Portrait of a Young Man
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Portrait of a Young Man is a name given to many painted portrait
s in which the identity of the young male sitter has been lost to history. Notable examples include:
Portrait
thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
s in which the identity of the young male sitter has been lost to history. Notable examples include:
- Portrait of a Young ManPortrait of a Young Man (Masaccio)Portrait of a Young Man is a painting attribuited to the Italian Renaissance painter Masaccio, although this attribution is disputed.The subject of this painting is wearing a chaperon....
(ca. 1425), by Masaccio - Portrait of a Young Man (Botticelli, Pitti Palace) (ca. 1473), by Sandro Botticelli
- Portrait of a Young ManMale portraits by Antonello da MessinaPortrait of a Man is the conventional title of several male portraits finished by the Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina in the course of his career...
(ca. 1475), by Antonello da Messina - Portrait of a Young Man (ca. 1478), by Antonello da Messina
- Portrait of a Young Man (Botticelli, London) (ca. 1483), by Sandro Botticelli
- Portrait of a Young Man (1514), by Raffaello Sanzio (lost during World War II)
See also
- Laughing CavalierLaughing CavalierThe Laughing Cavalier is a famous portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits"...
(1624), a painting formerly known as Portrait of a Young Man - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, a 1914-15 novel
- Portrait of a Young Man DrowningPortrait of a Young Man DrowningPortrait of a Young Man Drowning, published in 1962, is the only novel published by Charles Perry.-Plot:The novel takes place in the slums of Brooklyn during the Great Depression, and follows the narrator, Harry Odum, from his early childhood to his death. His father, Hap, abandons the family,...
, a 1962 novel