The Lion Hunt

Pierre Andrieu, 1855

Travellers with horses and a dog halt outside a rustic inn while villagers drink and smoke under a cloudy sky.

Travellers Halting at an Inn

Style of Isaac van Ostade, 1643

Grey-toned painting of a peasant on a loaded cart pulled by two horses, with thatched cottages behind them on a muddy road.

Peasants and Horses

Adolphe Schreyer, c. 1860