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Art Institute of Chicago

663 works

Hanging scroll of towering cliffs, gnarled trees and a scholar in a pavilion by a stream, in muted ink and color.

Quiet Life in a Wooded Glen 林麓幽居圖

Wang Meng, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), dated 1361

Painting of an elderly bearded saint with a lion, open books, a skull and a hourglass in a wooded landscape.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Workshop of Veronese, 1585-90

Dutch interior painting of a man and woman talking at an open door onto a garden terrace with statues and a balustrade.

The Terrace

Dutch; Delft, c. 1660

Painting of a sunlit cloister with arched vaults, columns, and brown-robed monks walking and reading in the arcade.

The Cloisters, San Lorenzo fuori le mura

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1824

Loose painting of a brown hillside with bare trees, a reflective puddle, and a muted pale sky.

Hillside with Trees

William Morris Hunt, 1872-78

Painting of travelers with oxen and mules on a wooded road, with a hilltop castle and distant mountains under a soft sky.

Italian Landscape with Travelers

Jan Both, c. 1650

Painting of a young man with a halo seated by a tree beside a white lamb, holding a staff in a wild landscape.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Diego Velázquez, c. 1622

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair, pink dress and lace collar, against blue sky.

Portrait of a Lady

Christian Friedrich Zincke, c. 1720

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled grey hair, pearl necklace and white dress against a pale landscape.

Portrait of a Lady

John Comerford, c. 1790

Muted painting of a figure walking beside a moored boat on a river bank with tall poplars under a gray sky.

The Loire

Alfred Sisley, 1896

Miniature portrait of a mother and daughter in dark and white dresses before a tree, the mother holding violets.

Portrait of Mother and Daughter

Unknown artist, c. 1810

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat with red collar and white cravat, set against a hazy tree landscape.

Portrait of a Man

Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux, late 18th/early 19th century

Oval miniature of a woman with curly dark hair in a white dress, holding a brush beside a panel, with a tree landscape behind

Portrait of Madame du Gazon

Attributed to Louis Sené, c. 1775

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curly hair and a bonnet, set against a soft landscape with a house.

Portrait of Mary Morton

John Smart, c. 1804

Portrait of a young woman in a white dress with pink sash, resting her arm on a ledge against a dark green landscape.

Anna Maria Dashwood, later Marchioness of Ely

Thomas Lawrence, c. 1805

Woman with a distaff walks a grassy hilltop beside grazing sheep and a large tree under a blue sky.

In the Auvergne

Jean-François Millet, c. 1866-69

Painting of a woman leaning on a brick well beside a child in blue, with a garden and farmhouses behind them.

Woman and Child at the Well

Camille Pissarro, 1882

Painting of a shaded river valley with rocky cliffs, dense trees, a stone bridge, and farm buildings under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Marcel Ordinaire, 1867

Ink painting of a singing bird on a bare branch above blue-green bamboo leaves, with calligraphy at left.

Pillars of the Country

Yao Shou, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 1494

Miniature painting of two women in a wooded landscape by a stream, in an ornate gilt rococo frame.

Figures in a Landscape

Jacques Clauce, c. 1750

Oil portrait of a seated man in a red coat and white wig, holding a quill pen over paper at a desk by a window.

Sir Thomas Rumbold, Bt.

Joshua Reynolds, 1788

Peasant family gathered at a stone well with a donkey, children, a seated woman, and a woman drawing water.

Peasant Family at a Well

Master of the Children's Caps, 1650/60

Painting of shepherds and grazing cattle, horse and sheep beside ruined stone arches under a blue sky with clouds.

Pastoral Landscape with Ruins

Adriaen van de Velde, 1664

Dark painted landscape of a leaning tree over a wooden river lock, with a seated man in red and a dog.

Landscape (The Lock)

Attributed to John Constable, c. 1820-25

Painting of a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road beside a large oak tree under a cloudy sky.

On the Road

Jules Dupré, 1856

Painting of tall trees beside a still pond under a cloudy sky, with a small footbridge and dark foliage in the foreground.

Landscape

Théodore Rousseau, c. 1850

Painting of a white waterfall beside a red waterwheel, with birds, a fox drinking below, and angular colorful buildings.

The Bewitched Mill

Franz Marc, 1913

Painting of a thatched cottage and large tree beneath a stormy sky, with a small figure walking on a sunlit path.

The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky

Jules Dupré, c. 1860

Painting of a sunlit French street with buildings, a horse-drawn carriage, a seated figure, and a tree under blue sky.

French Street Scene

Edouard Béliard, 1873-77

Painting of a haloed saint kneeling in prayer in a rocky clearing, with a monk digging nearby and a chapel in the background.

Saint Hymer in Solitude

After Jean Restout, c. 1735