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Art Institute of Chicago

23,908 works

Watercolor floral textile design on squared point paper, with purple roses, peonies, and yellow and red foliage.

Mise-en-Carte (Point-Paper)

Designed for Nicolas Guerin et Ce, 1760s

Point-paper textile design on gridded paper with pink roses, chrysanthemums, and green leaves on yellow scalloped motifs.

Mise-en-Carte (Point-Paper)

Designed for Germain Frères, 1760s

Colored drawing of Christ surrounded by a jostling crowd of soldiers and tormentors, with a black cross and small religious s

Christ Among His Tormentors

Henri De Groux, 1894-98

Pen and ink sketch of a nude bound figure surrounded by raised-arm executioners in a Flagellation scene.

The Flagellation of Christ

Attributed to Carlo Maratta, c. 1650-1700

Watercolor elevation of the Sears Building in Chicago with red brick, stone arches, and gothic pinnacles under a blue sky.

Sears Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation of Competition Drawing

Carter, Drake and Wight, c. 1873

Engraved interior showing a young man lying dead on a bed in an attic room, with scattered papers and a pistol on the floor.

The Death of Chatterton

Thomas Oldham Barlow, 1860

Lithograph cover in blue-green tones: a nude woman reaches for blossoms beside two white doves, with title text reading amour

Cover for Love

Maurice Denis, 1898, published 1899

Red chalk sketch of a reclining woman on a bed beside a standing female figure in a loosely drawn interior.

Woman Lying on her Back, Lassitude, plate ten from Elles

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Study of a Young Man's Head with Right Arm Outstretched

Edward Poynter, 1860

Poster of three women in headscarves pulling a plow across a rocky field, with the text Save Wheat and Will You Help the Wome

Will You Help the Women of France?

Edward Penfield, 1917

Color illustration of the Chocolat-Menier pavilion at the 1893 Chicago exposition, with a gold dome and crowds of visitors.

Chocolate-Menier Pavilion, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective View

Peter J. Weber, 1893

Colour lithograph programme showing spectators' backs, stage dancers, embracing actors and orchestra, with cast list for Mira

Fifth Performance: Mirages, for Le Théatre Libre

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1892-93

Standing Female Nude

Marie Mathieu, 1881

Engraved print of an armored knight on horseback with a dog, a horned devil, skull, and hourglass in a rocky landscape.

Knight, Death, and Devil

Johannes Wierix, 1564

Grey lithograph of robed haloed saints, including a bishop with crozier and an anchor, with kneeling woman and children at ri

Legendary Saints of France (center frieze)

Georges-William Thornley, c. 1888

Engraving of the Calumny of Apelles by Cornelis Cort, 1572, with allegorical figures in an ornate decorative border.

The Calumny of Apelles

Cornelis Cort, 1572

Two facing illuminated title pages with blue and gold arabesque borders and Persian calligraphy in central panels.

Double Title Page of a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), 16th century, c.1550

Woman in Bed, Profile, Getting Up, plate eight from Elles

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Brown lithograph of a woman waking in bed, hair loose, arm raised toward rumpled sheets and pillow.

Woman in Bed - Waking, plate three from Elles

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Etching of tulips in two groups above a small landscape where horsemen chase a deer with hounds.

Flowers and Hunting Scene, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs...

Nicolas Cochin, 1645

Etching of a dirt road past thatched farmhouses and tall trees, with a rider on horseback in the foreground.

Village Road, plate four after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rusticar…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a thatched farmhouse and outbuildings beside tall trees, with a fence and dirt road in the foreground.

Large Farm, plate ten after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rusticarum…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a pond beside a village of farmhouses and a steeple, with grazing cows, swimming ducks and two figures by the wate

A Pond, plate eighteen after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rusticarum…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a village road with thatched cottages, trees, a church spire, and figures with a wheelbarrow in the foreground.

Road into a Village, plate nineteen after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Etching of a village road with thatched farm buildings, walking figures, grazing pigs, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Village Road, plate twenty after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rustic…

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1612

Lace Valentine card with two children embracing beside a swan, dark birds, and painted pink and blue flowers.

Untitled Valentine (Children, Swans, and Butterflies)

John Windsor, 1860/69

Victorian lace paper Valentine with gold ribbon bow, religious figure, flaming red heart and painted flower garland.

Untitled Valentine (Antique Figures and Birds)

John Windsor, c. 1860

Lace-cut paper valentine with a winged figure, flower urn, blue book verse, and applied roses on a cream background.

Weddings Now Are All the Go (valentine)

Thomas Wood, 1855/60

Lace-cut paper valentine with a white dove on blue, pink medallion, roses, and the banner "Constant will I ever be".

Constant Will I Ever Be (valentine)

Thomas Wood, 1860/64

Valentine card with gilded paper foliage, a figure in a shell chariot, cherubs, and the words 'Love and Affection' on blue.

Untitled Valentine (Couple in Chariot)

John Windsor, 1860/69