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Description: | In contrast to the unidentified Girl with Auburn Hair (about 1881, Glasgow Museums, The Burrell Collection, no. 35.345) the small child in this painting is known. He is Frederick Lessore; a son of Matthijs Maris's friend and fellow-artist Jules Lessore. Frederick is depicted as a baby, wearing a white dress. He is set against a grey-brownish background. The head of the child is painted in a much more delicate and detailed way than his dress, where the paint is very broadly handled. According to a letter by Frederick Lessore himself to the Dutch art-dealer W. J. G. van Meurs, Maris painted this portrait in the year of his birth, 1879. One year later Maris created a larger portrait of Frederick. Matthijs Maris also made a portrait of Frederick's sister, Lainie. | Subjects: | Frederick) portrait (Lessore | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Maris, Matthijs (Dutch painter, 1839-1917) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8756... | Go to resource |
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