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An Elegant Young Man Personifying Vanity

Francesco Brizio

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a landscape with a figure holding an object. The drawing depicts a figure sitting in a pastoral landscape, holding what appears to be a mirror or a feather. The scene is drawn in a loose, sketch-like manner. The figure is clad in draped garments, set against a backdrop of trees and a faint suggestion of distant fields or hills. The foreground includes a bird with its plumage fanned out. The lines and shading are executed with a brisk and energetic hand.

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
4916 × 3200 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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