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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair in a fur-trimmed cloak, framed by an inscribed border and ornate cartouche

Marie de Lorraine, Duchesse de Guise, Princesse de Joinville

Antoine Masson, 1684

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre beside a bound nude figure tied to a tree, with a kneeling figure and sheep in the backgro

Apollo and Marsyas

Master of the Die, c. 1532

Engraved vertical ornament strip with an armored warrior, a grotesque mask, a putto holding a bowl, and scrollwork.

Dagger Sheath with a Warrior

Master I.B., 1528

Engraving of the Holy Family with a flying angel holding a laurel wreath and a kneeling female saint beside them.

Holy Family Crowned by an Angel

Master F. P., 1530/35

Watercolor sketch of a cavalier in a wide-brimmed hat and green doublet holding a walking stick, within a pencil border.

A Cavalier

Philipp William May, 1900

Man with Violin Case

Philipp William May, 1897

Profile of Man Smoking Cigar

Philipp William May, 1889

Woodcut of a nude woman seen from behind, arms raised, hair streaming, on a path through trees under a cloudy sky.

The Bacchante

Edward Calvert, n.d.

Pen drawing of a top-hatted visitor watching a man in a wide hat push a wheelbarrow beside a building under repair.

Dottyville Again

Philipp William May, 1899

Pen and ink sketch of two men conversing, one in a long coat and cap with a cane, the other in a dark robe and hat.

Sketch in Picardy

Philip William May, 1895

Pen and ink sketch of two men in bowler hats talking at a bar, with a mustached bartender behind the counter.

A Drinking Bar

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of two gentlemen in overcoats and hats, one holding a walking stick, facing each other.

Two Gentlemen with Walking Sticks

Philipp William May, 1893

Pen and ink sketch of a smiling woman in a feathered hat, dark jacket and long skirt, arms folded, beside a street lamp.

A Coster Woman

Philipp William May, n.d.

Ink comic-style page of football match sketches: players heading a ball, crowds of men in hats, umbrellas in rain, and sketch

Sketches at the Association Cup Football Match

Philipp William May, n.d.

Six-panel pen and ink cartoon of a man and woman on a day trip, with handwritten captions and feathered hats.

Arry and Arriet

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pen and ink caricature of a top-hatted orator on a stump gesturing with an umbrella before a crowd of men.

A Stump Orator

Philipp William May, 1899

Pencil and ink sketch of a man pointing at an older woman, a fashionable woman with hand on hip, crying children, and a dog.

Humorous Scene of London Life in the East End

Philipp William May, 1889

Sketch of a woman in a large dark hat, face tinted in red and orange colored pencil on pale paper.

Portrait of a Woman with Black Hat

Philipp William May, 1884/1903

Ink cartoon of a boxer fighting a kangaroo in gloves, with smaller panels showing the bout in sequence.

Ah! Would You?

Philipp William May, 1892

Pen drawing of a medicine show crowd in hats gathered before an ornate wagon, with a fringed performer gesturing and musician

A Day with the Medicine Man

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of two top-hatted men conversing on a city street with lamps and a carriage.

What Made You Take Up Art as a Profession?

Philipp William May, 1894

Ink and watercolor sketch of a tramp with a pipe facing a policeman in a helmet, with a crowd in the background.

Policeman and Tramp

Attributed to Philipp William May, 1898

Etching of a ruined thatched hut beside a path, with a large tree, rocks, and three small figures walking in a forest.

The Ruined Hut

Allart van Everdingen, n.d.

Black and white drawing of a dense flower bouquet with roses, lilies, poppies and daisies on a ledge.

Flower Piece

Johann Nepomuk Mayrhoffer, n.d.

Loose pencil sketch of overlapping figures in a mythological group composition on pale paper.

Allegorical or Mythological Scene

Attributed to Eugène Delacroix, n.d.

Engraving of a bearded face with long hair and crown of thorns, made of fine radiating lines, by Claude Mellan.

The Sudarium of Saint Veronica

Claude Mellan, 1649

Etching of a ewe nursing a lamb beside a second lamb lying in grass, with shrubs at right.

The Ewe with Two Lambs

Charles Meryon, 1850

Orange and black woodcut showing seated and standing figures with halos beneath the carved title te Atua.

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite

Paul Gauguin, 1894

Etching of sailing boats tossed by rough waves under a cloudy sky, with a distant shoreline on the horizon.

Haarlem Boats in Amsterdam

Charles Meryon, 1850

Illuminated manuscript page with a crowned figure in blue holding a scroll within a Gothic arch and red borders.

Female Saint in a Historiated Initial "L" from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, 1330/40