Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull

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

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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The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken

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