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Portrait of a Boy
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
1870–75
- Medium
- Brush and oil paint on canvas
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- 26.3 × 21.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- USA
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), 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 Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Figure sketch showing an oblique view of a standing boy in winter clothing, possibly the artist's son. The boy stands at center against a deep green background, wearing shoes, brown pants, mittens, a jacket, and a fur hat. He gazes out of frame to the left.
