# Head of a Young Boy

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LUTI, Benedetto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luti-benedetto-r6653b14d05d658>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Pastel on paper, 41 x 34 cm

## Commentary

Benedetto Luti was a master of suave portraiture. He was one of the greatest colourists in eighteenth-century Rome and his chalk and pastel studies of single heads, bust-length apostles, saints, angels and children are charming in their polished freshness and elegance.

## Related artworks

- [Boy with a Flute](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luti-benedetto-r6653b14d05d658/boy-with-a-flute-rf7387d728fe89b>)
- [Head of a Young Girl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luti-benedetto-r6653b14d05d658/head-of-a-young-girl-r7ec8fae3798b65>)
- [Portrait of a Young Girl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/luti-benedetto-r6653b14d05d658/portrait-of-a-young-girl-r1d3c08827f49a8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)