Portrait of a Young Man Type:stretched canvas 16/19 March 1993

16/19 March 1993

A comparable composition by Calraet is in the Rijksmuseum

Wouwermans evolved a personal style

The identity of the girl has also been shrouded in uncertainty

while the warmth and humanity in the girl's unsentimental gaze continues undiminished

Portrait of a Young Man Type:stretched canvas 16/19 March 1993This miniature, on ivory, was probably painted in the 1820s. The head of this anonymous sitter appears well finished, the remainder very slipshod; the background and coat seem to have been repainted, possibly because of damage cause by moulding. The former attribution to Beechey is impossible, while the sitter, who appears to be under twenty years old, cannot be Bourgeois as a label on the back states.