Portrait of a Gentleman
Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1483–1561)
c. 1505
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front.
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About this work
The unknown sitter in this arresting portrait wears a furlined robe and capuccio, a hood rolled up and worn as a hat—both conventional apparel for well-to-do Florentine merchants. Ridolfo Ghirlandaio’s pyramidal presentation of the sitter and use of active, searching light reveal his study of portraits by Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. The son of renowned Florentine painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, Ridolfo successfully continued the family workshop well into the 16th century.
- Artist
- Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1483–1561)
- Date
- c. 1505
- Medium
- Oil, with tempera (?), on panel, transferred to canvas
- Origin
- Italy
- Style
- 16th Century
- Collection
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Reference
- 1933.1009 · Art Institute of Chicago