Two Child Angels Gainsborough The Hague) is supported by

The Hague) is supported by the presence of a De Moor signature on a comparable child study of a boy playing with a puppy

A tentative attribution to Thomas has been suggested independently by H

but his special status - he was already an established master in his own right - is demonstrated by the fact that he did not scruple to 'improve' the composition to suit his own ideas

A comparable composition by Calraet is in the Rijksmuseum

Two Child Angels Gainsborough The Hague) is supported byProbably a partial copy (with the addition of the crown of thorns) from Murillo's altarpiece of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne in the church of Adanero, near Avila.