The boy depicted in this painting is twelve years old. His age is given at top right: 'AETATIS 12'; the date 1531 is given at the top left. He is a pupil of the Latin school, the predecessor of the current grammar school. At this school, a large part of the knowledge of Latin was taught by learning classical sayings by heart.
Specifications
| Title | Portrait of a Young Student |
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| Material and technique | Oil on panel |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 46,5 cm Width 35 cm |
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| Artists |
Attributed to:
Maarten van Heemskerck
Previously attributed: Jan van Scorel Previously attributed: Lucas van Leyden Previously attributed: Meester van de Bicker-portretten |
| Accession number | 1797 (OK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1864 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1864 |
| Creation date | in 1531 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Van Eyck tot Bruegel (1994) The Collection Enriched (2011) Maarten van Heemskerck - Het oude Rome herleeft / Ancient Rome Relives (2012) BABEL - Oude meesters terug uit Japan / Old Masters Back from Japan (2018) Lievelingen (2024) |
| External exhibitions |
Nederlandsche Kunst van de XVde en XVIde eeuw (1945) Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Bruegel’s ‘The Tower of Babel’ and Great 16th Century Masters (2017) Vergeet me niet (2021) |
| Research |
Show research Alma |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Maarten van Heemskerck
Heemskerk 1498 - Haarlem 1574
Maerten van Heemskerck studied between 1527 and 1529 with Jan van Scorel in Haarlem, who had returned from Italy several years previously. Subsequently, in 1532...
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