Portrait of a Young Boy with Blue Eyes
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (French, 1715-1783)
c. 1750
- Medium
- Pastel on blue laid paper, laid down on canvas
- Classification
- Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions
- 45.2 × 37.4 cm (17 13/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Regenstein Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Jean Baptiste Perronneau was one of the most unique portraitists in oil or pastel of the eighteenth century. He worked throughout Europe and Russia, but died a pauper in Holland. One of his most compelling early works is this pastel portrait. In this animated expression of youth, Perronneau used green shading to attain a naturalistic, lively face.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
