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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Engraved full-length portrait of King Frederick II of Prussia in military uniform with a tricorn hat and sword, outdoors.

Frederick II, King of Prussia

Johann Friedrich Jugel, n.d.

Sepia drawing of men training horses outside a thatched barn beneath a bare tree, with a dog and distant hills.

Horse Training

Wilhelm von Kobell, 1788

Engraving of a ceremonial alliance renewal in a church, with richly dressed men around a platform and an ornate decorative bo

Renewal of the Alliance Between the French and the Swiss in 1663

the Elder Sébastien Le Clerc, 1682

Engraving of mounted officers under trees watching a battle with smoke, framed by an ornate allegorical border.

Defeat of the Spanish Army Near the Canal at Bruges by the Troops of King Louis XIV 1667

Sébastien Le Clerc the elder, 1680

Lithograph of an older man leaning on a desk beside a woman in a dark dress, with handwritten French verses below.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Well, now, Achilles...

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Engraving of soldiers and a mounted officer in a trench during a siege, with smoke over a walled town and an ornate border.

Siege of Tourney MDCLXVII

Sébastien Le Clerc the elder, 1681

Engraving of Louis XIV and officers beside a fallen horse, with cannon smoke and a fortified city behind them.

The Siege of Douai of 1667

the Elder Sébastien Le Clerc, 1682

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with a ruff collar in an octagonal frame, dated 1625.

Giovanni Baglione

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1625

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man with a white ruff collar, set in an octagonal frame, dated 1623.

Antonius Tempesta

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1623

Engraved portrait of a mustached man in a lace collar within an octagonal frame, with Latin inscriptions, 1623.

Marcellus Provenzalis

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1623

Japanese woodblock print of a wooden bridge at dusk with a full moon, a pine tree, a horse, a dog, and children on the riverb

No. 28: Nagakubo, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Engraving of seated Christ crowned with thorns while two soldiers mock him with a staff and rod.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1512

Bust of an Old Man

Jan Lievens, 1635-44

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a jeweled white turban and patterned robe, with the name Rustan-Bassa.

Portrait of Ismail, Ambassador of the Persian Shah Tahmasp I

Melchior Lorck, 1562

Reddish-brown print of a sleeping young woman with tilted head, closed eyes, and curled hair on a pillow.

Head of a Young Woman Asleep

Jean-Baptiste Lucien, 1787/95

Lithograph of an older man leaning over a table beside a younger man in an elegant interior with a fountain.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: It's Pretty, But...

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Engraving of soldiers in helmets and armor marching with figures carrying a tray of vases and urns.

Triumph of Caesar: Soldiers Carrying Trophies

School of Andrea Mantegna, c. 1495

Engraving of a Roman triumph: a mounted commander leads chained prisoners and carried spoils toward a triumphal arch.

The Triumph of Scipio

Master of the Die, c. 1530

Engraved portrait of a bearded bishop in a broad clerical hat and buttoned garment, with an inscription below.

Nicolas Coeffeteau, Bishop of Marseilles

Claude Mellan, 1623

Engraved portrait of painter Anton Graff seated backward on a chair, holding a palette and brushes, in an ornate frame.

Anton Graff

Johann Gotthard von Müller, c. 1780-90

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a ruff collar resting his hand on an open book, with Latin verse below.

Gerardus Vossius

II Crispin de Passe, n.d.

Engraving of a man raising a sword over a young woman in a columned Roman interior while armed soldiers and onlookers watch.

Virginius Killing His Daughter

Georg Pencz, 1546/47

Mezzotint of a reclining man on a bed surrounded by soldiers, attendants and a kneeling woman in a draped classical interior.

Alexander and his physician

Johann Peter Pichler, 1792

Tonal print of a priest at an altar with kneeling clergy, candles, and angels in clouds above.

The Celebration of High Mass

Maria Katharina Prestel, c. 1776

Engraving of Cupid beside three nude women embracing within a curved arch, by Marcantonio Raimondi.

Cupid and the Three Graces

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1518/19

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig, wearing a sash and star order badge, within an oval frame.

Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

John Simon, c.1726-1742

Engraving of eight armored soldiers in a row practicing fencing and pike exercises on a grassy ground.

Eight Soldiers Engaged in Fencing Exercises

the Elder Virgil Solis, c. 1541

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a black robe, white collar and sash, with a Latin inscription below.

Abraham Heydan

Jonas Suyderhoef, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan and sword before a checkered screen.

The actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Watanabe no Tsuna

Torii Kiyomitsu I, second half of 18th century

Etching of a stepped stone fountain with an arched gateway, a woman drawing water beside a barrel, and overgrown trees.

The Beautiful Fountain Near Schönburg

Johann Alexander Thiele, 1743