About this artwork

This boy presumably is the eldest son of the man and woman shown in Portrait of a Woman and Portrait of a Man. The facial similarities between him and both his father and younger brother Portrait of a Boy (Aged 11) are clear; they share the same bulbous eyes, heavy brow and rounded chin. The inscription states that it was painted in 1663 when the boy was seventeen years old. All four of the portraits in this family group were originally painted on rectangular panels, and were cut into ovals later.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    Jan de Braij (de Bray) (1626/7 - 1697) Dutch
  • title:
    Portrait of a Boy (Aged 17)
  • date created:
    Dated 1663
  • materials:
    Oil on panel
  • measurements:
    Image (oval): 21.20 x 15.20 cm; Framed: 43.20 x 27.00 x 3.70 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Bequest of Mrs Nisbet Hamilton Ogilvy of Biel 1921
  • accession number:
    NG 1502
  • gallery:
  • subject:
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Jan de Braij (de Bray)

Jan de Braij (de Bray)