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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Engraved view of Robin Hood's Bay with stone houses on a cliff, a sailing boat, and figures gathered on the shore.

Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

Francis Nicholson, n.d.

Red and black chalk drawing of a smiling curly-haired child reaching out, study by Federico Barocci.

Christ Child: Study for the Madonna di San Giovanni

Federico Barocci, c. 1565

Chalk drawing with white highlights of a woman holding a platter with a severed head, flanked by two figures in the backgroun

Salomé

Hans von Aachen, 1605/10

Woodblock print of two figures in blue robes beneath streaks of yellow light on a rocky cliff beside a shrine gate.

Wang Pu (Oho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843

Etching of two figures by a pond beside tall bare trees, with rolling hills and a cloudy sky beyond.

Tobias

Odilon Redon, c. 1880

Engraving of the river god Peneus with daughter Daphne, beside three nude nymphs carrying water jugs near rocks and trees.

Daphne Embracing her Father, the River Peneus

Master of the Die, n.d.

Engraving of a sea battle with galleys, armored soldiers, nude figures and choppy waves.

Sea Battle

Master of the Die, c. 1532

Mezzotint portrait of William Dunlap, an older man in a dark coat and white collar, on a cream mount with printed caption.

Portrait of William Dunlap

Max Rosenthal, 1897

Faint sketch of a bearded man in a top hat facing a horse, with a small dog below, on pale paper.

The Horse Fancier

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Lithograph of two seated figures, a woman in a headscarf and a young companion, against a sketched hilly landscape.

Untitled (Two Basque Girls)

Paul Gavarni, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a cloaked rider on a galloping dark horse over rocky ground, with a pale streaked sky behind.

Man Riding a Horse through the Air

François Chifflart, 1860-70

Lithograph of a bearded painter at an easel beside a seated woman in a striped dress, in a sketched studio.

Les Partageuses: Thursday you dined at Vachette's

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Hand-colored print of the East Indiaman Kent listing in stormy seas, with lifeboats and survivors around the hull.

Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman

Published by Kronheim & Company, 1820

Etching of a fleet of masted troopships along a distant shoreline with a small sailboat on calm water.

Troopships

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a gothic cathedral interior with stone columns, a carved screen, and small figures on the stone floor.

Glascow Cathedral Screen

David Young Cameron, 1897

Engraving of winged Fortuna holding a palm and a spoked wheel, with a globe, a ship and a town behind her.

Fortune

Sebald Beham, 1541

Etching of a bearded older man seated at a table with a woman behind him in a dim interior, lit by a window.

Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg

Anders Zorn, 1895

Night scene engraving of men beside cannons firing smoke, with a wagon, barrel, dog and starry sky, from The Four Elements.

Fire, plate four from The Four Elements

Jan van de Velde II, 1622

Lithograph of a performer in a long black cape leaning backward in a dramatic fainting pose on a stage floor.

The Fainting Fit

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894

Soft brown monochrome print of a woman standing in an open field with a distant figure and a hazy sky.

Woman Hanging Out Clothes

Jean-François Millet, c. 1855

Whistler Asleep

Giovanni Boldini, 1897

Lithograph of a misty lake surrounded by rocky cliffs and distant mountains, with a small boat on the water.

Lake of the Four Forest Cantons

Alexandre Calame, n.d.

Caricature lithograph of a man in a tan coat and dark hat with a monocle, holding a cane, signed Spy.

A Symphony

Leslie Ward, 1878

Engraving of an old bearded man carrying a young girl on his back, walking with a staff beside a lake and hills.

Belisarius

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, 1806

Sketch of figures seated and standing on a terrace with a balustrade, urn, tree and building behind.

The Terrace, Luxembourg

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Etching of a man raising a sword over a figure in a white cloak, with a crowd of onlookers watching nearby.

If Two to One, Stuff Your Arse with Straw, from Los Proverbios

Francisco Goya, 1815/24, published 1877

Etching of a seated man in a patterned robe reading a book beside a skull, a crucifixion triptych, and a window.

Abraham Francen, Apothecary

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1657

Etching of tall canal houses with laundry and reflections rippling in the water below, in soft grey-brown tones.

The Square House, Amsterdam

James McNeill Whistler, 1889

Etching of Westminster Abbey's west front with twin towers and Gothic arches, with figures gathered below.

West Front, Westminster Abbey

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Hand-colored 1839 print of the Hotel Cluny in Paris, showing a stone archway, people in the street and posted notices.

Hotel Cluny, Paris

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839