# A Little Boy [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Marble, height 26 cm ## Commentary There exists a number of heads of boys attributed to Desiderio and his circle, but the exact subject of these works is not known. This bust of an infant, without any attributes to identify him as a religious figure, may have been created as a portrait of an actual child. ## Related artworks - [A Little Boy]() - [Crucifix]() - [Laughing Boy]() - [Mary Magdalene]() - [Mary Magdalene]() - [Mary Magdalene]() - [Meeting of Christ and St John the Baptist as Youth]() - [Portrait of Marietta Strozzi]() - [St Jerome in the Desert]() - [Tabernacle \(detail\)]() - [Tabernacle \(detail\)]() - [Tabernacle \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()