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Art Institute of Chicago

781 works

Woodblock print of a young man in red kimono playing flute while three women watch from a latticed window above.

Young Man Playing Flute as Three Girls Watch

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Monochrome sketch of a seated mother in a headscarf cradling a reclining child across her lap.

Mother and Child, No. 4

James McNeill Whistler, 1891, printed 1895

Etching of a boy in a cap seated on a stool, playing a flute against a plain wall.

Boy Playing a Flute

John George Brown, c. 1860

Etching of a forest scene with a fisherman holding a net, two children beside a tree, and thatched cottages.

Fishermen with Children, plate two from Paysages Dédiés à M. Warelet

Salomon Gessner, 1764

Loose sketch of a seated woman holding a child on her lap, drawn in soft grey strokes on cream paper.

Mother and Child, No. 5

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Etching of two rustic scenes: a woman and child with a dog and sheep, and a peasant family gathered around a fire.

Children with a Dog and Sheep and Peasant Family by a Fire

Jean Baptiste Huet, n.d.

Etching of a kneeling woman lifting a toddler near a classical column in a paneled interior room.

Father's Leave-Taking

William Holman Hunt, 1879

Sketch of a seated woman in a bonnet holding a small child on her lap, drawn in soft charcoal tones on cream paper.

Mother and Child, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1891, printed 1895

Etched pastoral scene of a shepherdess with children, a dog, goats and sheep in a grassy landscape.

Shepherdess with her Children and Sheep

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Etching of a seated mother bending over an infant, with thatched cottages and a coastal landscape behind her.

The Young Mother

John Everett Millais, 1857

Sketch of a young girl in a long ruffled dress standing before a dark hatched background, by James McNeill Whistler.

Little Evelyn

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Lithograph of the Madonna and Christ Child with two angels, one playing a lute, with a German dedication below.

Madonna with the Christ Child

Franz Johann Heinrich Nadorp, 1826

Pen and ink print of a boy sitting in a boat on a muddy shore beside a thatched cottage, with clouds and a distant landscape.

A Boy Sitting on a Banked Vessel

Cornelius Varley, November 8, 1809

Charcoal drawing of a seated boy in a dark jacket reading an open book, looking upward beside a framed picture on the wall.

Boy Reading

François Bonvin, c. 1861

Etching of a wooded river landscape with a seated woman, child and standing man in the lower right foreground.

Woman, Her Child, and a Standing Man in a Landscape

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1643

Lithograph of a child reading an open book, surrounded by sketched heads, a sailboat, and a distant skyline.

Child Drawing (Jean Buhot)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1892

Colour lithograph of a boy reading in an armchair as old fairy-tale and adventure characters gather around him in a parlour.

The Era of Progress in Children's Literature, from Puck

Frederick Burr Opper, c. 1886

Engraving of nude putti carrying grapes, baskets and fruit around a barrel and a goat, dated 1529.

Children Gathering Grapes

Master I.B., 1529

Etching of a girl in a bonnet leaning on a spade beside a tree, with a flat field and village in the distance.

Girl with a Spade

Jozef Israëls, 1873

Engraved pastoral landscape with a reclining woman and child, goats and cattle on rocks, and distant hills and village.

Summer Landscape with the Child Jupiter

Jan de Visscher, c. 1660

Etching of men struggling with a woman while a small child covers her face at right, from Goya's Disasters of War.

Unhappy Mother!, plate 50 from The Disasters of War

Francisco Goya, 1812/15, published 1863

Etching of two boys on a dim, gaslit city street at night, one with hands raised to his face and one standing with hands in p

Plate from l'Assommoir (two boys on gaslit street)

Gaston La Touche, 1878

Lithograph of Fortune floating above a reclining young child resting on a stone well beside a column and trees.

Fortune and the Young Child

Horace Vernet, 1818

Sepia etching of a figure in a patterned cap and embroidered coat leaning on a cushioned chair, with a Spanish caption below.

Nanny's boy, plate four from Los Caprichos

Francisco Goya, 1797/99

Dim interior print of children gathered around a lit candle beside an arched window and tree trunk, in warm ochre tones.

Group of Children Around a Candle

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1818

Watercolor of a boy in a rowboat looking toward a lighthouse on pale dunes under a grey-blue sky.

Boy in Boat, Gloucester

Winslow Homer, 1880/81

Etching of a cloaked man and a bowed woman in a white headscarf against a dark wall, from Goya's Los Caprichos.

Poor Little Girls!, plate 22 from Los Caprichos

Francisco Goya, 1797/99

Ink and wash study of a seated bearded man and nude children on a pedestal, a sculptural group by Carpeaux, 1860.

Study for the Sculpture Ugolino and His Children

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1860

Two boys sit on a rock by the sea watching several schooners sail under a gray sky in a watercolor.

Two Boys Watching Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a young girl standing with head bowed, gathering her long skirt and apron in both hands.

Standing Girl

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, c. 1870