M24756: Young Boy with a Broad-Brimmed Hat, Reading
PrintsThe portrait is rendered in deep rich monochromatic tones. The young man is dressed in flowing robe or cape over a white shirt, looking down at a sheet of folded paper he holds in his left hand, lips slightly parted. He faces toward the right in three-quarter view. Light enters in from the upper right, illuminating his forehead, nose, garment around his neck, casting a heavy shadow over his face. Vertical orientation of head and shoulders, the background is undefined and dark.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M24756
- People
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Wallerant Vaillant, Dutch (Lille, France 1623 - 1677 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Title
- Young Boy with a Broad-Brimmed Hat, Reading
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/237619
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Mezzotint on off-white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions
- plate: 27.9 x 21.2 cm (11 x 8 3/8 in.)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- only state
- Standard Reference Number
- H. 101
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Light-Outerbridge Collection, Purchase through the generosity of Phoebe P. Peebles
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- M24756
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/20/2019 - 09/15/2021
Verification Level
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