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Unknown — Portrait of a young man with a quill and a sheet of paper, possibly a self-portrait of the artist
Unknown

Portrait of a young man with a quill and a sheet of paper, possibly a self-portrait of the artist

A portrait of a young man holding a quill and sheet of paper, possibly representing the artist's own self-portrait and commentary on artistic identity. The work emphasizes the intellectual and creative nature of artistic practice.

Medium
Portrait of a young man with a quill and a sheet of paper, possibly a self-portrait of the artist

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Master Paintings Part I

January 26, 2023

Estimate: $3,000,000$5,000,000

Lot 106

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Unknown, Portrait of a young man with a quill and a sheet of paper, possibly a self-portrait of the artist

A portrait of a young man holding a quill and sheet of paper, possibly representing the artist's own self-portrait and commentary on artistic identity. The work emphasizes the intellectual and creative nature of artistic practice.

Medium
Portrait of a young man with a quill and a sheet of paper, possibly a self-portrait of the artist
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Symbolic Objects, Intellectual, Young Man, Quill, Portrait, Self-Portrait, Artist Identity, Figurative

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art