Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Letter

Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Letter

Artist: Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, 1494 - 1540)

Original Dimensions: 33 5/8" x 26 1/8"

Location: National Gallery of Art, London

About Artwork: (1518) "This is the earliest of very few known portraits by Rosso. It was painted in Florence, while he was in the workshop of Andrea del Sarto. It reveals something of Rosso’s eccentricity, particularly in the strange spiky fingers, the curiously abstract style and the characteristically swift way of working the paint. The features of the face all but dissolve when viewed close up, but the sketchy brushstrokes blend into a powerfully convincing and memorable likeness when seen from a distance. The young man, as yet unidentified, glances up from a letter dated 22 June 1518. The letter bears further traces of writing which may provide clues to his identity. His gaze is both dreamy and penetrating. This sense of psychological realism and immediacy was only just beginning to find a place in portraiture at the time the work was painted, appealing to the rising class of wealthy and intellectual patrons." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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