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Paintings
Portrait of a Young Child
- Date
- ca. 1660-1663
- Accession number
- 2000.14
- Maker
- Mary Beale(Opens in new tab) (British, 1632–1699)
- Dimensions
- canvas: 13 1/16 × 11 1/4 in. (33.1 × 28.6 cm.) frame: 16 1/2 × 14 3/4 × 1 in. (41.9 × 37.5 × 2.5 cm.)
- Medium
- oil on paper laid on canvas
- Description
- The child portrayed in this painting may have been one of Beale's young sons, Bartholomew or Charles. Because of its affectionate informality, the work seems to be a portrait of someone close to the artist.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from Lois and Robert Erburu, Geneva and Charles Thornton Jr., Betty and Brack Duker, Heather and Paul Haaga Jr., Nancy and Charles Munger, Anne and James Rothenberg, Billie and Gene Yeager, and Deborah and Robert Wycoff
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
