Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Young Man
- Date
- c. 1865–1875
- Medium
- charcoal with stumping, heightened with white chalk
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 166692
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The anonymity of artist and sitter by no means lessens the appeal of this portrait. The distinct lighting from the right suggests the artificial illumination of an interior. Perhaps this portrait of a youthful, dapper man is one of the many that young artists in training typically made in the studios of their fellows. It could be, on the other hand, a self-portrait made by a young man carefully examining himself in a mirror.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Provenance
- Charles-Philippe, marquis de Chennevières-Pointel (Lugt 2073, lower right, in black ink). [Shepherd Gallery, New York]; purchased in 1977.
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