Why it matters
A small boy dressed as a 17th-century Spanish page holds a full-sized sword. Émile Zola saw in it the influence of Velázquez and Frans Hals.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1861.
- The model was Léon Leenhoff.
- Alphonse Legros helped reproduce it as an etching.
Based on the Wikipedia article Boy Carrying a Sword (CC BY-SA 4.0).
