Portrait of a Young Man in Red

Portrait of a Young Man in Red
Artist Giovanni Bellini
Year 1485-1490
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 32 cm × 26 cm (13 in × 10 in)
Location National Gallery of Art, Washington
Website Catalogue entry

Portrait of a Young Man in Red' is a 1485-1490 oil on panel portrait by Giovanni Bellini, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. He had been making portraits since 1474 and this is held to be one of his best in the genre, though its subject is unknown.[1] It may have been in Andrea Vendramin's collection in Venice in 1627. It passed to count Manfredi von Ingenheim and was handed down to his heirs until 1930, when it was sold. Andrew W. Mellon then acquired it and it passed to the National Gallery of Art with the rest of his collection in 1937.

References

  1. (in Italian) Mariolina Olivari, Giovanni Bellini, in AA.VV., Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Firenze 2007. ISBN 888117099X
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