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Art Institute of Chicago

781 works

Brown ink vignette of two girls in bonnets and long dresses holding hands, framed by an oval vine border.

Vignette of Two Girls (recto); Athena (verso)

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pencil sketch of three children in old-fashioned clothing, two girls in wide hats and capes and a boy holding a stick.

Three Little Girls

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Faint pencil sketch of a standing draped female figure on a deep blue sheet of paper.

Girl with Bowl

James McNeill Whistler, 1895

Reddish-brown line drawing of a girl in a bonnet and period dress seated on a chair, holding a teacup.

Seated Girl Holding Tea Cup

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a girl in a ruffled dress pulling a wheeled toy horse on a string, on pale green paper.

Girl with Toy Horse at Langham House

Elizabeth Murray, 1838

Loose watercolor and ink sketch of a seated boy fishing beside a tree, with a small bucket at his side.

Boy Fishing

Dupenvant, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a small boy in overalls and bonnet holding hands with a woman in a long dress and bonnet.

Little Boy and Girl

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Young Girl Reading

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin, an older woman gesturing, and two embracing children in a religious group scene.

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

After Annibale Carracci, after 1606

Brown ink sketch of a girl in a bonnet and long dress carrying a basket through a grassy landscape with flowers.

Girl with Basket

Attributed to Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two girls at a wooden gate, one in a wide-brimmed hat leaning on it, the other in a bonnet beside her.

Two Girls at Gate

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Watercolor of a red-coated officer standing under a stormy sky beside a woman with an infant and a child seeking shelter.

Officer Seeking Shelter with his Wife and Children from a Storm (recto); Sketch of Castle on Hill (verso)

After Richard Westall, c. 1800/20

Watercolor of a Gothic cathedral tower behind ivy-covered walls, with a professor, a woman, a child and a dog in the foregrou

Professor, Woman, Child and Dog in Cathedral Close

Joseph Nash, 1860/65

Pencil and watercolor studies of two young girls on cream paper, one seated in a ruffled dress and one head study at upper ri

Studies for Portraits of Two Young Girls

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding an apple with the Christ child and a parrot, with a tree and castle behind.

The Virgin and Child with the Parrot

Sebald Beham, 1549

Peasant Boy with Jug

Wilhelm Leibl, 1875/77

Pencil and watercolor study of a seated young boy holding a book, enclosed in an oval vignette on cream paper.

Study for Portrait of Boy with Book

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Etching of a thatched farm cottage with two boys bundling wood in the foreground, trees and cloudy sky behind.

Farm Scene with Boys Bundling Wood

Louis Simon Lempereur, 1755

Soft grey lithograph of a curly-haired child seated on a ledge, embracing a shaggy dog beside him.

Child with Dog

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1822

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a young girl in a wide-brimmed hat holding a crop, with color on her face and hat.

Portrait of Young Girl with Hat and Crop

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Engraving of the seated Virgin embracing the Christ Child, with an arched hatched background and draped cloth.

Virgin and Child

Workshop of Andrea Mantegna, 1485/91

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, who reaches up to touch her long hair, with haloes and an arched town

The Virgin and Child

Hieronymus Wierix, n.d.

Watercolor portrait of a young girl with curly blonde hair in a white off-the-shoulder gown against a grey wash background.

Portrait of Young Girl with Shoulderless Gown

Elizabeth Murray, n.d.

Etching of a married woman in a headscarf standing with two children beside a log house and wooden fence.

Femme Mariee et ses Enfants (Married Woman and her Children, plate five from Divers Habillements des Peuples du Nord)

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1765

Pen and brown ink study of the Virgin and infant Christ with kneeling figures and cherubs gathered in clouds above.

Study for 'The Dream of Saint Joseph'

Pietro Testa, 1635/37

Watercolor of a blonde girl in a white dress kneeling with clasped hands, looking upward under a cloudy sky.

Child Praying

Elizabeth Murray, 1848

Brown-toned drawing of the Virgin and Child in glory with angels above and three saints below in a landscape.

Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints Sebastian, John the Evangelist, and Roch

Pasquale Ottino, c. 1610

Engraving of a woman in a headscarf gazing at a naked sleeping infant on draped cloth, with a tree and landscape behind.

Mary and the Sleeping Child

Raffaello Morghen, 1814

Watercolor portrait of a young girl with curly hair in a pink off-shoulder dress, against a soft grey background, dated 1849.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Elizabeth Murray, 1849

Grey-blue drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds, surrounded by angels and cherubs in an arched composition.

Saint Francis of Assisi Adoring the Virgin and Child

Denys Calvaert, 1607