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Description: | The identity of the well-attired boy with pallid skin and red hair depicted in this small portrait is unknown. He may have been interested in playing music, as indicated by the score and wind instrument set on the table beside him. However, these objects might instead refer to the transience of his youth, as references to music in seventeenth-century painting often referred to the fleeting quality of life. The heading of the sheet music, 'Ballarion' [?], may be a clue to the identity of the sitter or the artist. | Subjects: | portrait (youth young man) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Dutch School Æ Previously attributed to Dujardin, Karel (Dutch painter and printmaker, 1626-1678) Previously attributed to Dujardin, Karel (Dutch painter and printmaker, 1626-1678) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8894... | Go to resource |
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