Portrait of a Gentleman
c. 1505
Oil, with tempera (?), on panel, transferred to canvas
68.2 × 49.2 cm (26.9 × 19.4 in)
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● On view now — Gallery 205
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · verified July 2026
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
The unknown sitter in this arresting portrait wears a furlined robe and capuccio , a hood rolled up and worn as a hat—both conventional apparel for well-to-do Florentine merchants. Ridolfo Ghirlandaio’s pyramidal presentation of the sitter and use of active, searching light reveal his study of portraits by Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. The son of renowned Florentine painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, Ridolfo successfully continued the family workshop well into the 16th century.
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