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Art Institute of Chicago

230 works

Market still life by Frans Snyders with hanging deer, game birds, a swan, fruit, and a vendor in a red jacket beside a child.

Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market

Frans Snyders, 1614

Painting of a barefoot woman with a sickle in a field at sunset, looking up toward birds in the sky.

Song of the Lark

Jules Breton, 1884

Dusky landscape of tall trees against a glowing orange sky, with a small heron walking on a path in the foreground.

The Home of the Heron

George Inness, 1893

Painting of a watermill with a red tiled roof beside a pond, framed by large trees under a cloudy sky.

The Watermill with the Great Red Roof

Meindert Hobbema, c. 1665

Ink painting of four black birds perched on bare branches with blue-green leaves, with calligraphy at upper right.

Black Birds

Xu Gu, 1824

Barefoot peasant woman with a sickle gazes upward at a lark in an evening field, with a red sunset behind her.

The Song of the Lark

Jules Breton, 1884

Painting of a dark log cabin, cotton field, and clouds under a blue sky, with figures and chickens in the yard.

Cabin in the Cotton

Horace Pippin, c. 1931-37

Painting of Tahitian women in a village with palm trees, a thatched hut, chickens and ducks, in bright red and green tones.

No te aha oe riri (Why Are You Angry?)

Paul Gauguin, 1896

Two standing religious figures in a landscape, one pointing toward the other who holds a staff, with Latin banners above.

Ecce Agnus Dei

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655

Landscape with hunters, dogs and a rider in a wide green valley with a hilltop castle and a river.

Landscape with Hunters

Paul Bril, 1619

Wooded landscape with a large tree, a river valley, travelers on a road, a covered wagon, and a distant town under a hazy sky

Mountain Road with Travelers

II Joos de Momper, c. 1615

Painting of a calm marsh with reeds, water lilies, trees reflected in water, and a small boat under a soft sky.

The Marsh

Charles-François Daubigny, 1871

Painting of a ruined stone fortress beside a rocky outcrop, with cattle, figures and boats on a calm sea.

Landscape with Rock and Fortress

Attributed to Domenico Gargiulo, c. 1645

Painting of a river with fishermen in rowboats, a church tower on the distant shore, sailing boats, and a dramatic cloudy sky

River Landscape with a View of Naarden

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1642

Painting of Adam and Eve in paradise with animals, an angel and cherubs in the sky above a landscape.

Adam and Eve in Paradise

Francesco Solimena, c. 1700

Two donkeys in a rustic courtyard by a barn, with a boy in a cap standing at right and chickens near a barrel.

Spain

Francisco Domingo Marqués, 1878

Painting of a woman in a headscarf feeding chickens while a child clings to her skirt beside a straw pile.

Woman Feeding Chickens

Jean-François Millet, 1846-48

Dutch sailing ships and whaling boats in icy Arctic waters, with men battling polar bears on an ice floe in the foreground.

The Dutch Whaling Fleet

Abraham Storck, c. 1695

Painting of nude Venus in a shell chariot drawn by doves, with Cupid, above smiths working at a glowing forge.

Venus and Cupid at the Forge of Vulcan

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1695

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child on a pedestal, with halos, a white dove, and a cloudy sky behind them.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1516

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in green robes speaks to Mary in blue and red, with a dove and open book.

The Annunciation

Jean Hey, 1490-95

Painting of a crowned male figure hurling thunderbolts at falling giants, with an eagle and dark storm clouds.

Jove Casts His Thunderbolts at the Rebellious Giants

Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1695

Painting of fishing boats and figures on a calm shore beneath a cloudy grey sky, with a wooden pier at left.

Fishing Boats in a Calm

Jan van de Cappelle, 1651

Painting of a housekeeper leaning over a barrel in a barn interior, surrounded by jars, baskets, plates and chickens.

The Housekeeper

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, 1657

Painting of geese wading in shallow water with grazing horses on a distant grassy bank under a dusky sky.

Les Oies

Theodor Philipsen, 1897

Painting of a fantastical paradise garden with a central fountain, nude figures, animals and strange rock formations.

The Garden of Paradise

of Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1500-c. 1520

Painting of a seated woman with a boy holding grapes, a dog and a white hen, and two men behind a rock ledge.

Pastoral Scene

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1740

Silk embroidery of three children in a garden with a tree, a basket, a bird and a wicker cage, framed in gilt.

Portraits of Serafina, Gaetanino and Ciccillo di Ottaiano

Embroidered by Princess Isabella Albertini de Medici di Ottaiano, 1815

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

Painting of a kneeling woman in white gown before a seated king extending a golden sceptre, with courtiers and attendants.

Esther Before Ahasuerus

Frans Francken II, 1622