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Art Institute of Chicago

781 works

Pencil sketch of children, a woman with an infant and three soldiers resting among ruins beside a lake.

Children, Woman with Infant and Three Soldiers Sitting Among Ruins by Lake

Attributed to George Cattermole, n.d.

Ukiyo-e print of two women and a child in kimono, one standing in a patterned pink robe, one seated in orange.

The Poet Fun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/05

Black-and-white woodblock print of a courtesan holding a small bird, with a child attendant looking up at her.

A Courtesan with Her Child Attendant

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1715

Woodblock print of Hotei holding a gourd with a young boy in a pink robe looking up at him.

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

Lithograph of a child lying with eyes closed on a bed with pillows, a dark cabinet behind, signed C. Pissarro, 1874.

Dead Child

Camille Pissarro, 1874

Japanese woodblock print of women and children with chrysanthemums, one woman playing a shamisen and a figure holding a flowe

Chrysanthemum festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

Woodblock print of four figures in patterned robes, one holding a large peacock-feather parasol, one wearing a feathered hat.

Boys Masquerading as Chinese

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1748

Loose ink sketch of a head with dense dark hatched hair and shadowed face on a pale tan mount.

Head of a Girl

Anders Zorn, n.d.

Etching of a seated mother in a draped gown leaning toward a child, with loose hatched lines on a pale sheet.

Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)

James McNeill Whistler, 1891

Three kamuro attendants in patterned kimono in a room with buckets and flowers, Japanese woodblock print by Okumura Masanobu.

Child Attendants: A Set of Three (Kamuro sanpukutsui)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1744/51

Watercolor portrait of a young girl in a patterned headscarf and white blouse, set against green foliage.

Portrait of a Girl

Anders Zorn, 1883

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono playing drums and flute on steps, with cherry blossoms and a hanging bell.

Evening Bell of Dojoji (Dojoji no bansho), no. 1 from the series "Eight Views of Children (Osana hakkei)"

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1764

Grey lithograph sketch of a seated mother in a bonnet holding a small child close in a loosely drawn interior.

Mother and Child, No. 1

James McNeill Whistler, 1891, printed 1895

Brown monochrome print of a mother and haloed infant surrounded by five figures, with a winged figure arching above.

Nativity (Mother and Child Surrounded by Five Figures)

Paul Gauguin, c. 1902

Brown wash drawing of a central robed figure with a child at left, surrounded by a crowd of bearded men and onlookers.

Suffer the Little Children

Domenico Piola, 1690/1700

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with two saints, one holding a lily branch, with faint transfer grid lines.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Clare and Saint Francis

Circle of the Carracci, 1580/90

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol stepping onto a pink boat while a companion looks out from the cabin beside reeds.

Girl Boarding a Boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a woman holding a baby and a girl with a fan on a veranda beside a potted plant and bamboo.

A woman and girl amusing a baby

Suzuki Harunobu -1770), 1767

Etching of a young girl with long dark hair, a dark dress and a pale fur muff, set against a plain background.

Portrait of a Little Spanish Girl

Theodore Roussel, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a boy beside a potted plant and toy fish, with calligraphy above.

Two Women with Boy in Front of Powder Shop

Attributed to Shiba Kokan, c. 1770/71

Woodblock print of two women by a pond, one pouring fish from a tub while the other looks up beside a wooden veranda.

Young Girl Throwing Fish into Pond

Shiba Kôkan, c. 1771/72

Etching of a reclining female nude seen from behind, with dark hair and diagonal hatching in the background.

Study from the Nude of a Girl Lying Down

Theodore Roussel, 1890

Two young women in kimono under a yellow parasol walk by a river in the rain, with a willow branch overhead.

Two Young Girls in a Rain Shower

Mitsunobu, c. 1764/72

Etching of a young woman in a bonnet beside a tree, with geese in the grass and a cottage in the distance.

A Girl Minding Geese

Jean-François Millet, 1855-56

Etched sketch of a woman's head tilted downward, dark hair, with a small secondary sketch and a London stamp above.

Head of a Girl Leaning on Her Hand

Theodore Roussel, 1895/1900

Woodblock print of children playing archery at a tiger painted on a screen, with bamboo in the background.

Tiger, from the series "Fashionable Children with the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu kodomo juni shi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who holds a rosary, with a Latin inscription below.

Virgin and Child

Jean Valdor, n.d.

Engraving of the Virgin and Child crowned by two angels, with a dove of the Holy Spirit above and a Latin inscription below.

Virgin and Child

Hieronymus Wierix, before 1619

Japanese woodblock print of a woman playing a prank on a sleeping young woman beside a folding screen and snowy garden.

Girl Playing a Prank on a Young Man who is Napping

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1769

Etching of a young child in a bonnet with a hand raised near the mouth, shaded in loose hatched lines.

Child with a Biscuit (Jean Renoir)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1898/99