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Art Institute of Chicago

3,363 works

Engraving of scrolling vine ornament with parrots and other birds perched among leaves and flowers.

Vine Ornament with Parrots and Birds

Martin Schongauer, before 1474

Engraved ornament of scrolling foliage with an owl at lower center and small birds flying and perched among the leaves.

Ornament with Owl Mocked by Day Birds

Martin Schongauer, c. 1474

Woodcut of a chaotic medieval jousting tournament with knights and horses colliding in a town square lined with spectators.

The First Tournament

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1506

Engraving of armored knights breaking lances in a tournament melee, with crowds watching from galleries above.

The Third Tournament, with Knights Breaking Lances

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Woodcut of armored knights jousting in a tournament arena, with spectators in galleries and heraldic shields on the walls.

The Second Tournament with a Tapestry Showing Samson and the Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Etching of an aged bearded man seated among rocks, gazing up at a trumpet blown from clouds, with a skull and book at his fee

St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Jusepe de Ribera, 1621

Monochrome print of a woman in a pale dress raising her arm beside a dark interior, by Félicien Rops, 1876.

Woman with a Carcel Lamp

Félicien Rops, 1876

Black-and-white print of soldiers playing cards around a table beside a stone fireplace, with a carriage vignette below.

Partie perdue (Soldiers Playing Cards)

Félix Bracquemond, 1898

Pastel drawing of a female rider in a white tutu on a grey horse in a circus ring, with a man in blue watching.

At the Circus: Work in the Ring

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Etching of a young woman with dark hair wearing a lace veil, shown in loose hatched lines on pale paper.

Spanish Woman

Anders Zorn, 1884

Etching of a woman in a patterned head scarf and shawl, face turned aside, with dense hatched shadows.

Dalecarlian Peasant Woman

Anders Zorn, 1891

Bearded Old Man in a Skull Cap

Ferdinand Bol, n.d.

Circular engraving of a nude woman seated beside a fountain with a winged dragon at her feet and a courtyard behind.

The Naked Woman and the Dragon

Allaert Claesz, 1553

Etching of a seated nude woman mending cloth in a dimly lit interior, signed Zorn in the lower right.

Mending

Anders Zorn, 1905

Red chalk drawing of three nude women standing in a close group, one reaching forward over a curved form.

Three Nude Women

after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, and his workshop, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a man in eighteenth-century dress seated at a table, resting his head on his hand while reading a book.

Man in Eighteenth-Century Dress, Seated at Table and Reading

Charles Bargue, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of two gentlemen helping a seated drunk man while onlookers watch in an interior.

Two Gentlemen Helping a Drunk

Frederick Barnard, 1880/96

Ink drawing of a woman with a tall piled hairstyle and flowing gown beside a stylized tree on a black hill.

Woman with Elaborate Coiffure

imitator of Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 1892/98

Woman Against Striped Wallpaper

imitator of Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 1892/98

Etching of a woman in a headscarf holding a pear at a stone ledge beside a dark window opening.

Woman with the Pear

Ferdinand Bol, 1651

Engraving of the Entombment: mourners around a sarcophagus at a rocky cave, with three crosses and a soldier in the distance.

The Entombment

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, 1485/90, possibly printed in the 18th century

Engraving of four women dancing in classical dress, linked by flowing ribbons against a hatched background.

Four Women Dancing

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, c. 1497

Japanese woodblock print of a man with a flowering branch and scroll, with columns of handwritten text on the left.

Man Holding Cherry Blossom Branch and Love Letter

Tanaka Shûtei, 1854

Engraving of a nude young man holding an arrow beside a tree with a hanging bow, with a rocky landscape below.

A Young Man with an Arrow

Benedetto Montagna, c. 1510

Pencil sketch of a bearded man seated on the ground, bent over and working on a curved scythe.

Man Mending Scythe

Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1862

Engraved frieze of armored horsemen and foot soldiers fighting in battle, with rearing horses and fallen warriors.

Battle of Horsemen and Foot Soldiers, from Combats and Triumphs

Etienne Delaune, c. 1550/60

Engraving of nude warriors in a dense battle, with spears, bows and shields raised over fallen bodies.

Battle of the Naked Men, from Combats and Triumphs

Etienne Delaune, c. 1550/60

Brown wash drawing of a seated man gesturing to a standing woman by a stone well, with a city wall behind them.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Attributed to Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Etching of tall stone arches and a hanging lantern in an imaginary prison interior, with small figures and rigging in the for

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1750

Etching of two women seated on a stool mending a fishing net, with a sailing ship on the calm sea behind them.

Net Menders

Winslow Homer, n.d.