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Art Institute of Chicago

3,363 works

Symmetrical etched ornament with arabesques, dragons, putti, seated women, and a winged herm figure at center.

Ornament with Arabesques

I Daniel Hopfer, 1526/30, printed 1684

Engraved vertical ornament panel with armored Mars figure at top, surrounded by putti, centaurs, masks and scrollwork.

Ornament Panel with Mars, God of Battles

Nicoletto da Modena, c. 1507

Engraved vertical ornament panel with a birdcage held by a winged figure, flanked by grotesques, goats, and putti.

Panel of Ornament with a Birdcage

Nicoletto da Modena, c. 1507

Woodblock print of a scholar reading at a hut window beside a plum tree, with a bird, a river bridge and village.

Scholar Reading in a Hut

Keisai Eisen, c. 1820s

Woodblock print of a thatched lakeside hut beneath a pine, with a misty mountain, willows, and calligraphy at upper left.

A Poet Looking out of his Lakeside Hut

Keisai Eisen, c. 1820s

Japanese woodblock print of plum branches in a tray and camellias on a tiered stand, with calligraphy above.

New Year’s Flower Arrangement

Keisai Eisen, c. 1820s

Tall engraved ornament panel with putti, a vase, scrolling foliage, and a dog and cat at the base.

Four Children with a Cat and a Dog, plate nine from Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, c. 1505-15

Engraving of a tall ornament panel with two cupids, crossed halberds, griffins, an urn and dense scrollwork.

Griffins and Two Cupids Crossing Halberds, plate five of Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c. 1505-15

Engraved vertical ornament panel with a bearded triton, two infant satyrs, an urn, cherubs and dense scrollwork.

Triton and Two Infant Satyrs, plate four from Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, c. 1505-15

Vertical ornament panel with scrollwork, foliage, a putto, and a child riding a triton at the base.

Triton Ridden by a Child, plate one of Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, c. 1505-20

Vertical engraved ornament panel with urns, armor, scrolling foliage, and two child figures in helmets at the base.

Two Children Wearing Helmets, plate three of Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, c. 1505-20

Engraved vertical ornament panel with scrolling foliage, urns, putti, and a Nereid with two children at the base.

Nereid Ridden by Two Children, plate six of Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, 1505/15

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono bending over a koto zither, with calligraphy beside her in a decorative fram

Kogo no Tsubone, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awa…

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1822

Black ink print of a raven in flight with outstretched wings above the words 'ex libris' on cream paper.

Flying Raven: ex libris, from The Raven (Le Corbeau)

Édouard Manet, 1875

Japanese woodblock print of a mesh cage with rocks before a painted screen, with horsemen, a book and a fan.

Frogs in a Cage Before a Painted Screen, illustration for The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series "A Matc…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

Illuminated initial showing a kneeling man offering a golden cup to a crowned king and queen before a red canopy.

Nehemiah before King Artaxerxes, initial ‘C’ from a Bible

Masters of Zweder van Culemborg, about 1430

Illuminated manuscript page with a robed saint holding a crozier inside a large letter O, surrounded by colorful foliate bord

Saint Benedict, initial ‘O’, with border fragments from a Missal

Attributed to Jakob Elsner and workshop, 1491

Painted miniature of a bishop beside white deer, with a hunting party on horseback and hounds in a green landscape.

Miracle of the Deer of Saint Bassiano, from a Choir Book

Master B. F., 1500/10

Etching of a laughing old man in a swing, legs stretched out, gripping two ropes against a dark background.

Old man on a swing

Francisco Goya, 1825/27

Lithograph of a bespectacled nude man on a bank with arms folded, two wading bathers, and clouds, in an ornate frame.

Neighborhood nymphs, come discreet nymphs Laboulie in these places arrayed with his glasses, Shows himself to your gl…

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono reading a book beside a decorated New Year pull toy with a pine tree design.

Woman with book sitting next to a New Year pull toy

Totoya Hokkei, late 1810s

Engraving of mourners grieving over the body of Christ laid on the ground, with a cross and rocky hills behind.

Lamentation Over Christ

Master S, 1500/25

Vertical engraved ornamental panel with grotesque masks, musicians, satyrs, putti, and inscribed tablets at top.

Ornamental Panel: Victoria Augusta

Nicoletto da Modena, c. 1507

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors: a woman in a black maple-patterned kimono and a man in a red checked robe.

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left), in the Elopeme…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1781

Ink architectural floor plan of a Rathskeller basement in Halle, with labeled cellars, stairs, and boiler rooms.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Basement Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Lithograph of a thin man in a top hat pasting a bill on a city wall, with a wicker basket at his side and cobblestones below.

The Poster Man, plate 17 from Bohémiens de Paris

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Woodblock print of a frog on a striped stand with a floral arrangement of yellow blossoms rising from a green vessel.

An Arrangement of Valerian and Chinese Bell Flowers

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796

Engraving of children playing in an arched interior with a canopied bed, framed paintings, and a garden view beyond.

Childhood: Depicting the Four Ages of Man

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of a young couple by a fountain with a cupid, a formal garden behind them, and French verse below.

Youth, from The Four Ages of Man

Abraham Bosse, n.d.

Engraving of a group dining at a draped table in a room with a canopy bed, a dog at left, and French verse below.

Manhood, plate three from The Four Ages of Man

Abraham Bosse, 1636