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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Nativity painting with Mary kneeling by the Christ Child, angels playing instruments, and a pastoral landscape behind.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, c. 1515

Tempera painting of Phaeton driving a chariot of white horses over a night sky above a walled city and figures.

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus

Northern Italian; possibly Verona, 1475-1500

Oil sketch of Saint John the Baptist preaching in the desert, pointing skyward while a crowd listens below.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, c. 1758-64

Shepherds with cattle and sheep on a hillside, with an angel descending through stormy clouds above.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

After Jacobo Bassano, c. 1710

Painting of nude women and a stag with hounds and hunters in a dark, stormy landscape with cypress trees.

Diana and Actaeon

Jacopo Bassano, 1585-92

Painting of a boy in a white hat and ruffled collar riding a dark ram along a dirt path beneath trees.

Boy on a Ram

Francisco Goya, 1786-87

Medieval painting of an armored knight striking a rival on a stone bridge, with mounted soldiers, a trumpeter, and a distant

Emperor Heraclius Slays the King of Persia

Unknown artist, c. 1470

Monochrome painting of a family taking tea on a stone terrace with greyhounds, a servant, and a cypress urn beneath trees.

Family Group on a Terrace

Sr John Theodore Heins, c. 1740

Crowded battle scene with war elephants, armored riders, fallen soldiers, and flags under a pale sky.

The Battle of Zama

After Cornelis Cort, After 1567

Armored rider carrying a wooden cross before a city wall, with a trumpeter, soldiers, a white dog, and a flying angel.

Emperor Heraclius Denied Entry into Jerusalem

Unknown artist, c. 1470

Painting of a clump of tall trees beside a dirt road, with a figure in red and cattle under a golden evening sky.

A Clump of Trees

Constant Troyon, c. 1860

Painting of Circassian cavalry waiting before an ornate Byzantine-style facade with striped arches and domes.

Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument; Memory of the Orient

Alberto Pasini, 1880

Painting of a plucked chicken hanging by its feet from a dark wooden door with brass hinges and a keyhole plate.

For Sunday's Dinner

William Harnett, 1888

Panel painting with two scenes: Saint Christopher facing demons on a rocky path, and before a king with armored soldiers belo

Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia

Martín de Soria, 1480-85

Virgin Mary kneels in prayer beside the infant Christ, with angels, an ox and a donkey, against a gold background.

The Nativity

Master of Pulkau, 1507-10

Painting of a bearded man in a green cloak holding a white lamb, standing on a checkered floor between stone columns.

Saint John the Baptist

Master of the Morrison Triptych, c. 1490

Painting of a knight on a grey horse holding a lance and shield on a mountain path, with a distant rider under a dusk sky.

Don Quixote in the Mountains

Style of Honoré Victorin Daumier, c. 1850

Oil portrait of a boy in red coat and blue waistcoat holding a small dog at a marble table, with a landscape behind.

Boy of Hallett Family with Dog

Unknown artist, 1766-76

Painting of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles around a table in a tiled Gothic interior with golden hanging.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: The Last Supper

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Dark forest scene with a brook over rocks, a pale cliff behind trees, and a small deer standing on the grassy bank.

The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

Gustave Courbet, c. 1855

Travelers with a mule and dog trudge through a snowstorm, bent over under cloaks beside bare, wind-blown trees.

Winter Scene

Francisco Goya, c. 1786

Gothic painting of Pentecost: robed apostles and the Virgin kneel and gaze up at a dove with golden rays in a gilded frame.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Pentecost

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Painting of an elderly couple seated at a tea table with a teapot and cups, a tabby cat and potted plants in a window behind.

Afternoon Tea

Jean-François Raffaëlli, c. 1880

Painting of a bishop saint with a swan, holding a golden chalice with an infant, against a red Gothic background.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Hugh of Lincoln

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Watercolor of a man in a straw hat seated in a small boat on rough blue sea under dark storm clouds.

The Gulf Stream

Winslow Homer, probably 1899, dated by the artist "1889"

Etching of cattle wading in a pool beneath large trees, with grassy banks and a hazy distant horizon.

Cattle by a Pool

Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1850

Print of bundled plum blossom branches beside a pack-horse saddle, with calligraphy text in columns on the left.

Bundled plum blossom branches and pack-horse saddle

Yoshimi Rogetsu, c.1877

Pastel portrait of a young woman in a blue gown with pearls, holding a blue parrot on her hand.

A Young Lady with a Parrot

Rosalba Carriera, c. 1730

Etching of the Horse Guards building in London with a domed clock tower, arched entrances, pedestrians and a horse and carria

The Horse Guards

Joseph Pennell, 1907

Etching of a young girl with short hair seated and holding a black and white cat on her lap.

Young Girl with a Cat

Berthe Morisot, 1889