Schoolchild Reading (Boy)

Seated on stacked logs, the boy keeps an open book across his knees and holds a gilded quill above the page. His left hand rises to his chin, his gaze lifts away from the text. Blue carries the colour: the plumed cap with its turned brim, the breeches, the buckled shoes, set against a pale grey coat with small gilt buttons. The figurine rests on a turned wooden plinth with a brass nameplate.