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This is a studio portrait of a Dutch boy described as Jongetje Lanen. We thought that this was his name. A Dutch reader tells us, "The boy's name is not Jongetje. 'Jongetje' simply means 'Little Boy'. Thus we don't know what his first name was.
I think that the photographer described his picture with the note 'Little Boy Lanen'. If there is a photo of his little sister it would have been labeled 'Meisje Lanen' (Little Girl Lanen)." We know nothing about the boy and his family, but the suit suggests to us a conservative famnily living in comfortable circumstances. We do not know where he lived in the Netherlands. The portrait was taken in 1970. He was 9 years old. He is wearing a classic single breasted navy blue short pants suit. A navy blue suit was a standard in America at this time, grey was more popular in England. We are less so how common it was in the Netherlands. The lapels were quite small as was stylish in the the 1960s. Large lapels became popular in the 70s. The jacket may not reflect the latest style, but the short pants are the shorter cut shorts that became popular in the 1979s. He also wears a white shirt and bow tie (which looks to us is pre-tied). We can't see his socks, but I would guess that they are white or dark blue knee socks. We see short pants suits and knee socks quite a bit in Europe , although they were becoming less common by the 1970s. The pose is a little stilted.
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