# Portrait of a Young Boy

- By: Frans van Mieris the Elder (Dutch, Leiden 1635–1681 Leiden)
- Date: 17th century
- Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white, touches of graphite
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (14 x 9.8 cm)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1995
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/347515)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP800486.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)