Portrait of a Young Boy
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
Oval, 23 x 19 5/8 in. (58.4 x 49.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
Accession Number
59.23.17
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Art Historical Context
Paulus Moreelse's *Portrait of a Young Boy captures the innocence and poise of its young subject in an intimate oval format, a popular choice for 17th-century European portraits that emphasized personal connection. Painted in oil on wood—a durable medium favored by Northern artists for its smooth surface and rich detail—this modest 23 x 19⅝-inch panel invites viewers to lean in and study the boy's direct gaze and finely rendered features. Now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's European Paintings department, it entered the collection through the 1958 bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, pres...
About the Artist
Paulus Moreelse
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