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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Hand-colored print of a street brawl with drawn swords, a woman in green, onlookers, and a ruined tower behind.

La Rixe (The Brawl)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, c.1788

Lithograph of armored knights on horseback in a field, a foot attendant leading a horse, with sketched faces below.

Weislingen Attacked by Götz's Men

Eugène Delacroix, 1836

Engraving of the Nativity with Mary kneeling by the infant Christ, an old man at a well, and a timber house and arches.

Nativity

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Coloured print of a wedding celebration in a park, with a violinist, a bride in white, a groom in blue, and a crowd of guests

La Noce au Chateau (The Night at the Chateau)

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1789

Loose pencil-like sketch of a fish shop front with figures at the counter and a signboard above, by James McNeill Whistler.

Maunder's Fish Shop, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing mourners lowering Christ's body on a slab, with grieving women kneeling belo

The Entombment of Christ

called Palma il Giovane Jacopo Negretti, 1595/1600

Study after Nature

Attributed to John Downman, 1774

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in flowing robes, one sleeve raised, standing barefoot on a pale sheet.

Study for a Robed Male Saint

Nicolas Mignard, c. 1644

Engraved print of a crowned king seated on a throne holding a scepter, within a braided border labeled RE VIII.

The King, plate eight from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of a standing doge in a long cloak and tall hat, framed by a diamond-patterned border.

The Doge, plate seven from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraved print of a standing merchant in a pleated robe and headdress reading a small book, framed by a twisted rope border.

The Merchant, plate four from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in draped robes pointing with his right hand, leaning on a stone pedestal.

Standing Man, Pointing with Right Hand

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Engraving of the Muse Polyhymnia playing a lyre in a landscape, with a sphere at her feet and an inscribed border.

Polyhymnia, plate fifteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of a standing knight in pleated tunic and cape holding a sword, with a small attendant beside him, in a rope border

The Knight, plate six from The Ranks and Conditions of Men

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated male nude with a small sketch of an archer in the lower left.

Seated Male Nude with Sketch of Nude Archer

George Hayter, 1808

Engraving of a woman with long hair playing a curved horn in a hilly landscape, labeled Melpomene XVII.

Melpomene, plate seventeen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Engraving of the muse Clio standing on a swan over water, with long wavy hair, a draped gown and a hilly landscape behind.

Clio, plate nineteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Pen and watercolor drawing of the dead Christ mourned by figures, with angels and cherubs carrying a cross in the clouds abov

Church of the Capuchins Parma

William Kent, September 1714

Erato, plate fourteen from Apollo and the Muses

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Sepia watercolor of a large tree over resting sheep, a woman at left, and a man sketching at lower right.

Man Sketching and Woman with Herd of Sheep Beneath Tree

Samuel John Stump, c. 1830

Engraving of a winged youth holding a dragon aloft in a sparse landscape, framed by a braided border.

Genius of Time, plate 32 from Genii and Virtues

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Brown wash drawing of artists and onlookers gathered by an easel outside a stone building, with a distant city.

Artists and Amateurs

John Partridge, 1832

Watercolor of two women on stone steps before an ornate carved stone doorway with an iron lantern.

Two Women in a Doorway

Lawrence Carmichael Earle, 1882

Etching of Mont Saint-Michel abbey on its rocky island, with figures crossing wet tidal sands in the foreground.

Mont Saint-Michel

Axel Herman Haig, 1882

Engraving of a winged figure in classical drapery holding up a radiant sun with a face, framed by a rope border.

Genius of the Sun, plate 31 from Genii and Virtues

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with bearded saints and cherubs in clouds, on grey-blue paper.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Carlone, n.d.

Engraving of a winged youth holding a celestial globe with stars, standing before a row of trees.

Genius of the World, plate 33 from Genii and Virtues

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, c. 1465

Pencil drawing of a minstrel playing a lute near a horse, with a round stone tower and tree in the background.

Blondel and Richard Coeur de Lion

Mary Trevor, 1826

Watercolor of a woman in folk costume holding hands with a barefoot boy on a dirt road across an open plain.

Woman in Native Costume with Boy on Road

After Bartolomeo Pinelli, n.d.

Watercolor of children stealing preserves from jars in a kitchen while an older servant watches from the doorway.

Stealing the Preserves

Thomas Rowlandson, 1815/20