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Art Institute of Chicago

781 works

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family with infant Saint John and small angels, with a column at left.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

After Ciro Ferri, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Madonna and Child with angels above and bishop saints adoring below, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with Adoring Saints

called Il Moncalvo Guglielmo Caccia, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in drapery embracing a child who leans against her shoulder.

Madonna and Child

After Pierre Mignard I, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin seated in a veil, holding the nude Christ Child who reaches toward her.

Virgin and Child

After Guercino, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a seated mother with three children, one sleeping on the floor, in a domestic interior.

Mother and Three Children

After Jacopo Amigoni, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a barefoot woman carrying a basket on her head past cottages in Galway, 1855.

Girl of Claddagh or Fishing Suburb, Galway

A. Bradstreet, 1855

Brown ink drawing of Madonna and Child flanked by a crowned emperor and an armored saint with a lion, within a circle.

Madonna and Child with Holy Roman Emperor and Saint Adrian

H. Ballais, n.d.

Sepia watercolor of a man and child walking a tree-lined path past a small cottage, c. 1800.

Man and Child on Tree-Lined Path

Lady Harriet Dalrymple, c. 1800

Pencil drawing of the Virgin with a veil holding the infant Christ against her shoulder, on tan paper.

Virgin and Child

After Domenichino, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of children playing near a statue on a pedestal in a garden, with seated women and a birdcage at right.

Children Playing near Statue in Garden

John Vanderbank, 1714/39

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman leaning over a child reaching up from her lap.

Seated Woman Playing with Child in Her Lap

Follower of George Romney, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of the Virgin seated on clouds holding the Christ Child, with a faint halo above.

Virgin and Child Seated on Clouds

Attributed to Count Antonio Maria Zanetti the Elder, n.d.

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Madonna and Child above a seated figure beside a reclining body in a rocky landscape.

Sketches of Madonna and Child, Flaying of Marsyas

Style of Gaspare Diziani, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a young girl in a bonnet holding a drum and stick, with a toy pinwheel on the ground.

Girl Playing with Drum

After Jean Siméon Chardin, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a nude child reclining under trees, head bowed, with a cloth draped beneath the body.

Nude Child Seated Under Trees

Style of Edme Bouchardon, n.d.

Loose wash and chalk sketch of a seated Madonna bending over a child on toned paper.

Madonna and Child

Possibly Giovanni Antonio Guardi, n.d.

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a young boy's head, eyes lowered, with loose wavy hair.

Young Boy's Head

Style of Guido Reni, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child seated on clouds, surrounded by putti and cherub heads.

Virgin and Child Seated on Clouds

After Paolo Farinati, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, both with soft modeling and white highlights.

Madonna and Child

After Jan Gossart, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man and a turbaned woman holding a nude infant on ochre paper.

Family Group: Ozias, King of Judah, Nursed by his Mother

after Michelangelo Buonarroti, n.d.

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a seated woman holding a child, with another child reclining beside her.

Woman and Two Children

after Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of rustic figures resting and drinking beside barrels and a ladder outside a building.

Rustic Scene: Men, Women and Children Resting and Drinking Outside Building

Giorgio Giacoboni, n.d.

Lithograph of a seated boy polishing a boot beside a wooden box, shoes and a top hat at his feet, cypress trees behind a ston

The Little Shoe-Shine Boy

Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant, n.d.

Two-tone woodcut of a seated woman reading a book while a child holds a flaming torch in a shadowy interior.

The Sibyl and a Child Bearing a Torch

Unknown artist, 1520-40

Etching of a young woman's head and shoulders with curly hair falling over one shoulder, set against a pale background.

Head of a Girl

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Susan and Child Facing each Other

Mary Cassatt, 1883

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono carrying a bamboo vase of yellow and white chrysanthemums.

Young Girl Carrying a Flower Arrangement

Nishikawa Sukenobu, first half of 18th century

Etching of women and girls seated at a table in a domestic interior, with a figure reading by a window at right.

Untitled (Girls Saying Grace)

Robert Frederick Blum, 1885

Woodblock print of a courtesan holding a cat beside a child attendant, with a snowy landscape screen and plum blossoms behind

Courtesan and Her Child Attendant Playing with a Cat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a woman lifting a kite for a child beneath drooping willow branches on a wooden veranda.

Young Man Holds a Kite for a Child

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774