"Italian Peasant Boy" (1866) is the most refined and idealized of several paintings of Italian models by #WilliamMorrisHunt, who was born #onthisday in 1824. It exemplifies the solitary, rustic Italian youth—a subject that had become almost an international icon in Hunt’s time. A post shared by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (@mfaboston) on Mar 31, 2017 at 12:02pm PDT
"Italian Peasant Boy" (1866) is the most refined and idealized of several paintings of Italian models by #WilliamMorrisHunt, who was born #onthisday in 1824. It exemplifies the solitary, rustic Italian youth—a subject that had become almost an international icon in Hunt’s time.
A post shared by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (@mfaboston) on Mar 31, 2017 at 12:02pm PDT