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Jongenskop met rood haar
Jongenskop met rood haar is an oil painting by the Art Nouveau artist Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. It dates from 1909 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Subject & Meaning
The work portrays a young boy, rendered in oil paint on canvas. Its iconography centers on the depicted child, with no additional symbolic elements recorded. The painting is understood as a straightforward portrait, reflecting the sitter’s presence without overt narrative or allegorical meaning. It is housed in the Rijksmuseum collection.
Technique & Style
The palette is restrained, punctuated by the vivid red of the boy’s hair, which serves as a focal accent against the muted tones of the face and surroundings.
Executed in oil paint on canvas in 1909, the work employs a direct, painterly handling typical of Lion Cachet’s portrait practice.
The portrait is composed with loose, confident brushwork that models the sitter’s facial features while leaving broader passages, such as the hair and background, more summarily indicated. The palette is restrained, punctuated by the vivid red of the boy’s hair, which serves as a focal accent against the muted tones of the face and surroundings.
No specific conservation notes are provided, and the source does not detail the current condition of the work.
History & Provenance
The painting Jongenskop met rood haar was created by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet in 1909, as recorded in both the internal documentation and the Wikidata entry for the work. The painting is an oil on canvas depicting a young boy and is classified as a portrait. It is currently held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, where it resides as part of their holdings.
The painting Jongenskop met rood haar by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Created in 1909, the work is an oil on canvas portrait depicting a boy. The provided sources confirm its location within the Rijksmuseum but do not list a specific inventory or accession number for the piece. Additionally, the available documentation does not record any exhibition history for this artwork.
Overview
Created in 1909, Jongenskop met rood haar is an oil painting by Dutch artist Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. The work presents a close‑up portrait of a young boy, rendered against a dark, almost void background that isolates the figure and emphasizes his features.
Context
Lion Cachet was active as a designer and printmaker, contributing significantly to the modernization of Dutch decorative arts. Jongenskop met rood haar exemplifies his crossover from applied arts to fine painting, merging the ornamental sensibility of Art Nouveau with a personal, portraiture‑focused approach.
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Artist
Carel Adolph Lion Cachet (Amsterdam, 28 November 1864 – Vreeland, 20 May 1945) was a Dutch designer, printmaker and ceramist, known for his role in transforming of Dutch decorative arts in the early 20th century.
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