About the Artwork
A Boy
1629
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Flemish
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 45 3/4 × 39 inches (116.2 × 99.1 cm) Framed: 57 1/8 × 49 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (145.1 × 126.4 × 11.7 cm)
Paintings
European Painting
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Walker in memory of Benjamin and Sophie Siegel
61.31
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, on base of chair at left: Aetatis 7 Inscribed, on rung of chair: A 1629
Provenance
August 30, 1928, (Galerie Hansen, A.G., Luzern, Switzerland), no. 413. collection of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Siegel (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Walker (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1961-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hairs, M. Dans le sillage de Rubens. Liege, 1977, pp. 3-4, 98.
Held, J. Flemish and German Paintings of the 17th Century: The Collections of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1982, pp. 50-51, (repr.).
Filipczak, Z., compiled. Hot Dry Men, Cold Wet Women: The Theory of Humors in Western European Art, 1575-1700. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. 1997-1998, pp. 144-5, cat. 50 (repr.).
Collars and Cuffs: The Politics of Fashion in European Portraiture 1630-1880. Exh. cat., Michigan Statewide Touring Exhibition. 2000-2001, with accompanying brochure, [exhibition traveled to Rochester Hills, Battle Creek, Midland, Traverse City, Port Huron, Saint Joseph].
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Flemish, A Boy, 1629, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Walker in memory of Benjamin and Sophie Siegel, 61.31.
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