Portrait of a Young Man
Technical Details
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Title
Portrait of a Young Man -
Author
Andrea Solario -
Year
1500 - 5 -
Dimensions
cm 42 x 32 -
Inventory
325 -
Room
XI
Solario may have returned to Milan in 1495, when Ludovico il Moro summoned his brother to carve in the Certosa di Pavia. The influence of Leonardo and of Boltraffio became stronger and can be seen, in this portrait, in the three-quarter pose on a dark background, in the details struck by slanting light, in the subtlety of the reflections, in the sitter’s penetrating gaze and in the subtle ambiguity of his pose, the hand over the heart indicating religious devotion but also profane love.