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Art Institute of Chicago

781 works

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man arguing with a concierge at her doorway while two boys stand on the stairs behind him.

“- But you told me that children are not allowed in this house... - Sir, these are not children... they are the sons…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Woodblock print of a child in a patterned kimono kneeling and playing a flute before a decorative railing.

The Flute (Hichiriki), from the series "Fashionable Musical Amusements of Children (Furyu kodomo asobi ongaku)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Elaborate Neapolitan nativity crèche with angels, shepherds, livestock, and townspeople among ruined arches.

Crèche

Unknown artist, 1725-75, with later additions

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary crowned and haloed, seated on a grassy bench holding the Christ child, with a town in the backgrou

Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench

Hans Baldung Grien, 1505-07

Brown wash drawing of a haloed figure seated among mothers and many children, with a crowd and brick steps behind.

Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me

Giambattista Tinti, n.d.

Engraving of the Virgin and Child appearing in clouds to a kneeling bearded saint in vestments, with an angel and putti.

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis Xavier

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1610/59

Five boys in kimono pull a rope to roll a large snowball under bare willow branches, in a colored Japanese woodblock print.

Five Young Boys Rolling a Large Snowball

Attributed to Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a seated child in a floral kimono lifting a green turtle overhead, by Kitao Shigemasa, 1780s.

Boy as Jurojin, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Kitao Shigemasa, 1780s

Woodblock print of children and a woman at a festival, with flowering branches, lacquer boxes and a tea set.

The Doll Festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

Loose watercolor of a young girl in a white blouse and red Spanish-style skirt, glancing back over her shoulder.

Girl in Spanish Costume

John Singer Sargent, 1879/80

Lithograph of two children huddled by a stone wall as a large dog and a puppy stand near a fireplace.

Children Frightened by a Dog

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1829

Woodblock print of children in patterned robes playing a cord-pulling game with small toys on a tiled floor.

No. 4: Chinese boys playing a raffle game, from the series "Children Say 'This is Japan!' and Imitate the Games They…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1791

Engraving of a prophet and children beside a bear under trees, with a village and hills behind, framed by birds, fish and flo

The Mocking Children Cursed by Elijah and Eaten by the She-Bear, from Landscapes with Old and New Testament Scenes an…

Adriaen Collaert, 1584

Oil sketch of two seated girls in regional costume with white bonnets, one gesturing toward the other.

Two Girls in Regional Costume

François Hippolyte Lalaisse, n.d.

Woodblock print of women and children on a stone causeway under cherry blossoms, with turtles in the pond below.

Women and Children on the Causeway at Shinobazu Pond

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Etching of a rural landscape with a windmill, a young man and girl with oxen and sheep, and a large oak tree.

Landscape with Windmill, Young Man and Girl, and Two Oxen

Dominique Vivant Denon, c.1767-1825

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol and a child in a pink kimono, with calligraphy at upper left.

Woman and Child Under a Parasol

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Japanese woodblock print of children and figures in kimono celebrating New Year beneath a shimenawa rope with a bonsai pine.

The New Year's Festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped robe with a small boy clinging to her, with a bird flying above.

Young Woman and Boy on Veranda

Masunobu, c. early 1770s

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young man and woman under a parasol beside a willow and rocky stream.

Young Man Carrying a Girl Sees her Reflection in the Water

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1771

Vertical Japanese print of a woman holding a boy reaching toward a young man below, with pine and shoji screens.

Women Holding Boy who is Reaching Out to Young Man Below

Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1776

Tall engraved ornament panel with putti, a vase, scrolling foliage, and a dog and cat at the base.

Four Children with a Cat and a Dog, plate nine from Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, c. 1505-15

Brown wash drawing of two women in 18th-century dress, one leaning toward a smiling older woman in a frilled cap.

Margaruerite Gerard Reading to Her Mother and Rosalie Fragonard

Style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1785

Pen sketch of Portsmouth harbor with sailboats and masts, and loosely drawn figures including children on the shore.

Children, Portsmouth

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Vertical engraved ornament panel with urns, armor, scrolling foliage, and two child figures in helmets at the base.

Two Children Wearing Helmets, plate three of Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, c. 1505-20

Japanese print of two women with ornate hairstyles, one holding a red tray with a tea bowl while the other adjusts a hairpin.

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a black crested kimono with swords, with a child in orange robes tugging his sl

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI and a boy

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Engraved vertical ornament panel with scrolling foliage, urns, putti, and a Nereid with two children at the base.

Nereid Ridden by Two Children, plate six of Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, 1505/15

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a fan, looking down at a crouching child beside a kneeling atten

Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of women and children watching fireworks over a river with boats and dark shoreline trees.

Women and Children Viewing the Fireworks

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1798