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Art Institute of Chicago

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Lace-cut paper valentine with a white dove on blue, pink medallion, roses, and the banner "Constant will I ever be".

Constant Will I Ever Be (valentine)

Thomas Wood, 1860/64

Die-cut embossed valentine showing a standing couple in period dress framed by lace borders, florals and turquoise paper.

Untitled Valentine (Antique Couple with Putti)

Thomas Wood, c. 1850

Embossed gold and cutwork valentine with an open book reading 'My Aim is Your Heart' and a cupid with a bow.

My Aim is Your Heart (valentine)

John Windsor, 1840/49

Ornate lace-like New Year's card with silver filigree border, floral motifs, and a printed verse in an oval panel.

The New Year's WIsh (holiday card)

John Windsor, c. 1840

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman with a comedy mask, beside a palette, brushes, a statue, and an easel.

Portrait of Madame de Poullain

After Caspar Netscher, n.d.

Etching of a brigand in a wide-brimmed hat lying beneath a gnarled tree with drooping branches, a pistol on the ground.

Brigand Lying Under a Tree

Raphael Lamar West, c. 1785

Black-and-white drawing of a sorcerer in an ornate floral robe with a plumed hat, gesturing with a wand.

Virgilius the Sorcerer

Aubrey Beardsley, c. 1893

Title page listing seven planets with German weekday names in two columns, with the artist's signature and an oval seal below

Title Page, from Der VII Planeten

Conrad Meyer, n.d.

Engraving of a bearded seated man holding a laurel sprig, with two women beside him and a laurel tree and arched building beh

Man Under a Laurel Tree

Agostino Veneziano, 1515/30

Four small Tibetan painted panels showing seated lamas in gold robes against red backgrounds with blue arches.

Four Miniature inscribed portraits of four Lamas

Unknown artist, 14th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt, with Mary and the Child on a donkey and an angel pointing.

Flight into Egypt

Attributed to Giovanni Baglione, n.d.

Woodblock print of a court lady in patterned robes seated on a veranda, looking at blossoming plum branches.

Court lady admiring plum blossoms

Yanagawa Shigenobu I, late 1820s

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man with wavy hair looking upward, wearing a draped garment knotted at the chest.

Bust of Saint or High Priest

Attributed to Guercino, c. 1645

Etching of Neptune with a trident standing above a fountain of sea creatures, with figures on either side, dated 1767.

"The Anger of Neptune" Fountain

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

Ink and wash drawing of a man with curled hair, dark coat and white cravat, seen three-quarter view against a hatched backgro

Self-Portrait

After Sir William Beechey, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a young man in a buttoned coat with a rod across his shoulders, inscribed Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton.

Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton

Attributed to George Perfect Harding, n.d.

Engraving of a crowned bearded figure holding a sun-faced sceptre beside a lion, within a rayed halo and clouds.

Sol, plate four from Der VII Planeten

Conrad Meyer, n.d.

Engraving of a woman holding a crescent moon and spear, with a crab on clouds below, labeled Luna.

Luna, plate seven from Der VII Planeten

Conrad Meyer, n.d.

Loose painted portrait of a red-haired woman with a ruffled collar, with pencil sketches on brown paper below.

Mme Lili Grenier (recto); Landscape with Church (verso)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1885/88

Brown wash drawing of a pagan sacrifice with a robed priest, burning altar, kneeling figures, a dog, and palm trees.

A Pagan Sacrifice

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645-50

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a seated woman in a red jockey jacket and cap, leaning on a railing, on tan paper.

La Macarona in the Costume of a Jockey

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a narrow Middle Eastern street with domed architecture, carved balconies, and figures with a

Egyptian Street Scene

Charles François Eustache, 1842/47

Color print of two women in an interior, one in a green hat and cape facing a striped-dress figure seen from behind.

So You Are Experienced?

after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, published January 9, 1897

Etched frontispiece with a black hat, draped cloth and guitar on a table, with handwritten title and plate list above.

Hat and Guitar, Frontispiece for the edition of fourteen etchings

Édouard Manet, 1862-63

Brown ink drawing of two standing women in draped classical robes, one raising an arm, on a pale sheet.

Two Standing Female Figures (Studies after Classical Statuary)

Andrea Boscoli, 1580/84

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with tousled hair and mustache, framed by a zigzag border.

August Strindberg

Edvard Munch, 1896

Saint Cecilia

After Carlo Dolci, n.d.

The Veil

Fernand Khnopff, c. 1887

Head of the Swooning Virgin: Study for the Deposition (recot) Base of Column (verso)

Federico Barocci, 1568/69

Pen drawing of a nude crouching figure with a huge round head bearing a small skull, hands over the groin.

Crouching Midget

Aubrey Beardsley, 1892/98