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Jacometto has adopted several elements of the successful and popular portraiture style of the Sicilian artist Antonello da Messina who arrived in Venice in 1475. These include the dark background, the cropped view of the torso turned slightly to the sitters' right and the strong lighting.
The picture’s small size and its reverse, which is painted with an abstract pattern imitating marble, mean it was probably intended to be carried with its owner as a keepsake of the boy.
Title
Portrait of a Boy
Date
probably about 1475-98
Medium
Tempera and oil on wood
Measurements
H 22.9 x W 19.7 cm
Accession number
NG2509
Acquisition method
Salting Bequest, 1910
Work type
Painting
