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Selected Works Children
These artworks give an overview of children portrayed in art. They may be alone, with family, or playing. They may be dead or alive. In Western art, the most common depiction is that of the Christ Child with his mother, the Virgin Mary.
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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Funerary Altar of Iulia Victorina
Circa AD 75-90
Rome
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Paintings
Jean-Siméon CHARDIN
Grace
Salon of 1740
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Sculptures
François-Joseph BOSIO
Henry IV of France as a Child
1824
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Sculptures
Jean-Antoine HOUDON
Louise (1772-1845) and Alexandre...
Salon of 1777
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Paintings
Sir Joshua REYNOLDS
Master Hare
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Paintings
Domenico GHIRLANDAIO
Old Man with a Young Boy
c. 1490
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Decorative Arts
Workshop commissioned by OTTO I
Openwork Panel
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Egyptian Antiquities
Shroud of a child's mummy
3rd century AD
Antinoe, A. Gayet excavations
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Egyptian Antiquities
Stele
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Paintings
Jusepe de RIBERA
The Clubfoot
1642