# Portrait of a Young Man

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOTTICELLI, Sandro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera on panel, 41 x 31 cm

## Commentary

In this portrait Botticelli goes beyond the mere tracing of physical appearance and penetrates into the world of human emotion. He uses the turn of the head, glance of the eye, and form of the hand to create a reflective mood in which one can sense the presence of mixed emotion - that most delicate of human experiences - which is felt as youth passes into manhood, the mingling of expectation and sadness.

## Related artworks

- [A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/a-young-man-being-introduced-to-the-seven-liberal-arts-r4ddec888515336>)
- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-child-re0536d6b2f5c60>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r608a271751ea14>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r7faad32447c106>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r934359a3fa9d22>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-r37040358259034>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-r78daf05216e142>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-rc0fb2abea6442a>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-rd06e4239750b05>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/adoration-of-the-magi-rff41692f551ef6>)
- [Agony in the Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/agony-in-the-garden-rffb3ef0038a821>)
- [Allegory of Abundance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/botticelli-sandro-r2daea6e03de79d/allegory-of-abundance-rcbb9e854aacaeb>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)