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781 works

Woodblock print of a Dutch woman in a pink gown raising a glass beside two children in colorful dresses.

Dutch Woman Making a Toast to Her Children (Oranda fujin kyosho aijido no zu), from the series "Foreigners Drawn from…

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Pale grid-ruled study sketch of a Holy Family with grey wash and white highlights, with a child figure at lower left.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Denys Calvaert, 1580/85

Woodblock print of a foreign woman in a pink gown and red headscarf holding a child, with a woman and toddler beside her.

Foreigner Caring for Her Children (Gaikokujin kodomo choai no zu)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one standing in black and green, one kneeling with an open fan.

Ono no Komachi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Pencil drawing of a seated Roman peasant woman with two sleeping children and ruins in a landscape behind her.

Roman Peasant Woman and Sleeping Children

Giovanni Tognolli, c. 1825

Pencil drawing of a young woman's head and shoulders with curly hair and faint construction lines on cream paper.

Portrait Head of Girl

J. Aspinall, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono leaning toward a smiling child in a black robe and cap.

Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Pastel print of a woman in bed with striped and floral bedding, a yellow lamp, and a pink folding screen behind her.

The Birth of Annette

Edouard Jean Vuillard, c. 1899

Yamauba with Kintaro Holding a Toy Mask

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/04

Woodblock print of a woman in grey kimono adjusting her hair beside a child in green robe with a box on its head.

Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Color print of a woman and girl in a period room as a caged bird flies free, with a cat, guitar and doll nearby.

Les Chagrins de L'Enfance (The Sorrows of Children)

Louis Le Coeur, 1789

Small English Girl (Miss Dolly)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one standing in orange and black, one seated in blue checkered robe, with ca

Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a parasol leaping by a railing, a smoking man and a child beside a waterfall.

Girl Leaping from Kiyomizu Temple

Torii Kiyotsune, c. 1765

Japanese woodblock print of a young man with a fishing rod and net and a boy in pink holding a fish.

Young Man and Boy Returning from Fishing

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a woman in an ivy-patterned kimono with a monk in black robe, with calligraphy in the margins.

Kisen Hoshi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Graphite sketch of a curly-haired child with both arms raised, hands resting on the top of the head.

Child Holding Hands above Head

Possibly Samuel De Wilde, n.d.

Engraving of the Virgin and Child seated in a walled garden with birds, flowers, and a distant hilly landscape.

The Virgin and Child in the Garden

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a checkered kimono holding a child on a bench, with calligraphy beside them.

Sojo Henjo, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Engraving of a standing Virgin with long wavy hair holding the infant Christ, who has a radiating halo, in heavy drapery.

Small Standing Madonna and Child

Martin Schongauer, n.d.

Engraving of nude children playing in a wooden tub while a woman in a turban sits nearby beside a basin.

The Children's Bath

Israhel van Meckenem, 1480/90

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a pink gown with men and a seated woman, two boys at right, caption below.

Juvenile: I say Charley, that's a jeuced fine girl

John Leech, n.d.

Engraving of the Madonna with a haloed head holding the Christ child on a grassy bench, with a landscape behind.

The Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench

Martin Schongauer, n.d.

Boy in an Eton Collar

Richard Dighton, n.d.

Two women kneel in a room coaxing a toddler in a white dress to walk toward them, with a toy on the floor.

Ladies Coaxing Baby to Walk

Hablot Knight Browne, n.d.

Engraving of the Madonna standing with long wavy hair, holding the Christ Child who reaches for an apple.

The Madonna and Child with an Apple

Martin Schongauer, c. 1475

Green-tinted engraving of a seated woman under a tree holding an infant, with a kneeling child looking up at her.

A Woman at the Foot of a Tree Holding a Child

Conte Anton Maria Zanetti, n.d.

Watercolor of a boy with a peel of bread at an oven while a woman holds a baby in a kitchen interior.

Boy Baking Bread

Hablot Knight Browne, n.d.

Etching of a sleeping child with a cat in a wicker crib, beside an oval image of two men with exaggerated expressions.

Child in a crib and Jeux de physionomie after Ducreux

Monogrammist A.L.P., September 1817

Study of the Head of a Young Girl

Jean-Antoine Laurent, December 18, 1815