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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Circular engraving of a crowned woman crossing water toward courtiers, with a hilltop city and mountains behind.

The Queen of Sheba Walking on the Waters

Giorgio Reverdino, 1530/35

Engraving of Hercules on a rearing horse with a warrior, horses, and fallen nude figures in a battle scene.

Hercules and Iole, from The Labors of Hercules

Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of two seated couples under a tree with a jester in a feathered cap leaning between them.

Two Couples and the Buffoon

Sebald Beham, 1535

Engraving of a winged woman in robes with a crab and a grinning demon beside her under falling rays of light.

Misfortune

Sebald Beham, c. 1541

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat, arm resting on a ledge, against a hatched background.

Self-Portrait Before an Easel

Anton Graff, c. 1787

Engraving of a grotesque mask in a cartouche flanked by two winged putti holding foliage and ribbons, dated 1544.

Ornament with a Mask Held by Two Genii

Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of a peasant man in a fur hat beside a broken wooden fence, with a scroll reading DAS SCHADET NIT above him.

The Weather-Peasant "Das Schadet Nit"

Sebald Beham, c. 1542

Engraving of peasants brawling with swords and sticks beside a fence and vine trellis, with a banner inscription above.

Peasants' Brawl, plate 9 from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, 1547

Engraving of the Virgin holding the Christ Child on a crescent moon, crowned by two angels with rays of light.

The Madonna on the Crescent Crowned by Two Angels

Martin Schongauer, 1470-75

Engraving of a cannon on a wheeled carriage with soldiers, a tree at left, and a village with church spire in the distance.

Landscape with Cannon (The Great Cannon)

Albrecht Dürer, 1518

Engraving of a garden banquet with a couple embracing, a round table of food and drink, and a fence and tree behind.

The Prodigal Son Wasting his Fortune, plate two from The History of the Prodigal Son

Sebald Beham, 1540

Etching of five ornate decorative vases with flower arrangements and mask motifs, with an inscription on the central vase.

Plate One from Collection of Various Vases

Stefano Della Bella, before 1648

Etching of a Tuscan landscape with trees framing a small domed building on a hillside under a cloudy sky.

Souvenir of Tuscany

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, c. 1845

Engraving of winged St. John with halo, holding an open book beside an eagle, with stacked books at right.

St. John, from The Four Evangelists

Sebald Beham, 1541

Etching of Mary Magdalene with long hair, an ointment jar, a skull and an open book beside her, before a rocky landscape.

Mary Magdalene

Werner van den Valckert, c. 1610-12

Etching of a walled town with spires and towers beyond trees and a river, with two figures by a well in the foreground.

Landscape with Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

Giovanni Battista Fontana, 1572

Engraving of Saint Luke with wings and halo holding books, with an ox beside him and a small building behind.

St. Luke, from The Four Evangelists

Sebald Beham, 1541

Engraving of St. Mark with a halo, holding an open book, with a winged lion crouched at his feet.

St. Mark, from The Four Evangelists

Sebald Beham, 1541

Engraving of St. Matthew with wings and halo holding a book, with a small winged angel kneeling beside him.

St. Matthew, from The Four Evangelists

Sebald Beham, 1541

Engraving of a musket-carrying guard beside barrels and cannonballs, with two men talking and a town skyline behind.

The Guard Near the Powder Casks

Sebald Beham, n.d.

Engraved print of the Virgin seated on a bank holding the Christ child beside a fence and trees, with a monogram at top.

The Virgin with the Pear and Child on the Bank

Sebald Beham, 1521

Etching of a bagpipe player and a rider on a donkey on a country road, with resting cattle and trees at right.

The Bagpipe Player

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1644-45

Michelangelo

Giulio Bonasone, 1546

Erasmus

Félix Bracquemond, 1863

Engraving of a bearded king kneeling before an idol on a pedestal, with a crowned woman and onlookers in a columned hall.

Solomom Adoring the Idols

Hans Brosamer, 1545

Etching of a covered wagon with a donkey and two dogs in the foreground and a grazing horse among trees behind.

The Guardians of the House, or the Acrobat's Companions

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, c. 1877

Etching of large thatched cottages behind a wooden fence, with a cart and small bridge in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

The Large Thatched Cottages

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1881

Etching of a rainy town street with umbrella-carrying pedestrians, a dog, tall chimneys, and a church spire under cloudy skie

My Little Town

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1872

Panoramic scenic wallpaper of a classical English garden with columns, statues, a river, a bridge and robed figures among tre

Scenic Wallpaper: Jardin Anglais

Printed by Joseph Dufour et Cie, c. 1802-03

Etching of Cheyne Walk in Chelsea with a large tree, historic houses, a church tower and a horse-drawn carriage.

Cheyne Walk

Walter William Burgess, n.d.