Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Gentleman

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1483–1561)

Date

c. 1505

Medium

Oil, with tempera (?), on panel, transferred to canvas

Culture

Italy

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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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