# Young Man by the Sea

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FLANDRIN, Hippolyte](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flandrin-hippolyte-rd20b9ba5301c68>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 98 x 124 cm

## Commentary

This is Flandrin&#39;s most popular and recognizable work. Typical of Flandrin, this work uses the nude male figure as a showcase for the stylistic purity of line, modeling, chiaroscuro, and colour. These features are underscored by a mysterious, meditative calm provoked by a moonlit seascape. The youth&#39;s body and the environment work together to evoke an aura of poetic lyricism.

## Related artworks

- [Napoléon III, Emperor of France](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flandrin-hippolyte-rd20b9ba5301c68/napolon-iii-emperor-of-france-r0183653d98ddcf>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flandrin-hippolyte-rd20b9ba5301c68/piet-r997616ea097e11>)
- [Portrait of Madame Flandrin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flandrin-hippolyte-rd20b9ba5301c68/portrait-of-madame-flandrin-r971c973c9f0258>)

## Attribution

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