The Blue Boy vintage ornate frame under retailer oval glass on velvet Mid Century Italian, FREEPOST, Thomas Gainsborough artist

The Blue Boy vintage ornate frame under oval glass on velvet.
Mid-Century Italian.
A wonderful piece that shows the blue boy from the waist up.
Has a hook at the top and can be hung.
The Blue Boy (c. 1770) is a full-length portrait in oil by Thomas Gainsborough, owned by The Huntington in San Marino, California, and now on display at The National Gallery, in London.
One of Gainsborough's best known works, The Blue Boy was long thought to be a portrait of Jonathan Buttall (1752–1805), the son of a wealthy hardware merchant, because of his early ownership of the painting.
This identification has never been proven and as Susan Sloman argued in 2013, the likely sitter is Gainsborough's nephew, Gainsborough Dupont (1754–1797).
It is a historical costume study as well as a portrait; the youth appears in clothing from the 17th century as the artist's homage to Anthony van Dyck and is very similar to Van Dyck's portraits of young boys, especially his double portrait of brothers George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Lord Francis Villiers.
Gainsborough had already drawn something on the canvas before beginning The Blue Boy, which he painted over.
The original painting is about life-size, measuring 48 inches (1,200 mm) wide by 70 inches (1,800 mm) tall.
See CD for the size of this print of the original.
In nice condition overall - see pics.
I ask you to look at the photos - they show the various parts of the portrait print.
Beautiful to look at.
Collection from Kilternan, Dublin 18 if you are in Ireland OR I can post it for FREE to anywhere in the world.
FREEpost is for regular post, if you require registered post please let me know as this must be paid for by the buyer before the item is posted.
Any questions, please ask.
CD to show size only.
Pics are all my own.
Thank you.
Timothy
Dublin, Ireland retailer