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Portrait of a Young Man
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait of a Young Man, c. 1865–1875. France, 19th century. Charcoal with stumping, heightened with white chalk; sheet: 36.6 x 27.9 cm (14 7/16 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2008.403
