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Art Institute of Chicago

5,122 works

Oval miniature portrait of a man with long brown hair, white collar and dark clothing, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Samuel Cooper, 1658

Four men in white dhotis with turbans, numbered 1 to 4, holding a spear, hookah, and walking stick in watercolor.

Four Recruits in White Dhotis, page from the Fraser Album

Unknown artist, Company School, c. 1815-1816

Miniature painting of two horsemen before a tiled city with owls on rooftops and a flowering tree among rocky hills.

King Anushirwan and the Owls, from the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), c.1535

Tibetan Buddhist thangka showing seated arhats among willow and pine trees, rocks, waves, cranes and a peacock, with brocade

Arhats (Elders) Ajita, Kalika, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Shri Bhadra, from a Seven-Part Set Portraying the Sixteen Arhats

Unknown artist, 19th century

Manuscript page with a haloed seated figure receiving an offering from a kneeling attendant, beside columns of black Sanskrit

Mahavira Gives Away his Possessions, from a copy of the Kalpasutra

Unknown artist, c. 1480-1490

Persian manuscript page showing men in a boat crossing a dark sea with fish, horned animals, and figures in water.

Kay Khosrow Crosses the Sea of Zareh on His Way to China, a scene from the Shahnama of Firdausi

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), about 1550

Painted miniature of Krishna and Radha seated on a pavilion platform with three attendant women, framed by red border and gar

Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari

Unknown artist, 1719

Pencil sketch of a circus ring with two horses, a ringmaster with a whip, and a bending performer on a sketchbook page.

Sketchbook, 1880

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1880

Watercolor of an overturned boat and a resting man on a beach after a storm, with rough blue sea and palms.

After the Hurricane, Bahamas

Winslow Homer, 1899

Watercolor of two women in yellow kerchiefs, one in a pale dress and one in a striped blouse, against a dark background.

Two Women in Yellow Kerchiefs

Constantin Guys, n.d.

Watercolor and pencil drawing of three skulls overlapping above a colorful draped cloth, with a pale landscape behind them.

The Three Skulls

Paul Cézanne, 1902/06

Watercolor of a man in a rowboat lowering a pail into blue sea, with coral in the boat and an island on the horizon.

The Water Fan

Winslow Homer, 1898/99

Loose watercolor of an artist at his easel beside a rocky stream, with a seated companion in the foreground.

An Artist at His Easel

John Singer Sargent, 1914

Loose watercolor portrait of a seated man in a straw hat and blue jacket, with pencil lines and blue-green background washes.

Man Wearing a Straw Hat

Paul Cézanne, 1905/06

Colored architectural section drawing of a house showing interior staircase, columns, doorways and timber roof trusses.

Design Studies, Section Through House, Presentation

Carl J. Furst, c. 1860-1870

Woman with a basket on her back stands on chalk cliffs above the sea, drawn in graphite and white on tan paper.

Flamborough Head, England

Winslow Homer, 1882

Pencil and watercolor landscape of a curving road past trees and hillside, washed in pale green, pink and ochre.

Road in Provence

Paul Cézanne, c. 1885

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

Watercolor of a man in a straw hat seated in a small boat on rough blue sea under dark storm clouds.

The Gulf Stream

Winslow Homer, probably 1899, dated by the artist "1889"

Charcoal and red chalk drawing of a landscape with a double rainbow arching over fields and windblown trees.

Landscape with a Rainbow

Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1871

Charcoal drawing of two dark haystacks in an open field with blurred trees and sky by Claude Monet.

Stacks of Wheat

Claude Monet, 1891

Watercolor of a white sailboat with gray sails and a sailor in a dark jacket on a small canoe in choppy blue water.

Stowing Sail

Winslow Homer, 1903

Brown ink drawing of a dirt road curving past large trees and a field toward distant buildings on the horizon.

Landscape at Arles

Vincent van Gogh, July 1888

Charcoal sketch of a shadowed cliff, a beached rowboat, and distant sailing ships on a calm sea.

Cliffs and Sea, Sainte-Adresse

Claude Monet, c. 1864

Watercolor of a stormy sky over turquoise sea and a rocky shore, with dark birds flying over the water.

Breaking Storm, Coast of Maine

Winslow Homer, 1894

Long gold scroll with Arabic calligraphy, geometric borders, and a small pink floral medallion on a grey background.

Scroll with Arabic text giving the story of the Shi'a Imams

Unknown artist, 18th century

Watercolor of a seated bearded holy man with prayer beads, a standing attendant, and a seated lute player, with Persian inscr

Shah Inayat Allah of Sind with his Musician Makkhu and his Attendant Shaykh Qiyam al-Din, page from the Fraser Album

Delhi India, Company School, c. 1820

Watercolor of a grey sea under a dark overcast sky, with a rocky headland and surf in the lower left corner.

Prout's Neck, Evening

Winslow Homer, c. 1894

Red chalk drawing of a young valet in period dress leaning on a pedestal beside a coffee pot.

Study of Valet with Coffee Pot

François Boucher, c. 1739

Pen and wash drawing of a wooded Italian landscape with tall trees, a rocky cliff, a wooden bridge and a distant mountain.

Italian Landscape with a Bridge

Jan Both, 1642/52