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Basaiti has placed him against a vast landscape, partly screened by a bright green cloth – a backdrop often found in Venetian images of the Virgin and Child made for private worship in the home. He is separated from us by a marble ledge, which gives the sense that the man is occupying a particular space: he is behind an object that we can imagine reaching out to touch. By painting his signature on the ledge in grey, to look as though it is carved into the stone, Basaiti has reinforced this illusion.
Title
Portrait of a Young Man
Date
about 1495-1500
Medium
Oil on wood
Measurements
H 36.2 x W 27.3 cm
Accession number
NG2498
Acquisition method
Salting Bequest, 1910
Work type
Painting
