Head of a peasant boy
1650
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Head of a peasant boy is a 1650 paint by Unknown, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting shows a boy's head, looking straight ahead. He has a simple expression. His face is the main focus. The boy's features are interesting. He has some Northern European characteristics, which is unusual for a painting from Florence. This painting is a good example of art from a specific time and place, and to learn more, you can look into the technique of sfumato.
The painting depicts the head of a peasant boy, rendered in tempera on a tile typical of Florentine practice from the 15th century onward. The boy is shown facing slightly to the right, gazing directly at the viewer, with some Northern European features visible in his appearance. The work was executed on a *gronda*-type tile measuring 55 by 38 by 2 centimeters, with pigments bound in lime, and may have been produced in Florence by a foreign artist active in Italy during the late 17th century. It entered a collection in 1864 through a donation by geologist and politician George Julius Poulett…
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