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Art Institute of Chicago

781 works

Brown wash drawing of white-hatted Punchinello figures around a collapsed man, with a donkey and rocky cliff at left.

Punchinello Collapses on the Road, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1791

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono tending an infant beneath a bamboo mosquito net on a patterned futon.

Mosquito Net for a Baby

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a boy with a kite under a pine, two women and a child on a path near a bridge.

Boy releasing a kite

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800/10

Etching of the Virgin with a distaff and an angel in a draped interior, a sleeping child and basket in the foreground.

The Virgin and Child with Distaff and an Angel

Jacques Bellange, c. 1615

Print of a young boy's head turned three-quarters right, drawn in chalk with white highlights on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Young Boy Turned Three-Quarters to the Right

Louis-Marin Bonnet, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman and two children walking through falling snow beside a river, with snow-laden bamboo.

The Beginning: Tokiwa Gozen Fleeing with Her Three Children (Hattan, sanshi o tomonatte Tokiwa Gozen hyorosu), from t…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding fruit, with the nude infant Christ on her lap, within an oval frame.

The Virgin and Child

Jacob Matham, c. 1600

Engraving of two children with a bird, goat and deer beneath a tree, with cherubs in the sky and a distant village.

Spring (Two Children Playing with Bird), from The Four Seasons

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Mezzotint portrait of a woman in a ruffled bodice with several children gathered around her against a dark background.

The Artist's Wife and Children

Wallerant Vaillant, 1665/77

Engraving of the Virgin seated on a crescent moon holding the Christ Child, with stars, clouds and cherubs around her.

The Virgin and the Child on the Crescent

Jacob Matham, 1607

Sepia print of the Madonna bending over a sleeping infant Christ child, with dark hatching in the left background.

The Madonna and Child

Attributed to Ludolph Büsinck, c. 1620-23

Engraving of Christ seated among children and robed figures before a tall column and classical buildings, with a dog in the f

Christ and the Children

Jan Sadeler, 1588

Brown chiaroscuro woodcut of the Virgin and Christ child with young Saint John the Baptist holding a cross, with radiating li

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Andrea Andreani, 1591

Lithograph of a woman with her hair up nursing a baby and holding a pipe, seated beside a wall and draped cloth.

The Baby in Saint-Giles, from Masques et Visages

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Engraving of a naked child seen from behind, seated before a vessel, with scrolling acanthus leaves in the background.

Naked Child, Seen From Back Seated in Front of a Vessel

Barthel Beham, n.d.

Engraved print of the Virgin seated on a bank holding the Christ child beside a fence and trees, with a monogram at top.

The Virgin with the Pear and Child on the Bank

Sebald Beham, 1521

Les Invalides du Sentiment: Child-Harold

Paul Gavarni, 1852

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with saints under a tree, a kneeling woman holding a palm frond, and bearded men behind.

Virgin and Child with Saints

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated, holding a swaddled sleeping infant, with radiating halos and a distant landscape.

Madonna with the Swaddled Infant

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Circular engraving of a child with a lamb among ruined classical arches, columns, and a pediment under a cloudy sky.

The Infant John the Baptist

Jean de Gourmont, 1520/30

Pastel drawing of a woman embracing a sleepy child who rests against her shoulder, against a blue hatched background.

Sleepy Nicolle

Mary Cassatt, c. 1900

Etching of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, who holds a rose sprig, both with radiant halos before draped curtains.

The Virgin and Child with a Rose

Jacques Bellange, c. 1610

Portrait of a Boy

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Brown wash drawing of masked Punchinello figures and a kneeling woman before classical columns and a crowd on a balcony.

The Marriage of Punchinello's Father, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1797/1804

Woodblock print of a flying robed woman above boys reaching upward beside a pavilion, with a ship on the sea.

Dong Yong (Toei), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kaga…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843

Engraving of a young woman balancing a basket of roses with a cherub, beside a garden urn and cypress trees in an oval frame.

Girl

Pietro Antonio Martini, n.d.

Woodcut of the Virgin seated in a classical interior holding the Christ Child, with a window view of a landscape behind.

The Virgin and Child

the elder Hans Burgkmair, n.d.

Seated Girl with Basket

Edith Langdale, 1876

Etching of the Virgin kneeling over the infant Jesus in a stable, with an elderly man and an angel above.

The Virgin Adoring the Infant Jesus

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1655

Woodblock print of Western figures on stilts and children skipping rope, in pink, blue and orange colors.

Foreign Children at Play (Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zu)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1860