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# Children as small adults in European portraits before the rise of Romanticism
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/vplot-do-rastsveta-romantizma-v-evrope-ne-bylo-traditsii-izobrazhat-detei-v-kharakternykh-detskikh-obrazakh/
- Published: 2017-01-02T10:54:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:59:57.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Mores

Until the flowering of Romanticism, Europe had no tradition of portraying children in characteristically childlike guise. Children were regarded as grown-ups of small stature. Here is a fine example of a little auntie and a little uncle