MFA Images: ChildhoodExplore this subject through images from across the MFA's collection./internal/media/dispatcher/1544106/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAlgerian Girl1881Pierre-Auguste Renoir39.67732704/internal/media/dispatcher/901877/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAlice Mary Hawes1853–54Southworth and Hawes43.1414159929/internal/media/dispatcher/1086492/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Artist's Daughter Asleep (facing left)about 1770Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune65.2593168900/internal/media/dispatcher/783161/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Artist's Daughter Asleep (facing right)about 1770Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune65.2592168865/internal/media/dispatcher/983995/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Artist's Daughter in a Blue Gown1944Milton Clark Avery1970.49834094/internal/media/dispatcher/855558/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBaby Playing with Soba NoodlesArtist unknown, Japanese2002.6912417883/internal/media/dispatcher/983336/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Belated Kid1854–57William Morris Hunt07.13531308/internal/media/dispatcher/1777321/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail"Bo-Peep" (Girl with Shepherd's Crook Seated by a Tree)1878Winslow Homer48.7244818/internal/media/dispatcher/681892/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Bowlabout 1899Charles Webster Hawthorne35.122232518/internal/media/dispatcher/1110838/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBoys in a Pasture1874Winslow Homer53.255233506/internal/media/dispatcher/855844/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBoys Playing with CameraArtist unknown, Japanese2002.7400418505/internal/media/dispatcher/760916/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBust of a girlabout A.D. 2001994.84173981/internal/media/dispatcher/1541018/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBust of a young boyabout A.D. 5001.8202151336/internal/media/dispatcher/675494/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBy the Wayside1877George Fuller11.280831410/internal/media/dispatcher/1020846/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCalm Morning1904Frank Weston Benson1985.92534740/internal/media/dispatcher/735514/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChild in Rocking Chair1876E. L. George62.27233730/internal/media/dispatcher/1492972/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChildren on the Seashore, Guernseyabout 1883Pierre-Auguste Renoir48.59433323/internal/media/dispatcher/983555/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChild with a Peachabout 1810John Brewster, Jr.45.89332951/internal/media/dispatcher/782476/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Christmas Tree, illustration for The Christmas Letterabout 1905–07Wuanita Smith1985.762264420/internal/media/dispatcher/891397/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail"Claude et sa Sœur - Pelisse et Douillette," plate X from Gazette du Bon Ton, Volume 1, No. 2December 1912Maurice Boutet de Monvel2004.7.10441173/internal/media/dispatcher/1544113/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCoco (Claude Renoir)1910Pierre-Auguste Renoir1973.51334183/internal/media/dispatcher/846074/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Colgate Family1866Johannes Adam Simon Oertel2002.20338683/internal/media/dispatcher/922333/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Copley Familyabout 1788John Singleton Copley1977.77534253/internal/media/dispatcher/913781/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Daughters of Edward Darley Boit1882John Singer Sargent19.12431782/internal/media/dispatcher/836880/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDinner Party (Bansan kai) (from an unidentified series)Uzaki Sumikazu2002.1318400040/internal/media/dispatcher/983340/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDismissal of School on an October Afternoon1845Henry Inman48.43233179/internal/media/dispatcher/1747949/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailEllen Mary in a White Coatabout 1896Mary Stevenson Cassatt1982.63034519/internal/media/dispatcher/979341/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailEugenia: Head of a Roman Girl1879Elihu Vedder23.48832045/internal/media/dispatcher/855559/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFour Children at DinnerArtist unknown, Japanese2002.6913417884/internal/media/dispatcher/983558/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFrancis Malbone and his Brother Saundersabout 1773Gilbert Stuart1991.43635254/internal/media/dispatcher/794155/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGertrude1899Frank Weston Benson54.59633518/internal/media/dispatcher/782477/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl and Friends Writing Letters, illustration for The Christmas Letterabout 1905–07Wuanita Smith1985.764264432/internal/media/dispatcher/855780/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl Playing with Paper BalloonArtist unknown, Japanese2002.7383418488/internal/media/dispatcher/983556/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl Reading1853William Morris Hunt93.145531038/internal/media/dispatcher/780318/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl Seated1880Winslow Homer1996.1365137/internal/media/dispatcher/1777318/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirls on a Cliff1881Winslow Homer23.5224829/internal/media/dispatcher/1544103/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirls Picking Flowers in a Meadowabout 1890Pierre-Auguste Renoir39.67532703/internal/media/dispatcher/694843/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirls with Berries1867Louis Lang1985.40834714/internal/media/dispatcher/782512/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl, Toys and Dogs Walking, illustration for The Christmas LetterAbout 1905–07Wuanita Smith1985.763264421/internal/media/dispatcher/983557/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl with a Pink Bonnet1865William Perkins BabcockRES.29.4832330/internal/media/dispatcher/1105834/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl with Cat1856William Morris Hunt00.50431115/internal/media/dispatcher/1460348/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Granddaughter1885Francis Davis Millet1981.7734418/internal/media/dispatcher/1458852/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Green Dory1880Winslow Homer42.5384827/internal/media/dispatcher/1747188/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHelen Sears1895John Singer Sargent55.111633550/internal/media/dispatcher/1143505/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIn the Cornfield1844James Goodwyn Clonney47.126333132/internal/media/dispatcher/983341/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIrish Girl (Mary O'Donnel)1913Robert Earle Henri48.56233291/internal/media/dispatcher/984464/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailItalian Peasant Boy1866William Morris Hunt29.111732359/internal/media/dispatcher/1544136/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJacques Bergeret as a Childabout 1880Pierre-Auguste Renoir48.59533324/internal/media/dispatcher/819002/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJennyabout 1925George Benjamin Luks48.57333302/internal/media/dispatcher/780296/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Jewel BoxArthur Boyd Houghton63.1630266948/internal/media/dispatcher/891568/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJohn Oscar Kent and His Sister, Sarah Eliza Kent1844Samuel Lancaster Gerry43.2932863/internal/media/dispatcher/879962/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKewpie Playing TennisArtist unknown, Japanese2002.18636434547/internal/media/dispatcher/830380/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLeopoldo De' Medici as a Child, 1617A. GaleottiRES.26.34287448/internal/media/dispatcher/982167/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Lincoln Children1845Susan Catherine Moore Waters1981.43834463/internal/media/dispatcher/765838/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Little Convalescentabout 1873–79Eastman Johnson40.9032735/internal/media/dispatcher/876352/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLittle Girls Playing CardsArtist unknown, Japanese2002.17705433384/internal/media/dispatcher/798234/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLittle Miss Hone1824Samuel Finley Breese Morse48.45533201/internal/media/dispatcher/609771/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Little Reader1845–60Robert Walter Weir57.296168128/internal/media/dispatcher/983348/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLittle Rose of Lyme Regis1895James Abbott McNeill Whistler96.95031085/internal/media/dispatcher/898188/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Little White Bonnet (Carol Westmorland)1917Maurice Fromkes48.54433273/internal/media/dispatcher/808226/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMargaret Gibbs1670Freake-Gibbs painter1995.80035860/internal/media/dispatcher/983345/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMargaret Gilmoreabout 1845Erastus Salisbury Field64.45133818/internal/media/dispatcher/765836/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMarguerite1870William Morris Hunt26.6332228/internal/media/dispatcher/983349/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMarion Hiller Fenno at Nine as Mandolinata1887–88Edmund C. Tarbell1984.79634656/internal/media/dispatcher/695168/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMarion Pond (Mrs. Kenneth Bacon Bond)1903Ernest Lee Major1986.93234810/internal/media/dispatcher/1280323/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMary and Elizabeth Royallabout 1758John Singleton Copley25.4932168/internal/media/dispatcher/null/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMiss Ida Mason1878William Morris Hunt32.12732447/internal/media/dispatcher/746777/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMorris Hunt1857William Morris Hunt2000.122031506/internal/media/dispatcher/879960/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNew Year's Card: Young Girl in Kimono Playing with a BallArtist unknown, Japanese2002.18634434545/internal/media/dispatcher/696986/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOil Sketch of a Young Boyabout 1895Abbott Handerson Thayer1993.16135507/internal/media/dispatcher/983347/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOpen Air Concert1890Lilla Cabot Perry64.205533882/internal/media/dispatcher/987043/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPhoebe Drakeabout 1815Abraham Tuthill64.46233828/internal/media/dispatcher/688225/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortrait of a ChildJean-Baptiste Greuze49.114533375/internal/media/dispatcher/983350/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRoasting Apples1868Joseph Decker1993.94435607/internal/media/dispatcher/767624/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRobert de Cévrieux1879John Singer Sargent22.37231955/internal/media/dispatcher/906727/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRobert Gibbs at 4 1/2 Years1670Freake-Gibbs painter69.122734062/internal/media/dispatcher/987032/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSally Patten1812–14Gilbert Stuart16.10631556/internal/media/dispatcher/987044/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSkatingabout 1830–40Thomas Birch47.118533058/internal/media/dispatcher/983339/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Sleigh Rideabout 1845James Goodwyn Clonney48.41733170/internal/media/dispatcher/798274/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSon of George HerndonArthur William Heintzelman56.64258239/internal/media/dispatcher/695173/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailStephen Greene1924Robert Earle Henri1986.97134811/internal/media/dispatcher/786378/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTeaching the DogJacobus Hendrikus Maris99.3186834/internal/media/dispatcher/991361/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThree Children1840John F. Francis47.114233019/internal/media/dispatcher/1028735/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThree Sisters of the Copeland Family1854William Matthew Prior48.46733213/internal/media/dispatcher/1312979/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Torn Hat1820Thomas Sully16.10431554/internal/media/dispatcher/983346/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTuckered Out —The Shoeshine Boyabout 1888John George Brown64.46733832/internal/media/dispatcher/799021/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTwo Boys Checking the Contents of a Basket1869Pierre Edouard Frère13.470230168/internal/media/dispatcher/983338/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTwo Children1843Jefferson Gauntt47.116133037/internal/media/dispatcher/983342/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailView of Beacon Street from Boston Commonabout 1923George Benjamin Luks60.53833659/internal/media/dispatcher/847858/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailWilliam Allen1843William Matthew Prior48.46633212/internal/media/dispatcher/876382/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailWomen Playing Blind Man's Buff in a GardenArtist unknown, Japanese2002.17763433447/internal/media/dispatcher/983344/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailWriting to Father1863Eastman Johnson64.43533804/internal/media/dispatcher/908710/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailYoung Girl, in Oval Vignette1845–61Southworth and Hawes43.1487160182/internal/media/dispatcher/1530588/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailA Young Violoncellist1892Lilla Cabot Perry13.290531494