The boy is reading, there is a book at his feet in which he was drawing a cast of the Christ Child from Michelangelo's statue of the Virgin and Child, known as 'The Bruges Madonna'. One of thirteen gifts to five museums by J G Lousada through the Art Fund between 1921 and 1939.
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Title of artwork, date
A Boy Seated Drawing, c. 18th century
Date supported
1921
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
128 x 102 cm
Gifted by
Mr & Mrs J G Lousada
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