Essay On Portrait Of A Boy

Pinturicchio has many interesting works in his heritage. One of the most famous works by this author is “Portrait of a boy”. It is a masterpiece that portraits a young boy. This work shows the audience a young boy with who has a very concerned glance.
At first, it is necessary to state that the masterpieces of the Perugian Renaissance school are fundamentally the same; and artworks by Perugino, Lo Spagna, Pinturicchio, and a youthful Raphael might regularly be mixed up one for the other. In the execution of substantial frescoes, students and colleagues had an extensive offer in the work, either in growing the expert's portrayal to the full-sized toon, in exchanging the toon to the divider, or in painting foundations or adornments.
The boy looks extremely unhappy in the picture. His eyes are brown and they lack interest in life. Boy’s eyes are not smiling. The eyes make him seem to be very serious and unhappy with his life or at least with the current situation. His face has freckles. The boy has pale skin which makes the freckles even more obvious than they are. His brows are blonde. Therefore, it is very hard to pay attention to them in the whole portrait. However, the eye brows are raised a little bit. This feature gives even a bigger impression that boy is not happy with something that is going on. He is most likely a rich boy. It may be concluded from the color of his skin. His skin is pale which means that he definitely does not work in the field. Also, one will not find such an unhappy and potentious glance from a boy whose parents are not wealthy people. On the portrait we can see that his nose is small and a little bit long which takes up about two third of his face in length. The author portrays a boy with full lips. The color of the lips is light brown. However, even the shape of the lips shows us that he is not satisfied. His lips are very tight and he seems to be angry. The lips make him look even more angrier than his eyes.
The boy’s hair is reddish brown. This color corresponds and explains his freckles. His hair is rather long. It reaches his shoulders. The boy is also wearing a navy hat. It is rather hard to understand what the boy is wearing. However, he is likely to wear a light red jacket. The jacket has long sleeves. The jacket does not have any buttons or zipper. Also, we can see a white shirt showing on his neck. The shirt has blue stripes on the collar.
The picture “Portrait of the Boy” can be seen in Dresden Gallery in Germany. The material that was used for it is oil and tempera. It was written on poplar. On the background of the picture “Portrait of the Boy” we can see nature. The author has chosen rather dark colors for portraying of the nature. It is likely that he wanted to put the emphasis on the boy himself not on the background. It also explains the fact that the boy has a light red jacket that makes him stand out even more in the portrait.
Considering the nature on the picture we may say that this portrait has been made during early spring or late fall. The trees hardly have any leaves on it. However, some of the trees have green on it. Therefore, it is very hard to understand what season is being portrayed by the author. Also, there is a pond on the background. However, the trees are a prevailing background for this picture.
Frankly speaking, it is rather hard to explain the hidden meaning by the “Portrait of the Boy”. It seems to me that there is no hidden meaning by it. The author is simply portraying a boy who is likely coming from the rich family. Also, we may assume that the author did not enjoy the company of this boy because in the portrait the boy seems to be gloomy and angry with the world. Even though, the author could have corrected some traits of the face, he did not. He left the boy not so attractive as a person as he could have been.
However, it is necessary to state that Pinturicchio is an extremely talented portraitist. It is hard to tell today which portraits were painted by him. However, “Portrait of a Boy” is one of them. The experts say that these portraits lack of poetry of Perugino and some genius traits of his student Raphael. Some people assume that a boy in the “Portrait of a Boy” happens to be the young boy Raphael. However, these are the assumptions.
In the recent times, this particular painting has been attributed to a different unknown paper L’Ingegno. However, it is very hard to make any types of assumptions as this portrait has never been signed. Therefore, the world is still uncertain to whom belongs this portrait and who is the mysterious unhappy boy with blue hat in a red attire.
The work “Portrait of a Young Boy” shows us a boy who could be anyone. However, he definitely was coming from the middle or upper class family. Some experts state that it was Raphael himself as he was a student of the artist at that time. However, it is necessary to state that portrait is written very professionally and it is very hard not to notice the beauty of the nature in the background of the beautiful portrait.
In conclusion, it is necessary to state that “Portrait of a Boy” by Pinturicchio shows people a young boy approximately of the age twelve. He has a very unpleasant glance and seems to be extremely unhappy with everything. However, the experts cannot still find an agreement who is being portrayed and who is the artist. Although, the “Portrait of the Young Boy” is definitely a portrait the catches an eye of every visitor of gallery in Dresden.