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c. 1770 · The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

The Blue Boy

Thomas GainsboroughWikidata

painting by Thomas Gainsborough

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PortraitboybreechesdoubletcollarsatintreehatfeathershoeribbonJonathan Buttall
Date
c. 1770Wikidata
Medium
Oil paint on canvasWikidata
Dimensions
179.4 × 123.8 cmWikidata
Collection
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San MarinoWikidata
Movement
RomanticismWikidata
Genre
portraitWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
21.1Wikidata
Exhibitions
  • Royal Academy of Arts
  • National Gallery (1922)
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Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1771 – 1796
    Jonathan Buttall
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. 1796 – 1802
    John Nesbitt
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. 1802 – 1809
    John Hoppner
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  4. 1809 – 1845
    Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  5. 1921 – 1921
    Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  6. 1921 –
    The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  7. ? – 1921
    Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
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