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Art Institute of Chicago

13,158 works

Oil portrait of a woman in a lace collar, dark cloak and green-trimmed headwrap, turned to the left against a dark background

Theophilia Gwatkin

Joshua Reynolds, 1776-81

Portrait of a Lady

Attributed to Richard Cosway, c. 1785

Seated man in brown coat and powdered wig, hands clasped, beside a green-draped table with a bottle.

Mr. Quick as Vellum in Addison's Drummer

Samuel de Wilde, 1792

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, who touches her veil, in a carved gilded Gothic frame.

Virgin and Child

Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, 1390-1400

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin and Child enthroned with four saints and a kneeling Dominican supplicant in the foreground.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Peter, Paul, John the Baptist, and Dominic and a Dominican Supplicant

Attributed to Ugolino di Nerio, c. 1330

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a red cushion, with two angels and pink roses before a dark green backgro

Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Attributed to Francesco Botticini, c. 1470

Painting of a quiet courtyard with a woman carrying a pail, a seated child in blue, vines on walls, and a cloudy sky.

The Courtyard

Stanislas Lépine, c. 1880

Seated woman in green dress holding a smiling toddler on her lap beside a canopy bed with blue curtains.

This Little Pig Went to Market

Lilly Martin Spencer, c. 1857

Painting of a man in a straw hat fishing from a mossy riverbank beside a large tree, in warm brown tones.

Mississippi Fisherman

George Caleb Bingham, c. 1850

Painting of a river seen through framing trees and vines, with a small sailboat near the shore and hills in the distance.

Looking upon the River

Julie Hart Beers, 1880

Woman in grey dress sits on red blanket in a meadow with an infant and a toddler in white, blossoming trees behind.

Mother and Children

Pál Szinyei Merse, 1869

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white lace-trimmed dress holding a parakeet, with ivy and a red box on a ledge.

Untitled (Lady with a Parakeet)

August Canzi, 1856

Oil still life of a hanging bouquet of white roses, carnations and grapes tied with a blue ribbon on a dark background.

Bouquet of Flowers and Fruit with Blue Ribbon

Maria van Oosterwijck, c. 1680

Oil still life of grapes, plums, red dahlias and blue flowers in a glass pitcher, with chilies and citrus on a wooden ledge.

Still Life with Grapes and Flowers

Mélanie de Comoléra, c. 1827

Painting of a woman in a white dress reading a letter on a chair, with blooming flowers behind her.

On a Balcony

Mary Cassatt, 1878-79

Renaissance painting of the Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist before green drapery.

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

Jacopino del Conte, 1535-40

Muted interior painting of a music room with a harpsichord, cello, violin, pale chair, and grey paneled walls.

Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1907

Hanging scroll ink landscape of misty layered mountains with pine trees and rocky cliffs in the foreground.

Trees in the Clouds on Layered Mountains (Jûzan umbokuzu)

Nakabayashi Chikutō, 1853

Portrait of a man in a brown coat and orange waistcoat holding a paper, with two coats of arms above him.

Henry Gibbs

Unknown artist, c. 1721

Seated woman in white dress holding white cloth beside a wooden cradle with a sleeping child, against a grey backdrop.

Madame de Pastoret and Her Son

Jacques-Louis David, 1791

Portrait of a woman in a silver satin gown and white bonnet beside a stone balustrade, with a tree and sky behind her.

Mrs. Thomas Sprigg

John Hesselius, 1764

Oil portrait of an older woman with grey curled hair, pearls, lace collar and red bodice, with inscription dated 1717.

Mrs. Vanderveer, or Mrs. Vandeveer

Unknown artist, 1717

Rubens painting of the Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, a woman in red holding the Christ Child.

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615

Painting of a smiling young kitchen servant in a white cap and apron holding a platter of raw meat against a dark background.

The Scullion

Théodule Augustin Ribot, c. 1865

Oil portrait of a young woman in a blue dress holding a basket of flowers, with the date 1717 inscribed beside her.

Miss Vanderveer, or Miss Vandeveer

Unknown artist, 1717

Oil still life of a halved melon, two fish on a yellow cloth, and a green jar against a grey background.

Still Life: Melon, Fish Jar

Imitator of Vincent van Gogh, c. 1888

Ink landscape hanging scroll with craggy mountains, pine trees, a small pavilion, and two travelers on a path.

Snowy Landscape

Wen Zhengming, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644);1470-1559

Ink painting of a robed man with a staff walking among trees, with calligraphy and red seals at the top.

Man with Staff by a Stream

Hua Yan, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Buddhist narrative painting with a seated Buddha, tigers in mountains, red pavilions, and robed figures among clouds.

Birth Stories of the Tigress, Shibi, the Lump of Gruel, the Merchant, and Avishahya the Merchant, from a set based on…

Tibet or China, c. 1450-1550

Hanging scroll of two snow-covered thatched huts with a line of footprints leading across the snowy slope.

Two Huts in Snow

Keibun, about 1779-1843