Portrait of a Young Man (Rosso Fiorentino)

Portrait of a Young Man
Artist	Rosso Fiorentino
Year	c. 1517-1518
Medium	oil on wood
Dimensions	82.4 by 59.9 centimetres (32.4 in × 23.6 in)
Location	Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of a Young Man is an oil on wood painting by Rosso Fiorentino, executed c. 1517–1518, now in the Gemäldegalerie, in Berlin.[1][2]

In his Lives of the Artists Vasari briefly mentions that many portraits by him could still be seen in Florentine homes, probably produced before Rosso left for Volterra in 1521 - this work is thought to be one of them. Its attribution was uncertain until 2006, when Antonio Natali identified it as an early autograph work by Rosso.[3]

Subject

In the early 1900s it was thought to be a self-portrait of Rosso, but other sources argue that it instead shows Iacopo V Appiani, sovereign of Piombino, and is linked to Rosso's long stay in the city-state of Piombino in 1516–1520, during which he produced a Dead Christ.[4]

See also

• Portrait of a Man (Rosso Fiorentino)

References

1. (in Italian) AA.VV., Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Prestel, Monaco 2008. ISBN 978-3-7913-4071-5
2. "Bildnis eines jungen Mannes". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-24.
3. (in Italian) Antonio Natali, Rosso Fiorentino, Silvana Editore, Milano 2006. ISBN 88-366-0631-8
4. (in Italian) Elisabetta Marchetti Letta, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Scala, Firenze 1994. ISBN 88-8117-028-0