3-072-102 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Portrait of a Boy, 1620s. The depicted boy is under seven years of age since he is wearing a skirt and an apron, just as a girl would do, which was a regular custom at the time. At the same time, a wide-brimmed hat and a hunting dog at his side are typical attributes of masculinity. Even though it is a portrait of a child, the boy is posed as if he was an adult in a formal representation, against a suspended curtain. Dorota Dec