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Portrait miniature of a boy dressed in blue

Portrait Miniature
ca. 1775-1850 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Anonymous portrait miniature of a boy dressed in blue, in a chased silver gilt frame.


Object details

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Object type
TitlePortrait 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.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
P.1-1917

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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