Portrait of a Man

Maker Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1449 - 1494)

Formerformerly attributed to Bastiano Mainardi (Italian, 1466 - 1513)

Collections

European Painting Highlights

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Dateca. 1490

Mediumtempera on panel

Dimensions20 3/8 × 15 5/8 in. (51.8 × 39.7 cm.) without painted border: 19 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (48.9 × 36.8 cm.) frame: 31 × 26 3/8 × 4 7/8 in. (78.7 × 67 × 12.4 cm.)

DescriptionA portrait of a Renaissance man.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.

Status

On view

Label TextWith its pendant on the right (#26.89), this portrait presumably depicts half of a newlywed couple. The sitter faces us in a three-quarter pose against a distant landscape, a format based on Flemish painting. Italians appreciated the naturalness of the pose, in contrast to the more static profile view, seen in the panel on the right, which derives from such images on ancient Italian coins.

Object number26.92