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Art Institute of Chicago

13,158 works

Engraved design of an ornamental goblet with scrollwork, foliage, fruit clusters and face masks, numbered 7.

Plate 7, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Black ink ornamental print with a central face, curling scrolls, wings, and floral motifs within a rectangular border.

Plate 8, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Engraved ornamental plate numbered 9 with a central winged cherub, scrollwork, a grotesque mask, and floral motifs.

Plate 9, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Engraved ornamental design for a goblet with a central cherub face, scrolls, and foliage, numbered 10.

Plate 10, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Etched ornamental design of a flared goblet with scrollwork, a grotesque mask, foliage, and fruit clusters.

Plate 11, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Black chalk drawing of an old bearded man leaning toward a younger man, with a veiled woman standing at right.

Study of an Old Man, a Younger Man, and a Woman

Domenichino, c. 1600-1640

Etching of a woman in a dark cloak glancing back at a night river with a lit arched bridge.

Bridge of Sighs

John Everett Millais, 1858

Valentine card with paper lace, silver foil, painted roses and blue flowers, a silk oval, and a small classical rotunda.

Yours Forever (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1850s

Etched portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a pipe, looking over his shoulder toward the viewer.

Man with a Pipe

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1879

Ink architectural drawing of Standard Club elevations with arched colonnade, medallions, and a gutter floor plan below.

Standard Club Addition and Alterations, First Floor Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 06/21/1892

Woodcut of a crucifixion with a nude figure on a cross, kneeling mourners below, and a rayed sky over a distant town.

The Large Crucifixion

Wolfgang Huber, c. 1516

Japanese print of a noblewoman and attendant by the sea beside a panel of plum blossoms against a full moon.

Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, c. 1825

Pen and ink sketch of a standing woman in a feathered hat, striped jacket and long skirt, signed P.M. and dated 96.

London Female Character

Philipp William May, 1896

Pen and ink sketch of a cavalier leaning toward a lady in period costume, signed Simeon Solomon 1853.

Cavalier and Lady

Simeon Solomon, 1853

Embossed valentine card with a gilded bird, blue-inked verse 'Tis sweet to love,' and a white dove on gold.

Tis Sweet to Love (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Embossed valentine card with a gilded urn on a pink scalloped medallion, a red flower at top, and the words Ever the same.

Ever the Same (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Head of Roman Emperor

William Mulready, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Athena standing with a spear, helmet, draped robe and Gorgon-head aegis.

Athena, or Britannia identified as Athena

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Engraved bust of a bearded man with tears and a crown of thorns, surrounded by inscribed halo text and ornate corners.

Man of Sorrows

Johann Michael Püchler, n.d.

Cream paper lace valentine with a gold embossed cupid in a blue medallion, surrounded by cut-out butterflies and flowers.

Untitled Valentine (Cupid and Butterflies)

Berlin and Jones, 1860/69

Black chalk and white highlight study of a nude youth with raised arms on blue paper, with leg and drapery sketches.

Study of a Youth for the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche

called Il Cigoli ( Ludovico Cardi, 1611/13

J. Vondelius

II Janus Lutma, 1669/81

Pen and ink sketch of a nude bound figure surrounded by raised-arm executioners in a Flagellation scene.

The Flagellation of Christ

Attributed to Carlo Maratta, c. 1650-1700

Watercolor elevation of the Sears Building in Chicago with red brick, stone arches, and gothic pinnacles under a blue sky.

Sears Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation of Competition Drawing

Carter, Drake and Wight, c. 1873

Lithograph cover in blue-green tones: a nude woman reaches for blossoms beside two white doves, with title text reading amour

Cover for Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

Standing Female Nude

Marie Mathieu, 1881

Engraved print of an armored knight on horseback with a dog, a horned devil, skull, and hourglass in a rocky landscape.

Knight, Death, and Devil

Johannes Wierix, 1564

Lace Valentine card with two children embracing beside a swan, dark birds, and painted pink and blue flowers.

Untitled Valentine (Children, Swans, and Butterflies)

John Windsor, 1860/69

Victorian lace paper Valentine with gold ribbon bow, religious figure, flaming red heart and painted flower garland.

Untitled Valentine (Antique Figures and Birds)

John Windsor, c. 1860

Lace-cut paper valentine with a winged figure, flower urn, blue book verse, and applied roses on a cream background.

Weddings Now Are All the Go (valentine)

Thomas Wood, 1855/60