New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Art Institute of Chicago

3,362 works

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a dark voluminous skirt and off-shoulder ruffled bodice, with curled hair.

Standing Woman

Constantin Guys, c. 1870-1875

A Young Woman in Profile

Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1750/59

Pencil and watercolor studies of two young girls on cream paper, one seated in a ruffled dress and one head study at upper ri

Studies for Portraits of Two Young Girls

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Haloed friar in yellow habit before brick wall, gesturing to kneeling donors while a figure holds a red flame.

St. Francis of Assisi with Donors in a Historiated Initial from an Unidentified Manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1400

Portrait of a Woman

John Downman, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor study of a seated young boy holding a book, enclosed in an oval vignette on cream paper.

Study for Portrait of Boy with Book

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Hand-colored print of fashionable people strolling under striped awnings in the Palais Royal garden, with tall trees and arca

Promenade du Jardin du Palais Royal (The Palais Royal Garden Walk)

Louis Le Coeur, 1787

Hand-colored 1792 print of a crowded tree-lined promenade with fashionable figures, seated patrons and overturned chairs.

La Promenade Publique (The Public Promenade)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1792

Watercolor of three cows in a field before a manor house and church tower under a cloudy sky.

Cows before Manor House and Church

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Etching of two bald men wrestling over a comb on a stone pavement under an arch, watched by a draped figure and onlookers.

The Two Bald Men Fighting Over a Comb

Karl Russ, 1809

Sketch after "Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder"

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1879

Pencil and watercolor portrait of a young woman in a white dress and lace cap seated at a writing desk.

Young Woman at Writing Desk

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Engraving of a woman mourning a dead nude man beside a helmeted figure on a rock, with ships and tents on a distant shore.

Alcemene, Hercules, and Hermes Mourning the Death of Amphityron

Karl Russ, 1809

Old Man with Spectacles, from Life-Sized Heads

Thomas Frye (, 1760

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a young girl in a wide-brimmed hat holding a crop, with color on her face and hat.

Portrait of Young Girl with Hat and Crop

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Hand-colored print of a minuet dance at an outdoor fete with musicians, onlookers and a child in the foreground, 1786.

Le Menuet de la mariée (The Minuet of the married)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1786

Etching of a man walking a dog by a river, framed by a large tree, with mountains in the distant landscape.

Man with a Dog

Karel Dujardin, 1659

Pencil drawing of a young woman seated beside stacked books, gazing upward with a bow collar and a book in her lap.

Young Woman Inspired While Reading

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Etching of a classical colonnade and ruins with two draped figures walking past carved stone fragments and cypress trees.

A Young Woman Giving Directions to a Person

Jean Le Pautre, c. 1644-1680

Kneeling bearded saint with gold halo praying toward a haloed Christ pointing from stars within a blue historiated initial L.

Praying Saint (Moses?) with Christ in a Historiated Initial "L", from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, c. 1300

Watercolor portrait of a young girl with curly blonde hair in a white off-the-shoulder gown against a grey wash background.

Portrait of Young Girl with Shoulderless Gown

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Lithograph of a kneeling woman with a basket on pebbles, a loaded horse behind her, and a seated man at right.

Woman Beside Horse

Victor Adam, 1851

Two bearded saints with gold halos in an illuminated initial, one holding a key, the other a sword and book.

Saints Peter and Paul in a Historiated Initial "N" from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 1375/99

Watercolor of a coastal road with a horse and cart, figures, houses, a round tower, and a calm sea beyond.

View of Dalkey from the Road

Elizabeth Murray, November 1843

Etching of a rocky wooded landscape with waterfall, lake, two robed figures and a distant walled city.

Landscape with a Dead Man and Two Priests

Sébastien Bourdon, 1668-71

Painted miniature of a bearded saint with a halo, hands clasped at chest, in red robe against gold leaf background.

Saint in a Historiated Initial from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Grey wash drawing of a ruined stone building with arched window, tall tree, boulders and a seated figure.

Burying Place, Finlarig

Elizabeth Murray, October 1836

Etching of a man helping a wounded figure from a donkey beside a river, with a stone bridge and trees in the background.

The Good Samaritan Takes the Wounded Man from his Donkey

Sébastien Bourdon, 17th century

Engraving of Adam and Eve in a lush valley with a waterfall and distant mountains, by John Martin, 1831.

The Fall of Man, from Illustrations of the Bible

John Martin, 1831

Watercolor of women washing laundry at a sandy seashore with baskets, sea, and distant hills.

Washerwoman at Nice

Elizabeth Murray, February 1842