Portrait miniature of a boy dressed in blue
Portrait Miniature
ca. 1775-1850 (painted)
ca. 1775-1850 (painted)
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Anonymous portrait miniature of a boy dressed in blue, in a chased silver gilt frame.
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Title | Portrait miniature of a boy dressed in blue (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Portrait miniature |
Brief description | Anonymous portrait miniature of a boy dressed in blue, after Thomas Gainsborough. Great Britain, ca. late 18th, early 19th century. |
Physical description | Anonymous portrait miniature of a boy dressed in blue, in a chased silver gilt frame. |
Object history | This anonymous portrait miniature is after, or in the style of, Thomas Gainsborough. 'The Blue Boy' by Gainsborough (c. 1770) is an oil painting, perhaps one of the artist's most famous works. It is thought to be a portrait of Jonathan Buttall, the son of a wealthy hardware merchant, although this was never proved. It is a historical costume study as well as a portrait: the youth in his 17th-century apparel is regarded as Gainsborough's homage to Anthony Van Dyck, and in particular is very close to Van Dyck's portrait of Charles II as a boy. |
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Accession number | P.1-1917 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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