Portrait of a Young Man (Rosso Fiorentino)
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| Artist | Rosso Fiorentino |
| Year | c. 1517-1518 |
| Medium | oil on wood |
| Dimensions | 82.4 by 59.9 centimetres (32.4 in × 23.6 in) |
| Location | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
Portrait of a Young Man is an oil painting on wood by the Italian Mannerist painter Rosso Fiorentino, executed c. 1517–1518, now in the Gemäldegalerie, in Berlin.[1][2]
In his Lives of the Artists Vasari briefly mentions that many portraits by him could still be seen in Florentine homes, probably produced before Rosso left for Volterra in 1521 – this work is thought to be one of them. Its attribution was uncertain until 2006, when Antonio Natali identified it as an early autograph work by Rosso.[3]
In the early 1900s it was thought to be a self-portrait of Rosso, but other sources argue that it instead shows Iacopo V Appiani, sovereign of Piombino, and was linked to Rosso's long stay in the city-state of Piombino in 1516–1520, during which he produced a Dead Christ.[4]