# Portrait Study of a Clean-Shaven Man [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on paper primed with brownish colour over pen and chalk, mounted on canvas, 223 x 160 mm ## Commentary Portrait Study of a Clean-Shaven Man c. 1520 Oil on paper primed with brownish colour over pen and chalk, mounted on canvas, 223 x 160 mm Staatliche Museen, Berlin This fine portrait shows a middle-aged man who dispenses with the beard usual for someone of his age. The sitter has an air of determination and resolution - an impression emphasized by the compression of the lips. ## Related artworks - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion \(detail\)]() - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion]() - [A Prince of Saxony]() - [A Princess of Saxony]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()