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Art Institute of Chicago

24,146 works

Charcoal drawing of several sailing ships on rough water under a dark, cloudy sky with a moon at upper right.

Sails

Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1908

Black and cream woodcut of a reclining Tahitian woman holding a flower near her face, with the words Le Sourire carved above.

Tahitian Woman, headpiece for Le sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Etching of a rural village with thatched cottages, a church spire, a tall cross, and a seated mother holding a child.

The Suffering

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1909

Etching of a thatched cottage under diagonal rain, with a church spire, a windswept tree and a woman with a child.

The Shower

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1909

Black woodcut of two stylized women chatting, with vertical lettering reading LE SOURIRE and a crescent moon at upper right.

Two Women Chattering, headpiece for Le Sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1900

Etching of a rural landscape with a cow, a small cowherd, farm buildings and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Small Cowherd

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Etching of a riverside town with an arched stone bridge, a tall church tower, timber buildings, and a rowboat with figures.

Angers: The House of the King of Poland

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1912

Brown and ochre woodcut portrait of a man with curly hair and a pleated ruff collar, looking toward the viewer.

Gillis van Breen

Hendrick Goltzius, 1588/92

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904

Portrait of Louis Valtat

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904

Lithograph of a young child with head lowered, wearing a hair bow and lace collar, signed Renoir at lower right.

Claude Renoir, Head Lowered

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Soft grey print of three sketched female heads, one in a dark bonnet, on pale paper, signed Renoir.

Stone with Three Sketches

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Soft grey lithograph of a seated nude woman seen from behind, arm resting on her knee, signed Renoir.

Study of Seated Nude Woman

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Lithograph of a seated female nude seen from behind, with a small head study at upper left and a dark wash background.

Study of Seated Female Nude, Variant

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Lithograph of a bearded scholar in a dim study beside a skull and books, lit by a hanging lamp and candle.

Faust in His Study

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Woman with Grapevine

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Loose grey-brown sketch of a woman in a headscarf carrying a bundle beside a dark animal form, on cream paper.

Woman with Grapevine, 1st variant

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904; published 1919

Sketch of a nude woman holding grapes, with a second nude figure at right, drawn in ink and wash on cream paper.

Woman with Grapevine, 4th variant

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Sketch on tan paper by Toulouse-Lautrec showing a figure with a hoop, a frog, a standing man and a reclining woman.

Cover for L'Etoile rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Etched half-length portrait of a man in a fur cap and fur-collared coat, with crosshatched background.

Portrait of Rembrandt

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1771

Graphite sketch on blue paper of a seated man in a cap working with a tool beside metal pails and a wooden fence.

Tinker with His Tools

Camille Pissarro, 1874/76

Hand-colored caricature of a revolutionary fiddler above hanging clergymen, a guillotine and burning dome behind.

The Zenith of French Glory; The Pinnacle of Liberty

James Gillray, published February 12, 1793

Sketch of a bull surrounded by attacking dogs, one dog tossed in the air, with faint figures in the background.

Bull Attacked by Dogs

Francisco Goya, 1824-25

Etching of a walled fortress with a tall tower rising from a lake, framed by bare trees and hills, dated 1546.

Fortress in a Lake

Augustin Hirschvogel, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of helmeted Minerva with a spear, two putti, an owl, and a distant classical temple on blue-grey paper.

Minerva with Two Putti

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Etching of a woman leaning over a table in a dressing room, with a jug and dish, curtains behind, and a dark shape in the for

The Little Dressing Room

Edgar Degas, 1879-80

Lithograph of two soldiers returning in snow, one on horseback with a bandaged head, the other walking with a dog.

The Return from Russia

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Brown wash drawing of a seated Virgin surrounded by apostles beneath rays of light and cherubs in clouds.

Study for the Pentecost

Simone Peterzano, c. 1580

Victorian valentine card with embossed lace border, gilded birds at a nest, calligraphic verse, and painted flower garland.

Tis Loving Thee Too Well (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Hand-colored valentine with a kneeling man, a haloed woman in sunburst rays, flowers, and a handwritten verse on embossed pap

I Tell You Sincerely (Valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840