Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned young man with dark hair and a brown mustache and goatee looks at us from the corners of his dark eyes in this vertical portrait painting. His body and face are angled to our left, and his left eyebrow, closer to us, is slightly cocked while other is low over his other eye. He has a straight nose, a square jaw, and his pink lips are closed. His short, brown hair lays flat against his head but curls around the ear we can see. He wears a pecan-brown vest over a black, long-sleeved shirt with a white, lace-edged collar at the neck. His garments blend into…
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Portrait of a Young Man

painter Anonymous Artist

Follower of related artist Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599 - 1660)

c. 1650

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 59.5 x 47.8 cm (23 7/16 x 18 13/16 in.) ; framed: 87.15 x 75.25 cm (34 5/16 x 29 5/8 in.)
Culture
Spanish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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