# Portrait of a Clean-Shaven Young Man [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 59 x 41 cm ## Commentary The painting has a companion piece depicting the Portrait of a Young Woman. Both half-length figures are placed close to the picture surface against a bright green background. The close attachment of the two people is suggested in their dress: they wear similar caps, his adorned with stitching, hers with a round agrafe. The freshness of the observation and the finesse of its realisation recall Netherlandish portraits of the period, such as <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/cleve/joos/selfport.html'\)" href="/html/c/cleve/joos/selfport.html">hose of Joos van Cleve</a> and <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/massys/quentin/3/diptych1.html'\)" HREF="/html/m/massys/quentin/3/diptych1.html">Quentin Massys,</a> for example. ## 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]()