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Works of Art (75)
A Group of Children Playing under the Plum Blossoms in the Snow, 1887, Hashimoto Chikanobu (Japanese), Woodblock print (JP3341) 
 
"Baby Figure," 12th–9th century B.C., Mexico; Olmec, Ceramic, cinnabar, red ocher (1979.206.1134)  
 
Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, ca. 1616–17, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian), Italian (Rome), Marble (1976.92) 
 
Bacchanal: The Satyr's Family, 1763, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), Etching (1996.328.2) 
 
Birth of Cupid, Master of Flora (Italian, Fontainebleau), Oil on wood (41.48)  
 
Bone figurine with articulated arms and legs, 3rd century B.C., Greek (11.212.43) 
 
Boy and Duck, 1895–96; this cast, 1901, Frederick William MacMonnies (American), Bronze (22.61) 
 
Breton Brother and Sister, 1871, William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French), Oil on canvas (87.15.32) 
 
Charity, mid-16th century, Franco-Flemish, Alabaster (65.110)  
 
Child with Toy Hand Grenade, 1962, Diane Arbus (American), Gelatin silver print (2001.474) 
 
Childbirth scene, ca. 310–30 B.C.; Hellenistic, Cypriot; Said to be from the temple at Golgoi, Limestone (74.51.2698) 
 
[Children from the Village of Kalabshah, Nubia], 1852, Ernest Benecke (English, active France), Salted paper print from paper negative (2005.100.257) 
 
Children's Games, 1959, Rufino Tamayo (Mexican), Oil on canvas (1983.208) 
 
Death Carrying a Child, ca. 1648, Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florentine), Etching (59.570.379.3) 
 
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) 
 
Ecce Puer (Behold the Child), 1906, Medardo Rosso (Italian), Bronze (1990.304) 
 
Ernesta (Child with Nurse), 1894, Cecilia Beaux (American), Oil on canvas (65.49) 
 
First Steps, after Millet, 1890, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), Oil on canvas (64.165.2) 
 
Fountain Figure of a Winged Infant, ca. 1440, Italian (Florence), Gilt bronze (1983.356)  
 
Fragmentary terracotta pinax (plaque) with a dancing girl, 5th century B.C., Cretan (53.5.39) 
 
Frog Fountain, 1901; this cast, by 1906, Janet Scudder (American), Bronze (06.967) 
 
Genius of Mirth, 1842; this version, 1843, Thomas Crawford (American), Marble (97.13.1) 
 
Grave stele of a little girl, ca. 450–440 B.C., Greek, Parian marble (27.45) 
 
Grave stele of a youth and a little girl, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic, Greek, Attic, Parian marble (11.185a-c,f,g) 
 
Grave stele with a family group, ca. 360 B.C.; Classical, Greek, Attic, Pentelic marble (11.100.2)  
 
Holiday Visit, Chinatown, San Francisco, 1896–1906, Arnold Genthe (American, born Germany), Gelatin silver print (53.680.6) 
 
Icon with the Virgin and Child, carved mid-10th–11th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory (17.190.103)  
 
Indian Girl, or The Dawn of Christianity, 1853–56; this carving, 1855–56, Erastus Dow Palmer (American), Marble (94.9.2) 
 
Iphicles and Hercules Attacked by Snakes, mid-15th century, Italy; Padua, Terracotta (2006.453)  
 
John and Louisa Stock, 1845, Joseph Whiting Stock (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.19) 
 
John Barnard, 1744, John Michael Rysbrack (Flemish), English, Marble (1976.330) 
 
Kolobrzeg, Poland, 1992, Rineke Dijkstra (Dutch), Chromogenic print(2001.307) 
 
Kylix, ca. 460 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of Munich 2660, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (17.230.10)  
 
La Petite Reposée, 1756, François Boucher (French), Etching (1998.524) 
 
Laila and Majnun at School: Page from a manuscript of the Laila and Majnun of Nizami, dated 1432; Timurid, Afghanistan (Herat), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1994.232)  
 
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 
 
Liberia, 1931, Martin Munkacsi (American, born Hungary), Gelatin silver print) (1987.1100.35) 
 
Little Ida, 1869; this carving, 1881, Charles Calverley (American), Marble (04.38.2)  
 
Madonna and Child, 1370s, Paolo di Giovanni Fei (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.190.13)  
 
Madonna in the Clouds, ca. 1581 (no later than 1582), Federico Barocci (Italian), Etching and engraving; sheet (17.50.18.147)  
 
Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 am, May 9, 1910, Lewis W. Hine (American), Gelatin silver print (1970.727.1) 
 
Occasion for Diriment, 1962, Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American), Gelatin silver print (67.543.29) 
 
Patera handle in the form of a youth, ca. late 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze (2005.457)  
 
Pavement School, Jaipur, 1948, Henri Cartier-Bresson (French), India, Gelatin silver print (1987.1100.174) 
 
Portrait of a Boy, Roman period, 2nd century, Egyptian, Encaustic on wood (18.9.2)  
 
Portrait of Agata Dolci, 1616–86, Carlo Dolci (Italian, Florentine), Red and black chalk on pale gray paper (1994.383) 
 
Portrait of Margaret of Austria, ca. 1490, Jean Hey (Master of Moulins) (Flemish), Oil on oak panel (1975.1.130)  
 
Portrait statue of a boy, Late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Bronze (14.130.1)  
 
Seven-lobed platter with scene of children at play, Yuan dynasty, 14th century, China, Carved red lacquer (L.1996.47.14)  
 
Snap the Whip, 1872, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (50.41) 
 
Statuette of a horse or elephant rider, 3rd century B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek; Said to be from ancient Athribis, Egypt, Bronze (55.11.11) 
 
Statuette of a standing girl, ca. 300 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta (07.286.31) 
 
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) 
 
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) 
 
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)  
 
Study of a Young Woman, probably ca. 1665–67, Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), Oil on canvas (1979.396.1) 
 
Terracotta figurine with articulated arms and legs, early 5th century B.C., Greek, Corinthian (44.11.8) 
 
Terracotta statuette of a seated youth with articulated arms, late 4th–early 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 4th–early 3rd century B.C., Greek, Boeotian (01.13.2) 
 
The Alling Children, ca. 1839, Oliver Tarbell Eddy (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.21) 
 
The Babes in the Wood, ca. 1850; this carving, 1851, Thomas Crawford (American), Marble (94.9.4) 
 
The Blackboard, Poland, 1948, David "Chim" Seymour (American, born Poland), Gelatin silver print (59.559.70) 
 
The Boy with a Sword, 1862, Édouard Manet (French), Etching and aquatint, third state (1980.1077) 
 
The Raymond Children, ca. 1838, Robert Peckham (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.27) 
 
The Sackville Children, John Hoppner (British), Oil on canvas (53.59.3) 
 
[Three Boys Wading in a Creek], 1883, Thomas Eakins (American), Platinum print (44.75.7) 
 
Three Studies for the Christ Child, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Red chalk (1997.75)  
 
Torso of a youth, Roman overcast of a Greek bronze statue of the early 5th century B.C., Bronze (20.194) 
 
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) 
 
Two Children Teasing a Cat, ca. 1590, Attributed to Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Oil on canvas (1994.142) 
 
[Two Girls in Identical Dresses], ca. 1857, Jeremiah Gurney (American), Daguerreotype (2005.100.325) 
 
Two girls playing a game known as ephedrismos, late 4th–3rd century B.C., Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta (07.286.4) 
 
Two Young Girls at the Piano, 1892, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), Oil on canvas (1975.1.201) 
 
Ugolino and His Sons, modeled ca. 1860–61, executed in marble 1865–67, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Saint-Béat marble (67.250) 
 
[Young Boy], 1850s, Unknown Artist, American School, Salted paper print from glass negative (2005.100.88) 
 
Kalamkari wall hanging, ca. 1640–50; Mughal, India, Madras region, perhaps Pulicat, Cotton, resist dyed and painted (20.79) 
 
Thematic Essays (16)