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Art Institute of Chicago

24,156 works

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair, lace collar and cloak, with inscription around the frame.

First Consul, Jean François Sarrazin

Robert Nanteuil, 1656

Engraved portrait of a man in dark coat and cravat with watch chain, with a heraldic crest and inscription below.

Sir Walter Scott Bart

William Walker, 1826

Etching of a Gothic church portal with carved saints, gargoyles, and a woman in a shawl standing before the doorway.

Entrance to Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris

Edgar Chahine, 1902

Etching of a shepherd with a staff watching a flock of sheep grazing beside tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Flock of Sheep at the Edge of a Wood

Charles Émile Jacque, 1877

Etching of a large bull standing by a tree, with two cows and a seated figure resting in a pastoral landscape.

The Bull

Paulus Potter, 1650

Etched portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and a loose buttoned shirt, signed A. Legros, 1880.

Portrait of the Artist

Alphonse Legros, 1880

Etching of tall trees along a grassy riverbank with horizontal hatching suggesting reflections in water.

Banks of the Saint-Pré

Alphonse Legros, c. 1885

Etching of the Gothic Law Courts building with a clock tower and spires, with small figures on a street below.

The Law Courts

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Head of a Woman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1890

Aged architectural drawing of plaster arch ornament with rosettes, scrolls, diamond panels and moulding profiles, with dimens

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Arch Details

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Architectural drawing of plaster moldings and ornamented arches with foliate details and dimension notes, on aged tan paper.

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Retiring Rooms

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Architectural drawing of ornamental plaster details with foliate reliefs, a circular medallion, and electric light fixtures o

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details with Electric Lights

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Vestibule Arch

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Ink architectural drawing of ornamental plaster balcony details with scrolling foliage, columns, and dimension lines on tan p

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Pen drawing of ornamental plaster pilaster details with floral bracket and fluted panels, Auditorium Building, Chicago.

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ornamental Plaster Work, Pilaster Details

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Architectural drawing of ornamental plaster capitals, foliate scrolls and rosette details for the Chicago Auditorium Building

Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Gallery

Adler and Sullivan, c. 1887

Illuminated choirbook page with square musical notes, a historiated initial D showing Christ and a Pharisee, and ornate flora

Page from a Choirbook with Christ and a Pharisee in a Historiated Initial “D”

Unknown artist, 1430/90

Pencil elevation sketch of ornate exposition buildings with spires, arched bridge, and flags on tan paper.

World's Columbian Exposition Buildings, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation Sketch

John Wellborn Root, c. 1890

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a cap and dark robe, holding a staff, set against a shadowed background.

Portrait of a Man in a Cap

Charles Albert Waltner, published January 1, 1886

Pencil sketch of a mother holding a naked infant close, their heads touching, on tan paper.

Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1921

Engraving of a bearded man in a dark coat examining a glass flask in a laboratory filled with glassware and bottles.

Louis Pasteur

Timothy Cole, 1925

Charcoal sketch of a seated male nude with both arms raised overhead and legs spread on a curved mound.

Seated Male Nude, Arms Uplifted

John Singer Sargent, 1917/21

Soft pastel landscape of a dark tree line, green field, and layered grey-blue clouds under a pale sky.

Paysage

François-Louis Français, c. 1850

Etching of a timber-framed courtyard with a central tree, cafe signs, and a woman with a basket crossing the ground.

Cour des bons Enfants, Rouen

David Young Cameron, 1897

Etching of a coastal village with stone houses, a curved sea wall, rowboats on the sand, and small figures by the water.

Robin Hood's Bay

David Young Cameron, 1907

Lithograph of a bearded man holding a lyre on a rocky mountain slope under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Harold: In the Mountains

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1884

Black and white lithograph of trumpeting angels and figures in turbulent clouds, one foreground trumpeter raising a long horn

Tuba Mirum Spargens Sonum

Henri Fantin-Latour, c. 1888

Etching of a robed sorcerer summoning ghosts among skulls and graves at night, with bats, a moon, and frightened onlookers.

L'Evocation des Morts (The Summoning of the Dead)

Joseph François Foulquier, c.1770

Monochrome lithograph of a standing nude woman beside seated bathers in a dark wooded setting, by Henri Fantin-Latour.

Bathing Women, third large plate

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1896

Etching of a winding path through a wooded landscape with tall slender tree trunks on both sides and a pale sky beyond.

Landscape with Birch Trees

Alphonse Legros, 1878