# Portrait of a Young Boy with Blue Eyes

- By: Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (French, 1715-1783)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: The Regenstein Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142534)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7ef69702-1a03-b7c9-1cd6-e76ace9d93b5/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.

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