Old Man with a Young Boy | |||||||||
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| Name of Work | Old Man with a Young Boy | ||||||||
| Production Date | 1490 | ||||||||
| Production Location | Paris, France | ||||||||
| Current Location | Florence, Italy | ||||||||
| General Notes | Michelangelo was an apprentice of his. | ||||||||
Description
A dual portrait. A grandfather (perhaps) gazing upon a grandson, and vice versa, in a clear moment of happy communion. The old man has a disfigured nose, the young boy is unblemished. There is a bonus landscape scene in the upper right corner through a window portraying a peaceful countryside with mountain and road.
Theme
Quiet familial love. (A grandfather (perhaps) gazing upon a grandson, and vice versa, in a clear moment of happy communion.)
Emotional Sum or Sense-of-life
Human companionship or family closeness is real.
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