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Boy with a Black Spaniel

ca. 1767
Not on view
The art critic Denis Diderot rarely praised the popular portraitist Drouais, but admitted that he “paints children well; he infuses their eyes with life, transparency, a moist richness, swimming so that they seem to gaze at you and smile at you at the same time.” Here Drouais paired such eyes with those of a puppy dangling in the child’s arms. This is probably an autograph replica of a painting shown at the Salon of 1767 and dated 1766.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Boy with a Black Spaniel
  • Artist: François Hubert Drouais (French, Paris 1727–1775 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1767
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: Oval, 25 3/8 x 21 in. (64.5 x 53.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.7.48
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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Portrait of a Young Woman as a Vestal Virgin, François Hubert Drouais French, Oil on canvas
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François Hubert Drouais
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Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle de Verrières, François Hubert Drouais French, Oil on canvas
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