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Art Institute of Chicago

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Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono adjusting her hair beside a bamboo trellis of morning glory vines.

Beauty and Morning Glories

Suzuki Harunobu -1770), Mid-18th century

Engraved portrait of a seated woman with curly hair, resting her hand on a classical urn beside a column.

Ortensia Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin

Gerard Valck, 1678

Two women in striped kimono sit on a wooden veranda beside a willow and a fence, one holding a round fan.

Young Couple Enjoying the Cool of Evening

Shiba Kôkan, c. 1771/72

Engraved portrait of a curly-haired man with a mustache, lace collar and draped cloak, beside a column.

Cornelis van Poelenburch

Pieter de Jode II, 1630/45

Five kabuki actors in green kimonos with swords stand in a row, shown as a five-panel Japanese woodblock print.

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Karigane Bunshichi, Bando Mitsugoro I as An no Heibei, Ichikawa Danjuro V as Goku…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Engraved portrait of a bearded scholar in dark robes with a ruff collar, hand resting on an open book before a bookshelf.

Erycius Puteanus

the younger Peeter de Jode, 17th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in komuso straw hat and kimono, holding a bamboo flute, seen from behind.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo in Komuso Attire in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ic…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, wearing a lace collar and cloak, holding a book.

Robert van Voerst

Robert van Voerst, 1630/36

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a plaid hakama and patterned kimono, arm raised, with swords at his waist.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Umeo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Se…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a courtesan looking up at a youth behind a red lattice, with a green bamboo stalk in hand.

Courtesan Looks Down at Youth Dressed as Mendicant Monk

Isoda Koryusai, c. early 1770s

Woodblock print of a young woman in a blue floral kimono and straw hat, shading her eyes, with irises below.

Young Woman Wearing a Hat

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a mirror beside a pine branch and bamboo.

Geisha Applying Makeup

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781

Japanese woodblock triptych of courtesans and attendants in kimono walking through a garden with pines and screens.

Courtesans of the Chojiya and their attendants playing kemari

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1791/93

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom over a river, with two boatmen poling a boat and figures on the riverbank path.

Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Arashiyama (Arashiyama manka), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834

Japanese woodblock print of a boat of travelers on a snowy river, with a snow-covered pine and thatched houses on the bank.

Distant View of Snow on the Sumida River in Edo

Keisai Eisen, c. 1840/44

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a black kimono beside a man in a striped robe holding a blue parasol.

Courtesan and Young Man Under Umbrella

Santō Kyōden, c. 1781/89

Lithograph of ragged figures by a stone wall, one kneeling over a small animal, another watching from above.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Misère-et-corde!

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Lithograph of a stout woman in a striped dress and lace cap gesturing, with two younger women behind her in a draped room.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: This one paints...

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Engraved oval portrait of G.E. Lessing in a powdered wig and frilled cravat, within a classical laurel-swagged frame.

G.E. Lessing

Johann Friedrich Bause, n.d.

Black and white lithograph of an older man whispering to a young woman, with a faint figure behind them.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Yes, but you will see the captain...

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a standing man in a cloak gesturing toward a seated ragged figure with spectacles in a barren landscape.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Man the Masterpiece of Creation

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Lithograph of a bearded older man and a young woman with curled hair reading a book together, by Paul Gavarni, 1853.

Les-Parents-Terribles series: Will you read that chapter over again...

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Lithograph of a ragged man gesturing to seated boys on a field while a top-hatted man watches from the right.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: The old story, my lambkins

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Lithograph of a cloaked figure with a walking stick beside two sprawled men and a sign reading Fraternité.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Bretheren may be, but not cousins

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Les-Parents-Terribles series: But, grandfather, if Seraphim's Puncinello don't exist

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Pen and chalk drawing of Christ before Pilate showing a robed figure on steps surrounded by a crowd in an interior.

Christ before Pilate

called Jacopo da Pontormo Jacopo Carucci, 1522/23

Loose red chalk sketch of a reclining nude woman with head turned and arm extended, on pale paper.

Sleep

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Lithograph of a seated nude woman with long hair beside a small sketch of a woman in a hat under a tree.

The Pinned Hat and the Bather

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1905

Lithograph of an old cloaked man with a cane facing a group of gesturing men in a street setting, by Paul Gavarni.

Les Propos de Thomas Vireloque: Ego! ego...ego - all equal (egaux-ego, buth pronounced alike)

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Black and white print of a dense forest clearing with a camel, two resting travelers, twisted trees, ferns and clouds.

The Good Samaritan

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1861