Portrait of a Young Child
Maker
Mary Beale
(British, 1632-1699)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1660-1663
Mediumoil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 13 1/16 × 11 1/4 in. (33.1 × 28.6 cm.)
frame: 16 1/2 × 14 3/4 × 1 in. (41.9 × 37.5 × 2.5 cm.)
DescriptionThe child portrayed in this painting may have been one of Beale's young sons, Bartholomew or Charles. Because of its affectionate informality, the work seems to be a portrait of someone close to the artist.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from Lois and Robert Erburu, Geneva and Charles Thornton Jr., Betty and Brack Duker, Heather and Paul Haaga Jr., Nancy and Charles Munger, Anne and James Rothenberg, Billie and Gene Yeager, and Deborah and Robert Wycoff
Status
Not on viewObject number2000.14
Object number: 2023.6.3
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
