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Portrait of a young man with long curly hair wearing a wide brimmed hat off to his left side.

The 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
Wallerant Vaillant, Dutch (Lille, France 1623 - 1677 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Young Boy with a Broad-Brimmed Hat, Reading
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
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
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/20/2019 - 09/15/2021

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