# Portrait of a Young Man before a Landscape [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEMLING, Hans]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 26 x 20 cm ## Commentary Portrait of a Young Man before a Landscape c. 1480 Oil on oak panel, 26 x 20 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice The portrait of this young man is a textbook example of the genre as developed by Memling. He is shown in three-quarter pose, to just beneath his shoulders. Pictured before a park-like landscape, his right hand resting on the edge of the painting in the left corner, his gaze is fixed on the horizon. The modelling of his features is evened out by the diffuse frontal lighting. His costume is sober and dark: the coat appears to be black but might actually be darkened purple-brown. The black collar that sticks out at the top is part of his waistcoat. The hairstyle would appear Italian, although no concrete evidence can be provided to support this. Originally purchased as an Antonello da Messina, the painting has been definitively ascribed to Memling since 1896. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Advent and Triumph of Christ \(detail\)]() - [Advent and Triumph of Christ \(detail\)]() - [Advent and Triumph of Christ]() - [Allegory with a Virgin]() - [Angel Musicians \(left panel\)]() - [Angel Musicians]() - [Angel with an Olive Branch, Emblem of Divine Peace]() - [Annunciation]() - [Bathsheba]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()