Portrait of John Milton at the Age of Ten

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Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen
1593-1661
1618.
Oil on canvas.
15 1/2 x 20 inches (394 x 508 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
AZ163
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Inscribed, "Aetatis / An. 1618 / Suae 10 / John Milton".
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Elizabeth Minshull Milton (third wife of the poet); her estate; from whom purchased by Charles Stanhope, Esq., 1736; Thomas Hollis, 3 June 1760; by descent to Thomas Brand Hollis; Dr. John Disney, 1804; by descent to John Disney the younger, 1816; Edgar Disney, 1857; London, sale, Christie's, 22 March 1884; J. Passmore Edwards, 1884; Thomas Agnew, London, 1910; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
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