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1906-1907

Ecce Puer (Behold the Child)

Medardo Rosso

Italian, 1858 - 1928

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Ecce Puer, or Behold the Child, was a commissioned portrait of six-year-old Alfred William Mond. Rosso is said to have been having difficulty creating the image of the child until he caught a glimpse of the boy peeking through a curtain. The artist called this work a "vision of purity."

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