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''Portrait of a Young Man'' (''Ritratto virile'') is a tempera on panel painting by the
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artist
Sandro Botticelli Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli ( ; ) or simply known as Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 1 ...
, c. 1483, housed in the
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in
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. This panel painting is small but significant. Before this work, subjects in Italian portraiture were either seated portrait view in profile, or seated with three-quarters of their face showing. In this painting the boy is seated head on, so his whole face can be mapped out, making this a revolutionary work for its time.The National Gallery page
/ref> This work has at various times been attributed to
Giorgione Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco (; 1470s – 17 September 1510), known as Giorgione, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school during the High Renaissance, who died in his thirties. He is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, ...
,
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and even believed to be a self-portrait by
Masaccio Masaccio (, ; ; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great List of Italian painters, Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaiss ...
. It is now widely accepted as a Botticelli and is his only known en face portrait. The man in the painting is a young city dweller from Florence; his name is unknown.


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List of works by Sandro Botticelli The following is a list of Panel painting, panel paintings, works on canvas and Fresco, frescoes by the List of Italian painters, Italian painter Sandro Botticelli.Barbara Deimling. ''Botticelli.'' Taschen. Cologne 2007. His drawings, such as thos ...
*Botticelli's portraits in
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and
National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in ...
, Washington, D.C.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Portrait Of A Young Man (Botticelli, London) Paintings by Sandro Botticelli in the National Gallery, London 1480s paintings