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TitleEdward VI as a Child

Creator nameHolbein, Hans, the younger

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1538

Creation date (description)Probably 1538

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions22 3/8 x 17 3/8 in. (56.8 x 44 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.71.html

Accession number1937.1.64

SubjectsKings and rulers in artGreat Britain--History--Edward VI, 1547-1553Portrait painting, BritishChildren in art

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VII. The State of a Child

Marcia Pointon

Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-Century England

Work by social and economic historians investigating demographic trends and regional histories has offered comparative views of family structures and practices in early modern Europe...

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Marcia Pointon

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.177-226

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00062.012

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Chapter subject tags:England--Social life and customs--18th centuryPortrait painting, British--18th centuryReynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Romney, George, 1734-1802Children--PortraitsRamsay, Allan, 1713-1784Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

4. The Paint Layer

Andrea Kirsh, Rustin S. Levenson

Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies

Technical examination of the paint layer can confirm a work’s age or authenticity and add to knowledge of the painting’s execution and the artist’s intended effects. Examination can address either the materials or the ways they were handled—the techniques. Study of paint materials offers information that is specific but of limited interpretive use to the art historian. Pigment identification can deny (but rarely confirm) a paintings age, or can identify areas of repaint. Precise identification …

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Andrea Kirsh, Rustin S. Levenson

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.101-210

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00110.006

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Chapter subject tags:Painting--TechniqueArt--Technique--HistoryCase studiesArtists’ materials

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