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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Etching of a walled river town on the left with boats on the water and a flat distant shoreline under cloudy sky.

Ten Landscapes: Walled River Town to the Left of a River

Esaias van de Velde, 1615/16

Etching of satyrs resting by a stone wall with an inscribed tablet, a wine jug and pipe on the ground.

Satyr Family with the Obelisk, from Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1735-40

Etching of the Nativity with Virgin Mary, infant Christ, angels and God the Father in light above the manger.

The Nativity with God the Father and Angels

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, after 1647

Etching of a satyr resting by a herm in a wooded landscape, with a shepherd and goats and sheep on the right.

Satyr Resting beneath a Herm

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-47

Etching of a rustic woodland rite with a herm statue of Pan, a reclining satyr, a kneeling woman with a mirror, and a standin

Feast of Pan

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1647

Etching of a bearded man in a dark robe standing beside a sleeping woman on a bed in a lamp-lit chamber.

Yet She Must Die, plate eleven from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844

Etching of cattle, sheep, and a horse gathering toward a boat beside a large tree, with figures in the right foreground.

Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650/55

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and goatee in a dark cloak, holding a rolled paper, with a landscape behind him.

Joost van den Vondel

Jan Lievens, 1644/50

Etching of a turbaned man embracing a seated woman on a canopied bed in an ornate interior.

He Smothers Her, plate thirteen from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844

Etching of a warrior embracing a veiled woman on a rocky shore, with a banner-bearer and trumpeters behind them.

O My Fair Warrior!, plate five from Othello

Théodore Chassériau, 1844

Etching of a tall Egyptian obelisk with hieroglyphs in a Roman square, flanked by a palace and ancient ruins under clouds.

Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of St. Peter's Basilica's exterior with a large dome, apses, surrounding buildings, and figures and columns in the st

View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair, mustache, and a broad white lace collar against a dark doublet.

Portrait

Chrispyn van den Queboorn, n.d.

Engraving of Saint Anthony's temptation with a giant fish, hybrid creatures, boats, and a village in the background.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, plate 16 from the Emblemata Secularia

Johann Theodor de Bry, published 1596 or 1611

Etching of an aged bearded man seated among rocks, gazing up at a trumpet blown from clouds, with a skull and book at his fee

St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Jusepe de Ribera, 1621

Lithograph of a pale woman reclining in a boat on a dark sea, with French caption and text columns on the page.

Meanwhile They Keep on Insisting that She Has Never Been Better, plate 183 from Actualités

Honoré Daumier, 1872

Lithograph of soldiers and horses crossing a snowy mountain pass, with a commanding officer pointing forward among villagers.

The Passage of Mount Saint Bernard

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Satirical ink print of a top-hatted man walking beside a skeletal figure, with a donkey, floating woman and monkeys.

Goya's Return to his Homeland

Jean Veber, 1899

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a winding road, trees, and ruined arched structures on the horizon.

View of Rome, with via Appia

after Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Lithograph of a stone bridge over a river with a town, a rowboat, figures on the bank, and a church tower.

Alcira

James Duffield Harding, 1824

Lithograph of the Palace of Escorial with domes and towers set among mountains, framed by trees and boulders in the foregroun

Palace of Escurial

James Duffield Harding, 1824

Lithograph of ruined Byland Abbey with pointed windows, thatched cottages, trees and three figures in the foreground.

Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Francis Nicholson, 1821

Monochrome lithograph of tall weathered rock formations with trees and a small figure on a ledge, Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire.

Brimham Rocks, near Pateley Bridge Yorkshire

Francis Nicholson, 1821

Four lithograph vignettes of watermills and mill wheels in rural landscapes, labeled near Abergele, Denbigh, Whitby, and Rich

Mill Wheels near Abergele, Denbigh, Whitby, Richmond

Attributed to Francis Nicholson, n.d.

Lithograph of a half-timbered gabled house on a street with a crowd, a donkey, and figures in front of a shop.

Maison Grande, Rue St. Pierre

Richard Parkes Bonington, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a circular columned temple above buildings and bushy trees on a hill.

View of Temple of Vesta, Tivoli

after Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a winged putto raising one arm beside a large bearded head with curly hair.

Two Sketches: Kneeling Putto Holding a Head (recto) Details of a Nude Male Child (verso)

Bartolomeo Passarotti, n.d.

Etching of a village by a river with half-timbered houses, a stone bridge, fishermen, grazing sheep, and a rowboat.

Entering a Village, from Revue Fantaisiste

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1861

Pen and gray wash drawing of a standing warrior statue with helmet and spear on a circular pedestal, seen from behind.

Statue of Standing Warrior, from Rear

Follower of Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, n.d.

Watercolor of a standing young man in green coat facing a seated older man with papers at a desk in a period room.

"'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I" frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion

Charles Edmund Brock, 1898