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Eugène Carrière, Head of a Child

Key facts
Full title Head of a Child
Artist Eugène Carrière
Artist dates 1849 - 1906
Date made about 1891
Medium and support Oil on cardboard
Dimensions 24.7 × 17.1 cm
Inscription summary Signed
Acquisition credit On loan from Tate: Presented anonymously in memory of Sir Terence Rattigan 1983
Inventory number L693
Location Not on display
Image copyright On loan from Tate: Presented anonymously in memory of Sir Terence Rattigan 1983, © 2000 Tate
Collection Main Collection
Head of a Child
Eugène Carrière

This painting is almost certainly a portrait of one of the artist's children, the most likely candidate being his second son, Jean-René, who was born in 1888.

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