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Description: | A poorly dressed boy is depicted half-length, against a plain dark background, with his bust in profile and his head turned toward the viewer. He wears a brown hat with a hole in the rim and a brown shirt that bears a hole at shoulder level. A white scarf loosely tied around his neck breaks the monochrome brown. The simple clothes contrast with the fine facial features and intelligent gaze. This smoothly painted portrait of a low-class boy was formerly ascribed to Murillo, who frequently painted poor children in the streets. However, the close focus and empty background are atypical. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Dutch School Æ Attributed to manner of Previously attributed to manner of Murillo, Bartolomé Estebán (Spanish painter and draftsman, 1618-1682) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8473... | Go to resource |
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