Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull
Lucas van LeydenLinkedCulture matchlcp-0101cd592d86
- Date
- c. 1519
- Medium
- engraving
- Culture
- Netherlands, 16th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 120480
What the image shows
A man dressed in Renaissance attire holds a skull.
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Dressed in exceptionally fine attire––fancy plumes, brocade collar, and slashed sleeves––this young man solemnly points at a skull he is carrying in his cloak. The juxtaposition of the skull and the lavish clothing is a message that frivolous pleasures are misguided and the bravado of youth is ephemeral.
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- Credit line
- The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken
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