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Art Institute of Chicago

24,023 works

Sketches of Five Busts

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed man in a classical hall, with a group of figures gathered at right.

Joseph Recognized by His Brothers

Attributed to or possibly after Gerard de Lairesse, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a shepherd carrying a swaddled infant beside seated women and a child under a tree.

Infant Oedipus Brought Home by Shepherd

Possibly Gerard de Lairesse, 1675/99

Brown ink drawing of a shepherd asleep under a tree in a wooded landscape, with a sheep and rocky banks behind.

Landscape with Shepherd Sleeping under Tree

Attributed to or a follower of Jan Andrea Lievens, n.d.

Wash drawing of Christ among elderly doctors in a colonnaded hall, with a standing boy and onlookers in robes.

Christ Among the Doctors

School of Lambert Lombard, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin and Child in a colonnaded hall and a kneeling king o

Adoration of the Magi

Lambert van Noort, 1559

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders, turned upward, with white highlights and a draped collar.

Divine of Reformation Time

Pieter van Lint, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded man raising a spiked wheel above a kneeling woman and a fallen figure.

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Attributed to Godfried Maes, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a horse and wagon crossing a wooden bridge toward a windmill and farm buildings in a flat Dutch landscape.

Dutch Landscape: Horse and Wagon Crossing Bridge Towards Windmill

Possibly Anton Mauve, n.d.

Brown ink and wash landscape of a river valley with a hilltop castle, cypress trees, rocky cliffs and a distant village.

Rhine Landscape

Possibly Willem van Nieuwlandt, II, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape of a wooded valley with a large conifer, a seated figure on a path, and receding hills under clouds.

Landscape with Wooded Hills, Seated Figure

Nicolaes Emmanuel Perij, 1756

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male torso with raised arm, seated on a stepped pedestal, sketched on pale paper.

Belvedere Torso

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Studies of a Roman Sarcophagus

Peter Paul Rubens, 1602/03

Woman in a patterned kimono beside hanging willow branches and a poem column, Japanese woodblock print.

Willow Bridge (Yanagibashi), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Engraved ornament with a bearded male half-length between two nude putti, flanked by scrolls, foliage and winged creatures.

Ornament with a Male Half-Length Between Two Genii

Barthel Beham, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono beside a red panel of poetry and willow branches.

Willow Tea (Yanagicha), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Etching of Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John, with angels, a skull at the base, and a distant tow

Christ on the Cross (The Small Crucifixion)

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1500/38

Woodblock print of a kabuki costume with striped robe, green patterned fabric, black helmet ornament and sword on an orange c

Ichikawa Danjuro's costume for Shibaraku, from the series "Acting Skills of the Ichikawa Family, A Set of Three (Mima…

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1818/24

Woodblock print of a brown goldfish inside a round glass bottle, with white flowers and calligraphy beside it.

Bottle with a goldfish design

Totoya Hokkei, c. late 1820s

Etching of a masted sailing ship and steamboat in a harbor, with a church tower on the left and rowboats in the water.

The Old Port of Rotterdam

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1863

Engraving of the Virgin and Child seated in a niche on a pedestal, flanked by angels playing lutes and cherubs at the base.

'The Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg' with the Child on a Throne, Surrounded by Angels with Musical Instruments

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1519/20

Japanese woodblock print of a muscular bald strong man in a patterned robe pushing against a red pillar, with calligraphy.

Strong man at pillar

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Etching of tall trees with dark trunks and dense canopy in a park, with shadowed grass beneath, by Francis Seymour Haden.

Kensington Gardens, No. II (large plate)

Francis Seymour Haden, 1860

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a patterned kimono beside a plum branch, with calligraphy and a red seal.

It is good to open for business (Akinai hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono ban…

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822

Engraving of a seated couple, a man with long hair and a woman holding a flower, in a landscape with a castle and trees.

Two Lovers

Master M. Z., c. 1500

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono at a doorway beside a seated monkey figure in a patterned green robe, with calligraphy.

Visiting the Sanno Shrine

Totoya Hokkei, 1824

Engraving of four nude women in an interior with a skull on the floor and a hanging orb above them.

The Four Witches

Israhel van Meckenem, after 1497

Two Japanese courtesans in patterned kimono, one reading a book and one reclining beside scattered papers.

The Yoshiwara in Edo, from the series "Seven Courtesans (Nana yujo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1807/08

Japanese woodblock print of a river with a blue mountain, village rooftops, boats, birds and two horse riders on an embankmen

View of the Sumida River

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print with kabuki actor portraits, one with red face makeup and white beard, and handwritten ca

The actors Iwai Hanshiro VI, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kintoki, and Ichikawa Ebizo V as the woodcutter Nekko no Yokizo

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1833