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Although the child's body was already represented in sacred scenes in the early days of Western painting, especially in the figure of the baby Jesus, it was not until the Renaissance, more precisely from the end of the 16th century, that it was observed and portrayed in its true nature. With the development of humanism and the emergence of the bourgeoisie, portraiture was defined as a genre of painting in which children's portraits occupied an important place from the outset.

Painters see this motif as an interesting source of income, apart from the fact that children are easily …