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Nov 27, 2006
Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull
Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull
c. 1519
Lucas van Leyden
(Dutch, 1494–1533)
Engraving
Sheet: 18.6 x 14.6 cm (7 5/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken 1941.297
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 174
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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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