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Art Institute of Chicago

657 works

Architectural drawing of a library interior with fireplace mantel, built-in bookcases, and furniture elevations, pen and ink

Library for R.A. McCurdy, Morris Plaines, New Jersey, Elevations of Mantel and Furniture

Peter Bonnett Wight, c. 1869

Engraving of the seated Virgin embracing the Christ Child, with an arched hatched background and draped cloth.

Virgin and Child

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, 1485/91

Oval etching of a man spying on reclining lovers by a riverbank beneath a willow tree, with a cherub above and a distant chur

Unobserved Man Spying on Reclining Lovers

Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1795

Decorated manuscript initial M with two red roses, green leaves, a blue medal panel, and a wavy patterned background.

Decorated Initial "M" with Roses and a Medal from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Etching of a seated woman holding an infant, an old man at right, two angels in a cloud above, and sheep beside a tree.

Holy Family with Angels

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, Date unknown

Etching of a bearded man spying from a tree on a couple seated on grass beside a fence, with an arch and tower behind.

Bearded Man Spying on Lovers Under an Arbor

Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1795

Decorated manuscript initial with a large red rose on a green stem, wavy red and green borders, and small roses in the corner

Decorated Initial "P" with Roses from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Brown ink and wash sketch of a man's head with wavy hair and downcast eyes, mounted on a card with handwritten labels.

Head of a Man

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, 1600/11

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of hands, a foot, and a group of standing figures in robes and headwear.

Sheet of Studies: Hands and Group of Oriental Figures

George Chinnery, n.d.

Decorated Initial "N" with Terme (or Grotesque) and Urn from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Etching of a Paris riverside quay with tall houses, a church tower, workers, carts and a rowboat on the Seine.

Quai de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Watercolor of a woman gesturing to two boys and a child kneeling beside a broken wooden toy under a tree.

The Broken Toy

Alfred Edward Chalon, 1800/60

Lithograph of a crowded wagon of soldiers pulled by two harnessed horses, with a cane-carrying man at left.

Wagon Laden with Wounded Soldiers

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Etching of Luxembourg Gardens in Paris with a domed building, a tall column, a pond, strolling figures and leafy trees.

Luxembourg Gardens, Paris

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Etching of a woman holding a child beside a seated man, sheep, wooden beams and cherubs under a tree.

The Flight into Egypt

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1758

Oval colour print of a woman with powdered curled hair and white lace cap against a dark green background.

Mademoiselle Bertin

Jean François Janinet, n.d.

Etching of two coppersmiths hammering metal at an arched workshop doorway, with figures working inside a dark interior.

The Coppersmiths

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Two small engraved allegorical scenes on one sheet: putti beneath a star arc, and a child beside a lily under sunburst clouds

Child with Rosebud

Philipp Otto Runge, n.d.

Pencil sketch of seated Venus on a cloud with winged figure and several putti drawn around her.

Venus with Putti

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, n.d.

Etching of a dim coal shop doorway with stacked sacks, a seated woman, a child, a dog, and a cat on a shelf.

Interior of a Coal Shop

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Two bearded saints with gold halos in an illuminated initial, one holding a key, the other a sword and book.

Saints Peter and Paul in a Historiated Initial "N" from a Choirbook

Unknown artist, 1375/99

Etching of a seated couple beside a thatched hut, with a standing man holding a staff and a basket on the ground.

Marriage of Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, after 1757

Sketch of the Pantheon dome behind trees and a terrace balustrade, with figures in long dresses in the foreground.

The Pantheon, from the Terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Black chalk and white highlight study of a bearded half-length male figure on blue paper, turned to the right.

Half-length Figure Study for Saint Paul

Jacopo Bassano, 1561/65

Etching of an elderly bearded man with bowed head, turned three quarters right, rendered in dense crosshatched lines.

Bust of an Old Bearded Man, Looking Down, Three Quarters Right

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Loose pen sketch of a village street with pedestrians, a dog in the foreground, and buildings receding under a cloudy sky.

Sunday, Lyme Regis

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Two kabuki actors in patterned kimono on a wooden stage, one holding a sword, in a woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunsho.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora (left), in the P…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Small etching of a figure with a long staff walking past a wooden gate beneath overhanging branches, with hatched foliage.

Vagabond

Charles Émile Jacque, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a bearded man and a woman in a wide hat, with a hand sketched at lower left, on pale paper.

Sketch: Self-Portrait with Miss R. Birnie Philip

James McNeill Whistler, 1895, printed posthumously

Woodcut of a shepherd playing a pipe under a tree, with a dog and grazing sheep in a hilly landscape.

Book Illustration

Thomas Bewick, n.d.