A young boy with pale skin and short brown hair, wearing a black and gold jerkin and breeches, white lace collar, and buttercup-yellow stockings, stands facing us with a dog at his heels in this vertical portrait painting. The boy is brightly lit so the area around and behind him are deep in shadow. His body is angled slightly to our right but he turns to look at us with green eyes under faint brows. He has a round face, a short nose, and the corners of his closed, coral-pink lips turn slightly up. His hair is parted in the middle and bangs sweep to each side of his forehead. He stands with…
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Filippo Cattaneo

Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641)

1623

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 122.5 x 84.1 cm (48 1/4 x 33 1/8 in.) ; framed: 161.6 x 123.8 cm (63 5/8 x 48 3/4 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Widener Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, 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

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