Portrait of a Boy

Eugène Carrière, 1886

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Portrait of a Boy, 1886. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 176 × 120.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Portrait of a Boy
Artist: Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906)
Date: 1886
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 176 × 120.7 cm (68 × 47 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1849–1906

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