Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Dressed in exceptionally fine attire––fancy plumes, brocade collar, and slashed sleeves––this young man solemnly points at a skull he is carrying in his cloak. The juxtaposition of the skull and the lavish clothing is a message that frivolous pleasures are misguided and the bravado of youth is ephemeral.
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Lucas van Leyden — Young Man with a Skull
Heinrich Aldegrever — Self-Portrait at Age Twenty-Eight
Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502–1555/61) — Self-Portrait
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Peasants at Market
Albrecht Altdorfer — The Little Standard-Bearer
Martin Schongauer — Bust of a Man in a Hat Gazing Upward
Martin Schongauer — St. Martin
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) — St. John the Bapt
Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) — Large Grotesque H
Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger — The Councillor,
Heinrich Aldegrever — Self-Portrait at Age Twenty-Eight
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) — Self-Portrait in Vel
