The Blue Boy
Thomas Gainsborough · 1770
The story
The Blue Boy is a full-length oil on canvas portrait in oil by English artist Thomas Gainsborough, from c. 1770. It is owned by The Huntington in San Marino, California. Although both it and its creator are well known, the subject's identity is disputed.
- Artist
- Thomas Gainsborough
- Date
- 1770
- Collection
- The Huntington, San Marino, California, United States
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 179.4 × 123.8 cm
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