Works of Art (80)
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The Alling Children, ca. 1839, Oliver Tarbell Eddy (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.21) |
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The Babes in the Wood, ca. 1850; this carving, 1851, Thomas Crawford (American), Marble (94.9.4) |
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"Baby Figure," 12th9th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Ceramic, cinnabar, red ocher (1979.206.1134) |
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Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, ca. 161617, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian), Italian (Rome), Marble (1976.92) |
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Bacchanal: The Satyr's Family, 1763, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), Etching (1996.328.2) |
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The Betrayal of Christ, predella panel,
Bartolomeo di Tommaso (Italian, Umbrian),
Tempera on wood (58.87.1) |
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Birth of Cupid, Master of Flora (Italian, Fontainebleau), Oil on wood (41.48) |
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The Blackboard, Poland, 1948, David "Chim" Seymour (American, born Poland), Gelatin silver print (59.559.70) |
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Bone figurine with articulated arms and legs, 3rd century B.C., Greek (11.212.43) |
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Boy and Duck, 189596; this cast, 1901, Frederick William MacMonnies (American), Bronze (22.61) |
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The Boy with a Sword, 1862,
Édouard Manet (French),
Etching and aquatint, third state (1980.1077) |
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Boys in a Dory, 1873,
Winslow Homer (American),
Watercolor washes and gouache over graphite underdrawing on medium rough textured white wove paper (2001.608.1) |
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Breton Brother and Sister, 1871,
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French),
Oil on canvas (87.15.32) |
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Charity,
Guido Reni (Italian, Bolognese),
Oil on canvas (1974.348) |
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Charity, mid-16th century, Franco-Flemish, Alabaster (65.110) |
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Child with Toy Hand Grenade, 1962, Diane Arbus (American), Gelatin silver print (2001.474) |
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Childbirth scene, ca. 31030 B.C.; Hellenistic,
Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi,
Limestone (74.51.2698) |
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[Children from the Village of Kalabshah, Nubia], 1852, Ernest Benecke (English, active France), Salted paper print from paper negative (2005.100.257) |
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Children's Games, 1959, Rufino Tamayo (Mexican), Oil on canvas (1983.208) |
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Death Carrying a Child, ca. 1648, Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florentine), Etching (59.570.379.3) |
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Death of the Demoness Putana: Page from a dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Krishna), ca. 1610, India (Rajasthan, Bikaner), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper (2002.176) |
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Ecce Puer (Behold the Child), 1906, Medardo Rosso (Italian), Bronze (1990.304) |
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Ernesta (Child with Nurse), 1894, Cecilia Beaux (American), Oil on canvas (65.49) |
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First Steps, after Millet, 1890, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Oil on canvas (64.165.2) |
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Fountain Figure of a Winged Infant, 1432,
Italy (Florence),
Gilt bronze (1983.356)
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Fragmentary terracotta pinax (plaque) with a dancing girl, 5th century B.C., Cretan (53.5.39) |
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Frog Fountain, 1901; this cast, by 1906, Janet Scudder (American), Bronze (06.967) |
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Genius of Mirth, 1842; this version, 1843, Thomas Crawford (American), Marble (97.13.1) |
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Grave stele of a little girl, ca. 450440 B.C., Greek, Parian marble (27.45) |
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Grave stele of a youth and a little girl, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Attic, Parian marble (11.185a-c,f,g) |
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Grave stele with a family group, ca. 360 B.C.; Classical, Greek, Attic, Pentelic marble (11.100.2) |
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A Group of Children Playing under the Plum Blossoms in the Snow, 1887, Hashimoto Chikanobu (Japanese), Woodblock print (JP3341) |
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Holiday Visit, Chinatown, San Francisco, 18961906, Arnold Genthe (American, born Germany), Gelatin silver print (53.680.6) |
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Icon with the Virgin and Child, carved mid-10th11th century,
Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople,
Ivory (17.190.103) |
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Indian Girl, or The Dawn of Christianity, 185356; this carving, 185556, Erastus Dow Palmer (American), Marble (94.9.2) |
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Iphicles and Hercules Attacked by Snakes, mid-15th century,
Italy; Padua,
Terracotta (2006.453) |
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John and Louisa Stock, 1845, Joseph Whiting Stock (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.19) |
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John Barnard, 1744, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish), English, Marble (1976.330) |
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Kalamkari wall hanging, ca. 164050; Mughal, India, Madras region, perhaps Pulicat, Cotton, resist dyed and painted (20.79) |
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Kolobrzeg, Poland, 1992, Rineke Dijkstra (Dutch), Chromogenic print(2001.307) |
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Kylix, ca. 460 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (17.230.10) |
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La Petite Reposée, 1756, François Boucher (French), Etching (1998.524) |
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Laila and Majnun at School: Page from the Khamsa of Nizami (Quintet of Nizami), A.H. 835 /1431–32 A.D.,
Artist: possibly Mir Khalil; calligrapher: Ja'far,
Herat, present-day Afghanistan,
Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper (1994.232.4) |
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Las Meninas, after Velázquez, ca. 1778, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish), Etching, drypoint, burin, roulette, and aquatint; working proof of the third state, Promised Gift of Derald H. and Janet Ruttenberg |
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Liberia, 1931, Martin Munkacsi (American, born Hungary), Gelatin silver print) (1987.1100.35) |
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Louise Brongniart (1772–1845), 18th century (after a model of 1777),
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (14.40.670) |
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Madonna and Child, 1370s, Paolo di Giovanni Fei (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.190.13) |
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Madonna in the Clouds, ca. 1581 (no later than 1582), Federico Barocci (Italian), Etching and engraving; sheet (17.50.18.147) |
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Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 am, May 9, 1910, Lewis W. Hine (American), Gelatin silver print (1970.727.1) |
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Occasion for Diriment, 1962, Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American), Gelatin silver print (67.543.29) |
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Patera handle in the form of a youth, ca. late 6th century B.C.,
Greek,
Bronze (2005.457) |
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Pavement School, Jaipur, 1948,
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French),
India,
Gelatin silver print (1987.1100.174) |
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Portrait of a Boy, Roman period, 2nd century, Egyptian, Encaustic on wood (18.9.2) |
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Portrait of Agata Dolci, 161686, Carlo Dolci (Italian, Florentine), Red and black chalk on pale gray paper (1994.383) |
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Portrait of Margaret of Austria, ca. 1490, Jean Hey (Master of Moulins) (Flemish), Oil on oak panel (1975.1.130) |
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Portrait statue of a boy, Late 1st century B.C.early 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Bronze (14.130.1) |
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The Raymond Children, ca. 1838, Robert Peckham (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.27) |
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Sabine Houdon (1787–1836), 18th century (1788),
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French),
French (Paris),
Marble (50.145.66) |
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The Sackville Children, John Hoppner (British), Oil on canvas (53.59.3) |
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Saint Joseph and the Christ Child, second half of 17th century,
Attributed to Nicolaas van der Veken (Flemish),
Flemish,
Boxwood (1971.68) |
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Seven-lobed platter with scene of children at play, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, China, Carved red lacquer (L.1996.47.14) |
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Snap the Whip, 1872, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (50.41) |
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Statuette of a horse or elephant rider, 3rd century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek; Said to be from ancient Athribis, Egypt, Bronze (55.11.11) |
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Statuette of a standing girl, ca. 300 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta (07.286.31) |
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Statuette of a temple boy, 3rd century B.C.; Hellenistic, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion, Terracotta (74.51.1607) |
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Statuette of a temple boy, last quarter of 4th century B.C.; Hellenistic, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion, Terracotta (74.51.1149) |
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Studies of a Seated Youth in Armor, Attributed to Vittore Carpaccio (Carpathius, Scarpazza) (Italian, Venetian), Italian, Point of brush and gray wash, highlighted with white, on blue paper (54.119) |
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Study of a Young Woman, probably ca. 1665–67,
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch),
Oil on canvas (1979.396.1) |
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Terracotta figurine with articulated arms and legs, early 5th century B.C., Greek, Corinthian (44.11.8) |
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Terracotta statuette of a seated youth with articulated arms, late 4thearly 3rd century B.C., Greek, Boeotian; Said to be from Thebes, Purchase, 1901 (01.13.1); Terracotta statuette of a seated girl with articulated arms, late 4thearly 3rd century B.C., Greek, Boeotian (01.13.2) |
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[Three Boys Wading in a Creek], 1883, Thomas Eakins (American), Platinum print (44.75.7) |
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Three Studies for the Christ Child, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Red chalk (1997.75) |
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Torso of a youth, Roman overcast of a Greek bronze statue of the early 5th century B.C., Bronze (20.194) |
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Two Boys Blowing a Bladder by Candle-light, 1773, Peter Perez Burdett (British), after Joseph Wright (British), Aquatint printed in red and brown inks (68.589A) |
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Two Children Teasing a Cat, ca. 1590, Attributed to Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Oil on canvas (1994.142) |
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[Two Girls in Identical Dresses], ca. 1857, Jeremiah Gurney (American), Daguerreotype (2005.100.325) |
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Two girls playing a game known as ephedrismos, late 4th3rd century B.C.,
Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta (07.286.4) |
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Two Young Girls at the Piano, 1892, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), Oil on canvas (1975.1.201) |
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Ugolino and His Sons, modeled ca. 186061, executed in marble 186567,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French),
Saint-Béat marble (67.250) |
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[Young Boy], 1850s, Unknown Artist, American School,
Salted paper print from glass negative (2005.100.88) |
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Thematic Essays (21)
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