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Sharing artworks from the Art Institute of Chicago's European Painting and Sculpture department.
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The Festival https://www.artic.edu/artworks/160032/
Bequest of Suzette Morton Davidson
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Wounded Lioness https://www.artic.edu/artworks/883/
Henry Field Memorial collection
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/80604/
Joseph Winterbotham Collection
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Altarpiece from Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Hugh of Lincoln https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16321/
This panel was once part of the altarpiece decorating the high altar of the Carthusian monastery at Thuison, outside of Abbeville in northern France. Four saints standing in niches were painted on the exterior of the altarpiece’s wings. When the wings were open, the interior of the altarpiece told the story of Christ’s Passion and Resurrection through painted narratives on the inside of the wings and painted and gilded carvings in the central shrine whose central subject was undoubtedly the Crucifixion. The carvings have not survived. The fronts and backs of the wings were sawn apart in the mid 19th century; all the wing panels except one narrative (The Entry into Jerusalem, Hermitage, Saint Petersburg) are in the Art Institute. A rich border region north of Paris, Picardy was a possession of the Burgundian Netherlands in the mid-15th century, becoming part of France in 1477. Its painters were strongly influenced by artists from the neighboring provinces of the Low Countries, among them Rogier van der Weyden and Simon Marmion. Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
December 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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The Visitation https://www.artic.edu/artworks/70044/
Bequest of Chester D. Tripp
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Alfred Sisley https://www.artic.edu/artworks/14650/
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Still Life with Jug and Knife https://www.artic.edu/artworks/72187/
Gift of Mary and Leigh Block
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Head of a Bishop Saint https://www.artic.edu/artworks/102099/
George F. Harding Collection
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Portrait of Jeanne Wenz https://www.artic.edu/artworks/42949/
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16169/
Among the most impressive achievements of the Sienese master Giovanni di Paolois his narrative series of twelve panels illustrating the life of Saint John the Baptist—from his birth, prophecy, and the baptism of Christ through his beheading at the request of Salome. These scenes are enacted in complex settings that exploit the tall, slender proportions of the panels and set off the expressive poses of the figures. The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist depicts the henchmen of Queen Herodias placing his head on a golden platter. The execution has just occurred; blood spews profusely from the elongated neck of the saint. The rich patterning of the architecture, painted in a light, delicate palette, contrasts with the gruesome trails of blood falling to the ground and collecting beneath the decapitated corpse. The distant landscape was inspired by the hills around Siena. Throughout the series, Giovanni skillfully repeated colors, settings, and patterns to create a unified narrative. Eleven of the original twelve panels survive, six of which are in the Art Institute. The panels were arranged in three rows to form two large, movable doors, possibly once enclosing a sculpture or relic. Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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The Adoration of the Eucharist https://www.artic.edu/artworks/25790/
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Venus and Cupid https://www.artic.edu/artworks/20419/
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Lion Hunt https://www.artic.edu/artworks/81505/
Potter Palmer Collection
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Alexandre-Simon Pataille https://www.artic.edu/artworks/149971/
Gift of Samuel and Marie Louise Rosenthal - Rosenthal-Daumier Collection
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Portrait of Balzac https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6727/
Auguste Rodin immersed himself in the study of Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) for seven years after receiving a commission from a literary society to create a statue of the writer in 1891. This deliberately ungainly nude portrait, which stresses Balzac’s vitality and candor, was an early version of the work. The literary society rejected the final statue, as did the public, who viewed it at the Salon of 1898. Gift of Silvain and Arma Wyler
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Portrait of a Man https://www.artic.edu/artworks/80535/
Max and Leola Epstein Collection
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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John Thomlinson and His Family https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2169/
Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation Fund
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Aphrodite https://www.artic.edu/artworks/107869/
Bequest of Celia Schmidt
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Bust of a Man https://www.artic.edu/artworks/49198/
Simeon B. Williams Fund
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Crèche https://www.artic.edu/artworks/217536/
Restricted gifts of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Bay and Linda and Vincent Buonanno and Family; Eloise W. Martin Legacy Fund; restricted gifts of Ruth Ann Gillis and Michael McGuinnis and Mrs. Robert O. Levitt; Charles H. and Mary F. Worcester Collection Fund
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Two Washerwomen Crossing a Small Park in Paris https://www.artic.edu/artworks/104106/
Bequest of Janis H. Palmer
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Allegory of Venus and Cupid https://www.artic.edu/artworks/46314/
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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The Brook of Les Puits-Noir https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16490/
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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James McNeill Whistler https://www.artic.edu/artworks/28086/
A. A. Munger Collection
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Auvers, Panoramic View https://www.artic.edu/artworks/14556/
Paul Cézanne painted this work during his first prolonged stay at Auvers, where the older Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro was his companion and mentor. He chose to focus not on a notable, picturesque site—the Oise River or the medieval church of Notre-Dame—but rather on the patchwork formed by the town’s ordinary houses and rooftops. The tall white structure with a single window on the left of the composition is the house of Dr. Paul Gachet, a friend and collector of the Impressionists and the painting’s first owner. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM