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Art Institute of Chicago

13,164 works

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono with elaborate hairpins, one pointing, with calligraphy at upper

Act IX (Kudanme), from the series “The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono holding a fan and sword before a lattice railing and hanging banner.

The Actor Ichikawa Benzo I as Shuntokumaru

Torii Kiyotsune, c. 1767

Lithograph of a man in a top hat leaning toward a woman in a lace bonnet and dark cape, with partial text above.

Masks and faces: Mr. Pipanthoud, vous ni affichez

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono combing another woman's long dark hair.

Hairdresser, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a green patterned kimono with four attendants beneath paper lanterns and maple branches.

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya, with Child Attendants Yoshino and Tatsuta

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Lithograph of a curly-haired boy in a loose jacket and dark waistcoat, leaning on a ledge and looking sideways.

Masks and faces: Oh, je aimez le vin de France trais bocoap

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Ukiyo-e print of a woman reading a letter, a mother holding a child who points at sparrows, with a poem above.

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1791

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one winding thread, with sailing ships seen through a window.

Returning Sails of the Bamboo Knives (Takenaga no kihan), from the series ”Eight Views of Maids' Utensils (Jochu tedo…

Attributed to Kitao Masanobu, late 18th century

Masks and faces: I have been slandered

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles behind a mosquito net, with red cloth hanging above.

Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Etching of people with umbrellas walking on a wooden jetty under a stormy sky with birds and a flagpole.

A Jetty in England

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Lithograph of a disheveled man holding a small brandy glass, leaning against a wall with a bag on his shoulder.

Masks and faces: Brandy-a man plus brandy makes a savage, and brandy plus savages makes cattle

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur hat with a feather plume and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscription.

Georg III Thurzo of Bethlendorf

Aegidius Sadeler, 1607

The Toff with a Bouquet

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1876

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and a woman in a bonnet standing together beside a lamppost.

Masks and faces: Achille you don't ask

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Engraved portrait of a standing clergyman in robes with a cross, holding a cap and book, in an oval frame.

J-B. Bosseut: Standing

Jean-Baptiste de Grateloup, n.d.

Etching of a couple waltzing in a dark ballroom with a glowing chandelier and onlookers at the left edge.

The Waltz

Anders Zorn, 1891

Lithograph of a woman reading a newspaper beside a reclining man with closed eyes, against a draped curtain.

Masks and faces: We have never permitted...

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Lithograph of a caricatured man in a long coat leaning on a wall marked 'ministres', with an exaggerated nose.

Mr. Joliv...., plate 346 from Célébrités de la Caricature

Honoré Daumier, 1833

Engraving of a seated man handing a letter to a young woman in a fashionable interior, with an older woman behind her.

L'Innocence en danger (Innocence in Danger)

Jean Gabriel Caquet, c. 1785

Lithograph of a woman in a ruffled dress leaning against a chair as a man leans over her in front of a curtain.

Masks and faces: Mme. Beauminet

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Woodcut of figures lowering a body from the cross with ladders, kneeling mourners and a landscape behind.

The Descent from the Cross, from The Fall and Redemption of Man

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1513

Oval lithograph of a young woman with curly dark hair, ruffled collar and pendant necklace, shaded in soft stipple.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Sauveur J. Legros, n.d.

Lithograph of a young traveler with a walking stick and knapsack gazing across hills under a cloudy sky.

Masks and faces: The first quarter of an hour

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Black and white print of a bald man holding his hat as a bearded man peers at him through glasses in an arched hall.

At the Universal Exhibition: Security check at the entrance: the bald need to lift their hats, and the short-sighted…

Charles Maurand, 1867, printed 1920

Etching of a ragged peasant in a fur cap standing with hands behind his back and a stick beside him.

Ragged Peasant with His Hands behind Him, Holding a Stick

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630

Lithograph of an elderly woman in a headscarf and shawl looking upward, with rooftops sketched behind her.

Masks and faces: Women afraid of a glass of wine...

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58

Etching of a woman mustard seller at a counter in a stone archway, with a young girl standing before her.

The Mustard Seller (The Mustard Seller)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Etching of an elderly woman sleeping, wearing a plumed cap and fur-trimmed robe, with a hand near her face.

Old Woman Sleeping

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1636

Lithograph of two men talking across a tavern table with a bottle and two glasses between them.

Masks and faces: What, don't know Dachu's aunt?

Paul Gavarni, 1857-58