Portrait of a Man

Raffaellino del Garbo painted this Portrait of a Man around 1500 in Florence. A pupil of Filippino Lippi, Raffaellino produced both devotional works and portraits for the Florentine market. His portraits display the naturalistic observation and dignified restraint expected of Florentine portraiture in the period of Leonardo and Raphael. The tempera medium required careful preparation on a gessoed panel and a disciplined layering technique that produced precise, durable surfaces suited to the intricate detail expected of devotional painting.

Oil on panel with refined Florentine technique and warm flesh tones. The sitter is rendered with quiet dignity and careful attention to individual features in the half-length portrait format.