Portrait of a Boy
August Allebé
1856
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
8.5; 86; 57.5
About this artwork
olieverf op doek
Art Historical Context
### Portrait of a Boy by August Allebé Step into the intimate world of mid-19th-century Dutch portraiture with *Portrait of a Boy*1856), an early oil-on-canvas work by August Allebé. just 86 x 57.5 cm, this half-length portrait captures the innocence of youth through the rich, luminous qualities of oil paint—a medium favored by Dutch masters for its depth of color and ability to render subtle skin tones and fabrics with lifelike precision. Created when Allebé was only 18, it reflects his training at the Amsterdam Academy of Fine Arts, where he honed skills in realistic figure painting amid th...