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Art Institute of Chicago

769 works

Japanese woodblock print of two women with an infant under a crescent moon and willow branches at night.

Young Couple with Infant Son on a Moonlit Night

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Etching of the Holy Family in an arched interior with an angel, a dove above, and a courtyard beyond.

The Holy Family in a Room (Virgin, Child, and Saint Anne)

I Daniel Hopfer, n.d.

Seated girl in a bonnet and long skirt working with her hands beside a wicker basket, drawn in gray wash on tan paper.

Girl Eating Cherries

After Jean Siméon Chardin, n.d.

Pen drawing of a schoolmaster at a desk with children in period dress reading and playing in a classroom interior.

Schoolmaster with Children

After Alexander Voet, 1633/90

Woodblock print of a youth with long black hair holding a fan, framed by chrysanthemums in white, yellow and pink.

Chrysanthemum Boy

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Brown ink sketch of a standing woman in a ruffled dress and feathered hat against loose vertical background strokes.

Study for "The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland"

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1879

Red and black chalk drawing of a smiling curly-haired child reaching out, study by Federico Barocci.

Christ Child: Study for the Madonna di San Giovanni

Federico Barocci, c. 1565

Ukiyo-e print of a woman reading a letter, a mother holding a child who points at sparrows, with a poem above.

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1791

Woodblock print of two figures in blue robes beneath streaks of yellow light on a rocky cliff beside a shrine gate.

Wang Pu (Oho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843

Lithograph of two seated figures, a woman in a headscarf and a young companion, against a sketched hilly landscape.

Untitled (Two Basque Girls)

Paul Gavarni, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds above a kneeling saint and a winged angel.

Madonna and Child Appearing to Male Saint and Angel

Attributed to the Style of Andrea Boscoli, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in red iris-patterned kimono and a kneeling woman nursing an infant.

Fidelity (Shin), from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Five Virtues (Furyu yatsushi gojo)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Three Children (recto); Sketches of Head, Eyes, Lips, and Flowers (verso)

possibly Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 18th century

Print of a mother in a patterned white dress tenderly embracing a baby seated in a yellow floral armchair.

Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1890-91

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man in draped robes beside a swaddled child reaching outward.

Seated Man and Swaddled Baby

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining male nude on blue paper, with one arm raised and a draped cloth beneath.

The Dead Christ (recto); Child's Head (verso)

Recto by Charles Le Brun, 1646 (recto); 18th century (verso)

Pencil sketch of a young girl in a bonnet and puffed-sleeve dress holding a pail, with loose background strokes.

Little Girl in a Garden

Kate Greenaway, 1894

Watercolor of children in shallow lagoon water beside a dark wooden boat, with white villas and trees on the shore.

Children with Boat on Venetian Lagoon

G. Paolini, n.d.

Etching of three soldiers beside a flag and rock, with a reclining boy in the foreground and a distant landscape behind.

Three Soldiers and a Boy, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1740, published 1785

Watercolor of boys peering into a peepshow box held by a man on a city street, with a church spire behind.

Boys at Peepshow in Street

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with bearded saints and cherubs in clouds, on grey-blue paper.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Carlone, n.d.

Watercolor of a woman in folk costume holding hands with a barefoot boy on a dirt road across an open plain.

Woman in Native Costume with Boy on Road

After Bartolomeo Pinelli, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist and a lamb, with sketched figures at upper right.

Holy Family with Infant Saint John the Baptist

Atributed to Gaspare Diziani, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child on clouds with angels above and three male saints kneeling below.

Madonna and Child in Glory, with Three Male Saints Below

After Francesco Vanni, n.d.

Mother Berthe Holding Her Child

Mary Cassatt, c. 1889

Watercolor of a stone viaduct over a coastal harbor town with a lighthouse and castle ruins on a hill.

Scarborough (recto), and Sketch of House with Mother and Children (verso)

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Boy Posing as Admiral on Ship

Dupenvant, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of girls in bonnets walking down a country lane past a fence and cottage.

Girls Going Down a Lane

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Watercolor of a woman and child before a stone wall and tall round tower, with houses and hills behind.

Woman and Child before Walled Town with Tower

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Watercolor and ink sketch of a curly-haired girl in a green skirt leaning over a table in a kitchen.

Little Girl Cooking

Dupenvant, n.d.