An older man, a young man, and a dog stand on a verandah that opens onto a landscape in this vertical portrait painting. The men are pale skinned and shown from the knees up. The older man stands on the left with his head turned to look off in that direction. Long, silver-gray hair frames his flushed face. Bushy brows curve over his dark gray eyes, and deep creases line his long nose. His plump pink lips are closed between a thin white mustache above and a dot of a beard below. A long white collar hangs down the chest of his lead-gray jacket. His right sleeve, on our left, is turned back to…
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Portrait of a Young Man and His Tutor

Nicolas de Largillierre (French, 1656 - 1746)

1685

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 146 x 114.8 cm (57 1/2 x 45 3/16 in.) ; framed: 147.3 x 115.9 cm (58 x 45 5/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress 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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