Portrait of a Young Boy with Blue Eyes - Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

The Regenstein Collection

"Portrait of a Young Boy with Blue Eyes" by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (c. 1750) Pastel on blue laid paper, laid down on canvas.

Commentary

"Portrait of a Young Boy with Blue Eyes" by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (c. 1750) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Themes to notice include pastel. This piece is held i n the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Jean-Baptiste Perronneau is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Jean-Baptiste Perronneau French, 1715-1783. The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as pastel, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Pastel on blue laid paper, laid down on canvas) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (45.2 × 37.4 cm (17 13/16 × 14 3/4 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include pastel. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142534

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data