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Art Institute of Chicago

3,362 works

Illuminated choirbook page with square musical notes, a historiated initial D showing Christ and a Pharisee, and ornate flora

Page from a Choirbook with Christ and a Pharisee in a Historiated Initial “D”

Unknown artist, 1430/90

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a cap and dark robe, holding a staff, set against a shadowed background.

Portrait of a Man in a Cap

Charles Albert Waltner, published January 1, 1886

Pencil sketch of a mother holding a naked infant close, their heads touching, on tan paper.

Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1921

Monochrome lithograph of a standing nude woman beside seated bathers in a dark wooded setting, by Henri Fantin-Latour.

Bathing Women, third large plate

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1896

Etching of an elderly woman in a headscarf sewing or mending cloth in a dim room with shelves of pots.

La Vieille aux Loques (The Old Woman with Rags)

James McNeill Whistler, 1858

Four haloed saints stand inside a large pink and gold historiated initial with a city and blue sky behind them.

Four Saints in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook or Antiphonal

Unknown artist, 1460/80

Pencil sketch by Eugène Delacroix of a reclining woman in an arched interior, with smaller figure studies at the right edge.

Woman Dying(?), Man in Bedroom, Two Sketches of Same

Eugène Delacroix, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of two nude women and a pencil study of a carved Marquesan earplug on aged paper.

Two Tahitian Women and a Marquesan Earplug

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Technical elevation drawing of a Greek Doric column order from the Parthenon, with fluted columns, entablature and dimension

Orders of Architecture, Greek Doric Order from the Parthenon, Elevation

Carl J. Furst, March 28, 1870

Monochrome print of a hanged man on a beam with a woman holding a lantern beside him in a dark interior.

The Hanged Man

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892

Etching of a seated woman in the center with a tree and loose hatched sketches around her on a mottled ground.

Seated Woman and Other Sketches

Claude Lorrain, 1630/33

Head of a Woman and Head of a Bearded Man

Édouard Manet, 1880

Two pen and ink sketches of a weeping woman in draped robes, one seated with head bowed and hands to her face.

Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman

Benjamin West, n.d.

Charcoal sketch of an elderly woman in a headscarf sipping tea from a cup, with a steaming teapot beside her.

Old Woman Sipping Cup of Tea

Jozef Israëls, c. 1844

Woman's Head

Jozef Israëls, 1844

Etching of vast vaulted prison interior with arches, staircases, ropes, scaffolding, and small figures in deep shadow.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Foundation and basement plan of a factory building with a grid of square column footings and dimension lines.

Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Foundation Plan and Basement Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1891 Destroyed by fire on April 15, 1989

Watercolor of a crowded outdoor picnic under trees with long tables, an American flag, and people in period dress.

Anti-Slavery Picnic at Weymouth Landing, Massachusetts

Susan Torrey Merritt, c. 1845

Watercolor genealogical family chart in a red heart shape, framed by roses, with a cherub and a verse at the base.

A Genealogical Family Piece

Lydia Smith, 1811

Bust of a Man in Profile to the Left

Charles-Nicholas Cochin the younger, 1767

Pen and watercolor drawing of a veiled woman approaching a seated turbaned king in a columned hall with guards and courtiers.

Woman before a King

Style of Frans Francken II, n.d.

Black and cream woodcut of a reclining Tahitian woman holding a flower near her face, with the words Le Sourire carved above.

Tahitian Woman, headpiece for Le sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Black woodcut of two stylized women chatting, with vertical lettering reading LE SOURIRE and a crescent moon at upper right.

Two Women Chattering, headpiece for Le Sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1900

Soft grey lithograph of a seated nude woman seen from behind, arm resting on her knee, signed Renoir.

Study of Seated Nude Woman

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Woman with Grapevine

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Loose grey-brown sketch of a woman in a headscarf carrying a bundle beside a dark animal form, on cream paper.

Woman with Grapevine, 1st variant

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904; published 1919

Sketch of a nude woman holding grapes, with a second nude figure at right, drawn in ink and wash on cream paper.

Woman with Grapevine, 4th variant

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1904, published 1919

Victorian valentine card with embossed lace border, gilded birds at a nest, calligraphic verse, and painted flower garland.

Tis Loving Thee Too Well (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, c. 1850

Embossed white valentine card with gold banner reading Gift of Friendship, pink roses, and blue and red flowers.

Gift of Friendship (valentine)

George Kershaw, n.d.

Victorian valentine card with embossed border, painted pink rose in central oval, and blue handwritten verses.

Why Should I Blush (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1850