Portrait of a Young Boy

chalkdrawings (visual works)

Date

c. 1735

Medium

Black chalk, with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue-gray laid paper, discolored to cream, laid down on cream wood-pulp board

Dimensions

38.3 × 30.5 cm (15 1/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

Also notable

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Pastoral Scene

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)

The Beggar Boy (The Young Pilgrim)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)