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Art Institute of Chicago

781 works

Pen and watercolor sketch of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling saint holding a palm frond, in blue and ochre tones.

Virgin and Child with Saints

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, n.d.

Daumier lithograph of a weary father carrying a child on his shoulders in a crowd watching fireworks over a city at night.

At the Fireworks Display. A father is a draft horse, provided by nature, plate 33 from Moeurs Conjugales and plate 14…

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Engraved street scene of Amsterdam with children carrying flags and pikes, a woman in white, and fallen figures on cobbleston

The Boys of Amsterdam

Jacob Houbraken, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of two women and a baby beside a standing man, with a rider on horseback sketched below.

Two Sketches: Two Women and Baby with Man Looking On

George Louis Pamella Busson Dumaurier, n.d.

Woodblock print of two children and a woman flying a kite under a willow tree, with Japanese text beside them.

Two Children Flying Kite and a Woman

Yanagawa Shigenobu, 1824

Etching of a young girl carrying a basket of fruit on her head through an orchard with gnarled trees.

Young Girl in an Orchard with a Basket of Fruit

Miles Birket Foster, c. 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with infant Saint John and Saint Anne beneath a draped curtain.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John and Saint Anne

Style of Raffaellino da Reggio, n.d.

Red chalk portrait of a young boy with wavy hair and a loose collar, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Boy

Charles Beale, c. 1680

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in draped cloth holding a child, with a partial second figure at lower left.

Seated Mother and Child

Circle of Giovanni Bilivert, n.d.

The Dead Girl

Jean-Louis Forain, 1884

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated Madonna holding the Christ child, with loose drapery lines on a cream sheet.

Madonna and Child

Possbily after Carlo Maratti, n.d.

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of two nude child figures, one holding a raised torch, standing together.

Pagan Child Couple

Circle of Domenico Beccafumi, called Il Mecarino, c. 1546

Brown ink sketch of a young boy in a loose cloak playing a small wind instrument, leaning on a ledge.

Child with Musical Instrument

Attributed to Thomas Barker, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of two schoolboys, one seated writing and one leaning over a table beside him.

Two School Boys

Thomas Jones Barker, c. 1830

Black and white engraving of two figures gesturing at a third standing among trees in a pastoral landscape.

Colinet Mocked by Two Boys, from The Pastorals of Virgil

William Blake, 1821

Grey wash drawing of a boy in a beret seated with two dogs and a dead bird on the grass.

Highland Boy and Dogs

Style of John Frederick Herring, I, n.d.

Brown wash sketch of a young woman with curly hair holding a baby on her shoulder, on cream paper.

Young Woman Holding Baby

Thomas Jones Barker, c. 1830

Black chalk sketch of a child with a hoop and stick beside a resting dog on tan paper.

Child Playing with Ball and Dog

George Morland, 1791

Drawing of a pair of legs in loose breeches and shoes, shaded in soft grey on pale paper.

Study of a boy's legs

John Downman, c. 1770-1800

Pencil sketch of a woman in a bonnet and a girl reaching toward a stone basin on a column in a church interior.

Lady and Girl in Church

Attributed to Frank Stone, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a seated boy in a field with trees on the left and distant houses under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Boy in Foreground

Attributed to Marcus Stone, n.d.

Study from the antique: a bearded man and a boy

John Downman, c. 1774

Small etched portrait of a young woman with hair tied in a bow, hand raised near her face, on a large cream sheet.

Portrait of a Young Woman (The American Girl)

Edvard Munch, 1894

Pencil drawing on an oval sheet of three children with a goat beside a tree and foliage, in the style of Jacob de Wit.

Three Children and a Goat

Style of Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a young boy in draped cloth lifting a large oval weight overhead with both arms.

Boy Carrying Weight

After Charles Le Brun, n.d.

Pen and wash sketch of Mercury handing an infant to a group of nymphs, with a standing nude figure at right.

Mercury Entrusting Infant Bacchus to Nymphs

Style of François Boitard, 1690/1715

Pen and wash sketch of a child leading three harnessed horses pulling a covered wagon across an open ground.

Child Leading Three Horses and Wagon

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a young peasant woman in a headscarf and apron, holding a basket and pointing to the left.

Italian Peasant Girl

Possibly Jacob Philipp Hackert, n.d.

Line drawing of children quarreling over a go board on a floor, with a latticed screen and distant landscape behind.

Chinese and Tartar Boys Quarreling over a Game of Go

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1790

Profile Portrait of a Girl

Paul A. Mulready, n.d.