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Art Institute of Chicago

781 works

Title page of Man in His Relations to Society with a tinted vignette of a sleeping child on a cushioned bed.

Child on a Bed

George Baxter, 1840

Broadside print of a woman beside an anthropomorphic duck in a garden, with a town skyline and Spanish verse text below.

To Hear the Sad Cries of the baby Duck with Teresa

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Loosely etched portrait of a seated young boy in a fur-trimmed coat, gazing toward the viewer beside a small potted plant.

The Boy (Charlie Hanson)

James McNeill Whistler, 1875/1876

Two girls in red and blue dresses walk past stone gate pillars while other children play under an autumn tree.

Children Outside Gates of a Mansion (Tales for Girls)

George Baxter, 1836

Yellow broadside by José Guadalupe Posada with printed verses, roses, drummers, a courting couple and a woman with a basket.

All the Little Boys Ask for Their Tarasca

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a curly-haired boy with lowered eyes reading an open book.

Boy Reading

After Guercino, n.d.

Engraving of the Holy Family with the infant Saint John, with haloed figures in drapery against a hatched background.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1500/10

Etching of two turbaned men and a boy beside a kneeling figure with instruments, set before bare trees and a hillside.

Two Astrologers and a Boy, from Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1735-40

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child with a bamboo branch, parasol and water bucket for the Tanabata festival.

The Tanabata Festival, from the from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu as…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

Colour print of a young woman in blue with a basket of peaches and pears, set before alpine mountains and a lake.

The Fruit Girl of the Alps

George Baxter, 1859

Line drawing of a woman and children on a veranda, with a figure sweeping a landscape and geese flying overhead.

Min Ziqian (Binshiken), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doj…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1842

Chiaroscuro woodcut in an oval of a seated woman with a child among flowering garlands, in ochre and dark ink.

The Virgin, Christ Child, and Saint John

Antonio da Trento, 1540/50

Oval print of a young woman with flowers in her hair and a floral garland, in a blue dress before a woodland.

Flora, also called Flora the Gypsy Girl

George Baxter, 1852

Color print of a mother seated in a chair holding a crying blond toddler in a white dress against a green background.

The Barefooted Child

Mary Cassatt, 1896-98

Brown wash drawing of Punchinello figures chopping and stacking logs beside a brick cottage with a thatched roof.

Punchinello Chopping Logs, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1790/1804

Etching of a young boy in a jacket and knickerbockers carrying a tray with a decanter and fruit, looking over his shoulder.

The Boy Carrying a Tray

Édouard Manet, 1862

Pencil sketch of a girl in a large bonnet and full skirt, with an arm outstretched and handwritten inscription beside her.

Girl in Bonnet

Edward Henry Corbould, 1896

Ink and wash drawing of a dead man on a bed with mourning women and children gathered around him.

Women and Children Mourning a Dead Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1778

Watercolor of two little girls in fur-trimmed winter coats and bonnets, one in blue and one in cream, on a tan mount.

Two Little Girls in Fur-Trimmed Coats

Kate Greenaway, 1900

Black-ground woodblock print of Hotei and two children in a boat on night waters, with a bird flying overhead.

Hotei and Two Children on a Boat

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Red chalk sketch of a seated child with a loosely drawn outstretched leg below, on a pale paper sheet.

Study for Christ Child

Giacomo Cavedone, 1610/12

Watercolor of a seated girl in a blue-dotted dress beside primroses, framed by bare branches and distant hills.

Seated Girl with Primroses

Kate Greenaway, 1886

Japanese woodblock print of Yamauba with long black hair nursing the red-faced child Kintaro in a floral purple kimono.

Yamauba Breast Feeding Kintaro

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/06

Girl Plaiting her Hair (La Natte)

Berthe Morisot, 1894

Watercolor of a woman with a broom and a little girl beside a basket under a tree with autumn leaves.

Woman with Broom and Little Girl

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a mother holding a naked infant close, their heads touching, on tan paper.

Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1921

Hand-colored valentine showing a couple at a wooden fence by a river, framed by painted flowers and an embossed border.

Dear Girl, Thy Hand (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Watercolor of a girl leaning by an apple tree while a boy in a straw hat picks apples into a bucket.

Girl and Boy Picking Apples

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Woodblock print of a child raking a field beside two white elephants, with birds, a snake, mountains and a village behind.

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

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843

Pen and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Christ Child with angels above, kneeling figures, and animals in a stable.

Adoration of the Christ Child

Filippo Bellini or circle of, 1580/1600