# Portrait of a Young Man [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, French]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm ## Commentary Portrait of a Young Man c. 1770 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting has long been associated with the oeuvre of Fragonard, but the attribution and the identity of the sitter have remained uncertain. However, the portrait betrays weaknesses that seem impossible for an artist of Fragonard's abilities. The traditional identification of the sitter as Fragonard's friend and fellow artist Hubert Robert seems also untenable. The identity of both the author and sister of this splendid though flawed portrait must remain elusive. ## Related artworks - [A Knight of the Golden Fleece]() - [A Miracle of St Benedict]() - [Adam]() - [Allegory of the Vanity of Earthly Things]() - [Altar frontal: Christ and Angels]() - [Annunciation]() - [Apostle \(detail\)]() - [Apostle]() - [Archangel Gabriel]() - [Book cover]() - [Book cover]() - [Bust of Cardinal Duprat]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()