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Art Institute of Chicago

3,362 works

Sepia print of a young woman in a white headscarf resting her head on her arm beside an open book.

Woman Resting Her Head on a Book

Angelica Kauffmann, 1770

Sepia landscape of three washerwomen and a child beside a rustic cottage and wooden shed under large trees.

Les Laveuses (The Washerwomen)

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1771

Etching of the Arch of Trajan in Ancona beside a busy harbor with masted ships and figures on the quay.

Arch of Trajan in Ancona, plate 28 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Etching of fishermen with a sailboat, fish basket and nets on a rocky shore, with a cliff and sea at left.

Les Pecheurs ou La Vue du Port de Dieppe (The Fishermen or the view of the port at Dieppe)

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, c. 1727

Engraving of a woman with a basket passing a seated man at a bench under a shingled roof, with a sleeping dog and a church sp

The Little Witch (Das Hexlein), plate four from the series Poems in the Dialect of the Upper Rhine Region (Zehn Blätt…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Lithograph of three soldiers tending a wounded comrade by a tree, with cannons and smoke on a battlefield behind them.

So you, German, Triumph!

Marie Electrine Stuntz, c. 1814

Etching of a cow, goats, a sheep and a figure beside a trough in a mountain landscape with a stream.

The Plowers

Amalie Voltz, n.d.

Engraving of a man with a rifle and a woman at a well, a cow drinking nearby, a half-timbered house and monument behind.

Hans and Verene (Hans und Berene), plate five from the series Poems in the Dialect of the Upper Rhine Region (Zehn Bl…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Etching of a crowd of robed figures beneath a sweeping cloth canopy, with a fallen figure at left.

Without commending himself either to God or the devil, plate 15 from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a mess tin, with dense crosshatched shading behind him.

Old Man with Mess Tin

Charles Émile Jacque, 1844

Etching of a reclining woman and a man at an open door in a rustic room, with a tree and lantern visible.

The Carbuncle (Der Karfunkel), plate three from the series Poems in the Dialect of the Upper Rhine Region (Zehn Blätt…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Etching of a wooded river landscape with a seated woman, child and standing man in the lower right foreground.

Woman, Her Child, and a Standing Man in a Landscape

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1643

Hand-colored print of the ruined Ponte Nomentano, with arched stone bridge, tower, river, and two rowboats.

Ponte Nomentano, plate twenty-seven from A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity

James Mérigot, 1796/98

Engraved print of a seated governor in an ornate chair surrounded by officials and a crowd in a council chamber.

The Governor of Schopfheim (Der Statthalter von Schopfheim), plate eight from the series Poems in the Dialect of the…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Etching of a hunchbacked man in a wide hat gripping a wooden sword, grimacing as he prepares to draw it.

Man Preparing to Draw his Sword, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

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

Engraved interior: a traveler in a wide hat shakes hands with a seated man as a woman and child watch near an open door.

The Signpost (Der Wegweiser), plate ten from the series Poems in the Dialect of the Upper Rhine Region (Zehn Blätter…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Etching of a small potbellied man in a tall feathered hat, cape and buttoned coat, holding a sword and walking stick.

The Potbellied Man with a Tall Hat, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

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

Engraving of a woman and a hooded man standing beneath trees by rocks, with a castle on a distant hill.

The Carbuncle (Der Karfunkle), plate one from the series Poems in the Dialect of the Upper Rhine Region (Zehn Blätter…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Etching of a grotesque masked man with twisted legs, holding a sword, by Jacques Callot, 1616.

The Masked Man with Twisted Legs, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

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

Engraved print of a kneeling woman in a hooded cloak at a churchyard grave beside a Gothic church and wooden crosses.

On a Grave, plate nine from Zehn Blätter zu Hebels Alemannischen Gedichten

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Man Playing a Grill as a Violin, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

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

Engraved tavern scene of four men playing cards at a table, a cat at their feet, and a woman leaning from a window.

The Carbuncle (Der Karfunkle), plate two from the series Poems in the Dialect of the Upper Rhine Region (Zehn Blätter…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

Etching of a hunchbacked man in a feathered hat and cloak playing a guitar and singing.

The Wobbly Man Playing the Guitar, from Varie Figure Gobbi

Jacques Callot, 1616

Valentine card with lace border, painted flower wreath around a BE MINE banner, cupid, doves, and a pierced heart at top.

Be Mine (Valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1845/50

Engraving of a man with a sword and a woman in a headscarf beside a dog, with mountains, a cart and a tree behind them.

The Governor of Schopfheim (Der Statthalter von Schopfheim), plate seven from the series Poems in the Dialect of the…

Sophie Reinhard, 1820

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