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Art Institute of Chicago

5,126 works

Indian miniature of two women feeding fish in a pool beside a terrace, with a standing man, palm trees, and lotus flowers.

Royal Women Feeding Fish

Unknown artist, c. 1740

Indian miniature painting of a couple on a canopied bed in a palace garden at night, attended by women, with a gold floral bo

Lovers in a Zenana Garden at Night

Unknown artist, 17th/18th century

Small grey-wash study of winged figures in drapery around an oval inscribed cartouche, on a cream sheet.

Study for a plate from The Triumphs of Temper, in the 1796 Royal Engagements Pocket Book

Thomas Stothard, c. 1795

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a rounded hill with trees and shrubs on greenish-grey paper.

Walking Through the Fields

John Linnell, July 25, 1868

Hand-colored print of a flower bouquet in an ornate urn before a tree, winding path, and lake, framed by gilded foliate borde

Nature's Gems

Edwin Whitefield, c. 1844

Grey-green drawing of Saint Catherine bound before a column while two executioners in draped robes stand beside her.

Flagellation of Saint Catherine

Bernardino Lanino, 1550/55

Study for a painted frieze with a sailboat landscape, trees, a seated woman in red, and eagles with blue ribbons.

Study for a Painted Frieze

Flaminio Allegrini, 1625/27

Pen and wash drawing of Diana of Ephesus on a pedestal surrounded by lion, stag, eagle and dog, with two figures.

Diana of Ephesus as Allegory of Nature

Joseph Werner, c. 1680

Winged Cupid, blindfolded, draws a bow while draped women and a kneeling figure surround him in a gilded grassy landscape.

Cupid's Hunting Fields

Edward Burne-Jones, 1885

Charcoal drawing of a seated boy in a dark jacket reading an open book, looking upward beside a framed picture on the wall.

Boy Reading

François Bonvin, c. 1861

Brown wash drawing of a nun in a habit descending stone steps beside an iron railing under an awning.

Nun

Auguste Xavier Le Prince, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin crowned by Christ among angels and clouds, with a distant landscape and sailboat below.

The Coronation of the Virgin and The Flight into Egypt

Jan de Bisschop, 1648/71

Pencil drawing of Saint Peter's Basilica dome and colonnade in Rome, viewed over rooftops with small figures in the piazza.

View of Saint Peter's in Rome

Attributed to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman carrying bread and a pitcher, with a basket and vessels at her feet and a village behind

Abigail

Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1560

Victorian valentine card with pink roses in an urn, embossed lace border, and a cursive verse in a central panel.

If Souls Could Always Dwell Above (Valentine)

H. Dobbs, 1855/60

Valentine card with embossed lace paper border, painted flower bouquet in a medallion, and a printed verse scroll.

Maiden Fair of High Degree (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Lace valentine card with a painted pink rose bouquet, a metallic bow above and a metallic bird below.

Untitled Valentine (Bouquet)

George Kershaw, 1855/60

Valentine card with lace border, pink rose and blue flowers, and an arrow piercing a banner with a love verse.

My Heart Beats Fondly (Valentine)

Joseph Addenbrooke, 1850/59

Victorian Valentine card with white paper lace gothic arches, two cupids holding a banner reading LOVE FOR LOVE, and a centra

Love for Love (Valentine)

David Mossman, 1850/59

Embossed white lace-patterned card with scrolling motifs and an oval panel bearing handwritten brown ink inscription.

Untitled Valentine (Gold Ship in Wreath)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Embossed valentine card with painted roses, forget-me-nots, a gold heart, blue ribbon rosettes and a 'Don't Forget Me' banner

Don't Forget Me (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Die-cut paper lace valentine with painted purple and yellow pansies, a small bird, and floral sprigs in the corners.

Untitled Valentine (Large Purple and Yellow Flowers)

Dobbs Kidd, 1815/30, inscribed 1865

Valentine of white cut-paper lace on green with a framed portrait of a bearded man and a floral wreath.

Forget Me Not (valentine)

George Meek, c. 1857

Decorative paper lace valentine with three hearts, painted red roses, gold bows, and green sprigs on a cream ground.

Untitled Valentine (Three Hearts)

Berlin and Jones, c. 1865

Lace-edged paper valentine with a central round medallion of red and turquoise cutwork and a black ribbon bow below.

Untitled Valentine (Wreath with Rope Tie)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decaying castle with a tall tower, broken walls, and a wooden bridge in the foreground.

Kostverloren Castle in Decay

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1652

Brown and white chalk drawing of a bearded man reclining nude on a cushion, one arm resting on his raised knee.

Reclining Male Nude

Louis-Joseph-César Ducornet, n.d.

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a standing nude man holding a staff, one hand raised to his forehead, on tan paper.

Standing Male Nude (recto); Classical Head (verso)

Paul Émile Detouche, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of kneeling figures praying at an altar fire while a figure rises in clouds above, with animals and trees i

Noah's Sacrifice, plate IX from The Creation and Early History of Man

Johannes Wierix, 1606

Pen drawing of a seated hermit on a leafy pedestal beside tall pillars, with robed figures at left and a winged figure at rig

The Hermit; illustration for Oscar Wilde's 'The Teacher of Wisdom'

Charles Ricketts, c. 1890-1924