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Art Institute of Chicago

382 works

Painting of travelers with oxen and mules on a wooded road, with a hilltop castle and distant mountains under a soft sky.

Italian Landscape with Travelers

Jan Both, c. 1650

Muted painting of a figure walking beside a moored boat on a river bank with tall poplars under a gray sky.

The Loire

Alfred Sisley, 1896

Woman with a distaff walks a grassy hilltop beside grazing sheep and a large tree under a blue sky.

In the Auvergne

Jean-François Millet, c. 1866-69

Painting of a shaded river valley with rocky cliffs, dense trees, a stone bridge, and farm buildings under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Marcel Ordinaire, 1867

Ink painting of a singing bird on a bare branch above blue-green bamboo leaves, with calligraphy at left.

Pillars of the Country

Yao Shou, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 1494

Miniature painting of two women in a wooded landscape by a stream, in an ornate gilt rococo frame.

Figures in a Landscape

Jacques Clauce, c. 1750

Painting of shepherds and grazing cattle, horse and sheep beside ruined stone arches under a blue sky with clouds.

Pastoral Landscape with Ruins

Adriaen van de Velde, 1664

Dark painted landscape of a leaning tree over a wooden river lock, with a seated man in red and a dog.

Landscape (The Lock)

Attributed to John Constable, c. 1820-25

Painting of a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road beside a large oak tree under a cloudy sky.

On the Road

Jules Dupré, 1856

Painting of tall trees beside a still pond under a cloudy sky, with a small footbridge and dark foliage in the foreground.

Landscape

Théodore Rousseau, c. 1850

Painting of a sunlit French street with buildings, a horse-drawn carriage, a seated figure, and a tree under blue sky.

French Street Scene

Edouard Béliard, 1873-77

Painting of a thatched cottage and large tree beneath a stormy sky, with a small figure walking on a sunlit path.

The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky

Jules Dupré, c. 1860

Painting of a haloed saint kneeling in prayer in a rocky clearing, with a monk digging nearby and a chapel in the background.

Saint Hymer in Solitude

After Jean Restout, c. 1735

Black-and-white reproduction of an 18th-century style garden festival with a maypole, dancing figures and a rustic cottage.

La Fête du Mai

After Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater, Date unknown

Painting of a shaded forest pond with reflecting oak trees and a small figure near the water under a cloudy sky.

Pond in the Woods

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1862

Painting of a sunken dirt road with travelers, a horse, cattle and a thatched cottage beneath a cloudy sky.

The Hollow Road

Cornelis Huysmans, c. 1700

Neoclassical interior painting of a man in red gesturing to a scroll reader beside two women, with columns and a tiled floor.

Virgil Reading the "Aeneid" to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1790-93

Corot landscape of birch trees and women in a grassy clearing near a stone wall, with a distant cottage under a pale sky.

Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871-72

Painting of a hay field with a woman raking in the foreground, workers in the distance, and trees under a pale sky.

Haymaking at Éragny

Camille Pissarro, 1892

Monochrome painting of a fortune teller reading the hand of an elegant lady with a parasol beside classical columns.

La Bonne Aventure (The Fortune Teller)

After Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater, Date unknown

Painting of Christ seated on steps receiving children and robed adults before classical buildings, a palm tree and cloudy sky

Christ Receiving the Children

Sébastien Bourdon, c. 1655

Painting of a woman in a red blouse bathing her bare feet in a shaded brook beside a grassy bank.

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook

Camille Pissarro, 1895

Monochrome painting of a family taking tea on a stone terrace with greyhounds, a servant, and a cypress urn beneath trees.

Family Group on a Terrace

Sr John Theodore Heins, c. 1740

Dark forest scene with a brook over rocks, a pale cliff behind trees, and a small deer standing on the grassy bank.

The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

Gustave Courbet, c. 1855

Brown wash drawing of a wide hilly landscape with distant water, with a seated figure on rocks at lower right.

Panorama from the Sasso

Claude Lorrain, 1649/1655

Etched landscape of tall leafless trees and bushes beside a pond, with distant trees and an open sky on the right.

Landscape with Trees, Pond and Sheep

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1621

Woman in kimono holding red maple leaves by a stream, with a pavilion among autumn trees and calligraphy at left.

Lady Standing by a Stream Viewing Maple Trees in Autumn

Yabu Chosui, c.1830-c.1860

Etching of a forest with a group of large trees, a path with two walking figures, and a distant church spire.

The Group of Four Trees

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Etching of a large leaning tree by a river, cattle wading, a fisherman on the trunk, and a rowboat with two figures.

Clump of Trees near the Water

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1763

Monochrome lithograph of a large twisted tree beside a wooden footbridge, with two figures standing at the left edge.

Tree and Footbridge

Francis Nicholson, 1820