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Art Institute of Chicago

13,164 works

Graphite drawing of a winged putto resting on clouds, chin on hand, gazing upward.

Putto

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a road winding through hills and a small figure on a donkey.

Landscape of Road through Trees and Hills; Figure on Donkey in Distance

Style of Jan Hackaert, 1638/1710

Lithograph of two seated men in an interior, one with a cane to his mouth and the other laughing, by Gavarni.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: And now Sir, see what my little girl did

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Obsession

Odilon Redon, 1894

Henry IV, King of France and Navarre (Henry IV, King of France and Navarre)

Jean François Janinet, 1777

Lithograph of a young woman and an older man in a dark coat, the man looking down at a small object in his hands.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Come, come a ball's always the same

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Red chalk drawing of a burial scene with kneeling figures, standing women, a tall tree and a stone monument.

Tobit Burying the Dead or Funeral of Phocian

After Antoine Watteau, c. 1710-1750

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Holy Family: a standing woman holds a nude child while a bearded man sits nearby.

Holy Family

After Luca Cambiaso, c. 1570

Lithograph of a stern, seated man with tousled hair and a heavy coat, with faint figures sketched in the background.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Jacques Maubourj et's son the viscount

Paul Gavarni, 1852-53

Pen and ink sketch of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Holy Family, shepherds and angels in a crowded composition.

Adoration of the Shepherds

François Boitard, n.d.

Oval reddish-brown drawing of a smiling man in a curled powdered wig and cravat, hands resting on a draped cloth.

Oval Portrait of Gentleman

Style of Nicolas de Largillière, n.d.

Lithograph of a smiling man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark jacket against a field background, by Paul Gavarni.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: I am Mamzelle Jolibiais' Papa

Paul Gavarni, 1852-53

Charcoal drawing of a standing robed figure in a headdress, seen from behind, on pale paper.

Jewish High Priest

Adam Sándor Ehrenreich, n.d.

Etching of a plumed-hat soldier with a ruff collar and sword, with cavalry fighting in the background landscape.

The Soldier with a Plumed Hat, plate three from La Noblesse

Jacques Callot, c. 1625

Lithograph of a man in a dark coat and cravat beside a woman with curled hair, from Gavarni's Les Parents Terribles series.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Mr. Charles said to me: What's she got?

Paul Gavarni, 1852-53

Soft gray tonal portrait of a woman in a large feathered hat, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer.

Amélie Laurent Dieterlé

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1899

Etching of a gentleman in a fur-trimmed cloak saluting, with a town and figures in the background.

The Genleman who Salutes While Holding his Hat Beneath his Arm, plate two from La Noblesse

Jacques Callot, c. 1625

Lithograph of a ragged man with a walking stick beside a horned cow in a landscape, with French caption text below.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: A fine creature - and no corsets

Paul Gavarni, 1852-53

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono with a gold hair ornament, with calligraphy above.

Young Woman after a Bath

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1745

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a long cloak and cap standing before a crowded Italian town street with stone buildings.

Pantalone, from Three Italian Comedians

Jacques Callot, 1618-20

Pencil and crayon drawing of a bearded man gesturing beside a garden wall, with a reclining figure in the foreground.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: His Majesty the King of beasts

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Woodblock print of two women in kimono reading a letter in a room with a round moon window and shoji screens.

The Love Letter

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of a red and blue copper pheasant in flight beside bamboo stalks and leaves on a pale background.

Copper pheasant and bamboo

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Lithograph of a ragged bearded man with a stick and sickle, a figure in a hat behind him in a field.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Matthew has only this in his favor

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Etching of a nude woman bathing in a pond beside a seated skeleton on a rocky cliff, under a cloudy sky with birds.

Bathing Woman and Time

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1857

Woodblock print of a pheasant with long tail feathers flying beside bamboo stalks against an orange and blue sky.

Pheasant and bamboo

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Grey lithograph of a seated old man with a walking stick, looking toward a gesturing group of men in a street scene.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Ego! ego! ego!...all equal

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Print of a skeleton standing near a woman bathing in a pond amid dense trees, rocks, and clouds.

Bathing Woman and Death

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1857

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda with a pine tree, one holding a long unrolled letter scroll.

Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776

Lithograph of a seated bearded old man talking with a standing young boy on a grassy outdoor slope.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Not taught anything?-yet stupid already

Paul Gavarni, 1853