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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Engraving of a man pouring a chamber pot onto another man lying in a canopied bed, with a candle and chair nearby.

The Adventure of the Chamber Pot, plate four from Scènes du Roman Comique

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, n.d.

Lithographic bust portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the right, 1837.

Levi Woodburn, Secretary of Treasury

Charles Fenderich, 1837

Pen and brown ink study of the Virgin and infant Christ with kneeling figures and cherubs gathered in clouds above.

Study for 'The Dream of Saint Joseph'

Pietro Testa, 1635/37

Etching of a man with long curled hair leaning on a stone pedestal, with trees in the distant landscape behind him.

Standing Man Leaning on His Elbow

Jean-Antoine Watteau, before 1710

Brown-toned drawing of the Virgin and Child in glory with angels above and three saints below in a landscape.

Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints Sebastian, John the Evangelist, and Roch

Pasquale Ottino, c. 1610

Red chalk drawing of a young man with wavy hair facing forward, with a separate study of a hand below.

Self-Portrait

II John Flaxman, c. 1779

Lithograph portrait bust of George Fox, a man in a wide-brimmed hat and plain dark coat with a white collar.

George Fox

Leopold Grozelier, c. 1858

Sepia print of a pastoral scene: a woman and child under a tree with a man, a cow, sheep and a dog.

First Pastoral

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1769

Sepia print of a seated shepherd with goats and sheep beneath a tree, with cattle grazing in the distant landscape.

Second Pastoral

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1769

Lithograph of the Gothic Masonic Temple in Boston with pointed towers, a central arched window and figures in the street.

Masonic Temple, Boston

? - Benjamin F. Nutting, 1832

Lithograph of a man playing guitar below a balcony where a woman looks down, under a moonlit sky.

Meet Me by the Linden Tree

Pendleton's Lithography, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in a military coat with epaulettes and powdered hair, facing right.

George Washington

Edward Savage, c. 1792

Etching of a young boy with a walking stick and fur-trimmed cloak seated beside a box, with bushes behind him.

The Little Savoyard

François Boucher, n.d.

Etching of a winged female figure holding a mirror beside a celestial globe and compass, with a classical column behind her.

Female Personification of Science

Joseph Fratrel, 1776

Engraved title page with two winged allegorical women, laurel wreaths, dogs, and a dedicatory cartouche with lettering.

Page 1 (Title Page) and Page 28, from Premier Livre de Figures d’Académies Gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l…

Gabriel Huquier, 1737

Etching of a nude male figure seated on rocks, arm raised with a chain hanging from the wrist, gazing sideways.

Page 29, from Premier Livre de Figures d’Academies Gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l’Académie Royale

Gabriel Huquier, 1737

Etching of a nude male figure twisting over a rocky ledge with drapery and small plants below, hatched in fine lines.

Page 32, from Premier Livre de Figures d’Academies Gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l’Académie Royale

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1737

Engraved academic figure of a seated nude man on a rock, looking upward, with a title cartouche below.

Title-page and page 40, from Second Livre de Figures d'Academies Gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l’Académie…

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, published 1745

Engraved academic study of a nude man seen from behind, reaching upward and resting one hand on a stone block.

Page 41, from Second Livre de Figures d'Academies Gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l’Académie Royale

Pierre Soubeyran, published 1745

Etching of a seated male nude pulling his raised leg, with a draped cloth and sketched landscape behind him.

Page 44, from Second Livre de Figures d'Academies Gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l’Académie Royale

Charles-Joseph Natoire, published 1745

Etching of a seated woman in a dotted blouse holding a small child in white on her lap, against a paneled wall.

Repose

Mary Cassatt, c. 1890

Engraved oval portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, in a dark cap and robe within an ornate decorative frame.

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Jacob Houbraken, n.d.

Engraving of a haloed saint in a monk's robe holding a cross-topped staff, with a dog and rocky landscape beside him.

Saint Dominic

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1514

Print of a standing robed figure holding an open Bible and pointing, on a rectangular pedestal, after Schadow's Luther statue

Luther's Statue in Wittenberg

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1822

Etching of a smiling man in a cap leaning on a chair back, holding a pipe beside a table with bread and a bowl.

Smoker Leaning on the Back of a Chair

Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1652

Etching of three men in a dim tavern, one raising an empty jug at a table beneath an arched hearth.

The Empty Jug

Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1653

Etching of a dense forest with a tall tree, a winding path, and two running figures under a cloudy sky.

Apollo and Daphne

Anthonie Waterloo, 1640-90

Etching of a displaying peacock on a branch in a forest, with a second peahen in the undergrowth below.

Peacocks on a Bough

Karl Bodmer, c. 1870

Brown etching of a crenellated stone tower above a rocky ravine with palms, under a full moon and cloudy sky.

A Tower of Cortez - Mexico

Thomas Moran, 1883

Etching of a classical bust on a pedestal framed by overgrown trees, with a fallen log and broken urn in the foreground.

The Bust, plate two from Les Soirées de Rome

Hubert Robert, 1764