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Art Institute of Chicago

657 works

Satirical lithograph of a filthy bather on a polluted beach holding a bottle, with dead animals and steamships marked dumping

The Last Bather, from Puck

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Engraved cartoon of a kneeling man reaching toward boots while a bearded man peers from a curtain.

Drop 'Em

Thomas Nast, 1872

Etching of a tall rock outcrop, trees, and a small footbridge over a stream, with birds flying in the sky.

The Little Bridge near the Rock, from the series Set of Landscapes

Herman Naijwincx, n.d.

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in striped kimono, one with a hobbyhorse, beside pine and bamboo.

Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Yasukata and Iwai Hanshirô IV as Utôin Performing a Hobbyhorse Dance (Harugoma odori) i…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1782

Etching of a man bending to dig roots in a grassy field, with figures working on a hillside behind him beside a tree.

Root Extractors

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1887, published 1908

Etched landscape with large trees beside a river, reflected water in the foreground, and clouds and birds in the sky.

Three Large Trees on a Hill, plate five from Set of Landscapes

Herman Naijwincx, 1640/51

Engraved oval print of nude Adam and Eve seated in a lush garden, with a lake and hills beyond and a bird in flight.

Adam and Eve in Paradise

figures by Francesco Bartolozzi, n.d.

Two small figures push against a huge boulder resting on a rock ledge, drawn as a fine-line engraving in a circular vignette.

The Trembling Rock

Louis Auguste Lepère, published 1908

Etching of a large leafy tree and broken trunk beside a river, with distant trees and birds in the sky.

Landscape, from Set of Landscapes

Herman Naijwincx, n.d.

Etching of a villa above pointed stone arches and vines, with cypress trees and two small figures in the foreground.

Fonte Nuova, Siena

Joseph Pennell, 1883

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman with raised arm and two cherubs behind her, with grass and clouds in a landscape.

Woman in Flight

Attributed to Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Loose graphite sketch of a robed standing figure beside a winged figure and faint architectural lines.

Unidentified Biblical Scene (recto); Sketches (verso)

Possibly Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of worshippers and an oracle before a many-breasted statue on a pedestal, with candelabra overhead

Oracle and Worshippers before the Statue of Artemis of Ephesus

Follower of Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd with soldiers, women, children and a dog beside a column and a banner reading SPQR.

Triumphs of Julius Caesar: Canvas No. VII

after Andrea Mantegna, 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of four men in a forest with sloping hillside and tall trees.

Four Men in Forest

Style of Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Study for Day (Truth)

Ferdinand Hodler, 1896/98

Pencil drawing of a window view over Rome with tree branches, the Villa Medici and a church tower in the distance.

View of the Villa Medici and Sta Trinità dei Monti from Ingres's Studio in the Pavillon San Gaetano, Rome

Achille Etna Michallon, 1819

Monochrome wash drawing of a stable interior with horses, riders, a dog, chickens and a thatched roof open to a landscape.

Interior of a Stable

Philips Wouwerman or after, n.d.

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of priests carrying an ark past armored soldiers, a horse, and a crowd of Israelites.

Joshua and the Israelites Crossing the Jordan

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 16th century

Brown ink and wash sketch of robed women gathered around a basin, attributed to Francesco Allegrini.

Birth of the Virgin

Attributed to Francesco Allegrini, n.d.

Loose brown wash drawing of a standing figure with a banner beside a gathered crowd and classical architecture.

David and Abigail

Domenico Mondo, n.d.

Etching of two men carrying a dead naked man past a torch bearer, with a kneeling figure and a stone arch behind.

Saints Abdon and Sennen Bury the Remains of Christian Martyrs

Guillaume Courtois, 1656/57

Sketch of a Priest

Hanabusa Itchō, 17th to 18th century

Etching of Notre-Dame cathedral silhouetted at dusk above the Seine, with two figures and a street lamp in the foreground.

Notre-Dame, Evening, plate eight from Le Long de la Seine et des Boulevards

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1890, published 1910

Woodblock print of three figures in an interior, one child raising a mallet over a mortar, with calligraphy at upper left.

Settsu, from the series "Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

The Acting Manager

Walter Sickert, 1884

Decorated Initial with Grotesque in Profile from a Choir Book

Unknown artist, early 15th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of three classical women spinning thread, with a Latin inscription tablet at lower right.

The Three Fates

Felice Giani, 1810/20

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded pilgrim in a shell-decorated hat, cloak, and staff, with a gourd at his side.

Saint Roch

called Il Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, n.d.

Engraved heraldic coat of arms with a crowned helmet, two figures holding a shield with roses, and scrolling foliage.

Coat of Arms of Rohrbach and Eilge von Holzhausen

Monagrammist b. g., after 1470