Portrait of a Young Boy

Exhibition history

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Building a Collection: New Acquisitions and Promised Gifts of British Art," May 1–August 1, 2004, checklist 1. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Collecting for Chicago: Prints, Drawings, and Patronage," June 14-September 14, 2008.

Quick Overview

Artist: Charles Beale / English, 1660-c. 1721
Date: c. 1680
Medium: Red chalk and brush and brown ink on vellum
Dimensions: 16.6 × 13.1 cm (6 9/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: drawings (visual works)
Place: England
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of George B. and Mary A. Young
Accession no.: 2004.99

Provenance

Sold by Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd., London, to Mary A. Young, Chicago, December 11, 1992; given to the Art Institute, 2004.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.