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A full length frontal portrait of a blonde boy, about two or three years old, in a grey dress with a white collar, cuffs, bodice and apron, and a gold cap. A small red leather shoe peeps out below his skirts. He has a gold chain about his waist and a sash across his chest, which is secured at his shoulder with a blue ribbon bow. At the end of the chain is a rinkelbel, a kind of rattle, which he holds in his outstretched right hand. It appears to be a teether of smooth grey translucent crystal in a gold setting, with small round dangling gold bells around the handle. He holds a bunch of black grapes in his left hand. He is turned slightly to the left towards a dog sitting at his feet in the bottom left corner. The dog, which has some attributes of a spaniel, looks away to the left, a collar around its neck with a bell attached.
Title
Portrait of a Boy with a Dog
Date
1660
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 114.6 x W 88 cm
Accession number
1930.54
Acquisition method
bequeathed by Miss Catherine Scott, 1930
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Signed blc : AEtatis. I - 1660 - / J A (mon) - Rotius - fe -
