Bindo Altoviti
c. 1515 · Oil on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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About this work
- Artist
- Raphael (1483–1520)
- Year
- c. 1515
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 59.7 × 43.8 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Movement
- Renaissance
A young man with long fair hair and a black beret turns over his shoulder to look out, one hand at his chest, his blue sleeve catching the light against a deep green ground. The sitter is Bindo Altoviti, a wealthy banker born in Rome in 1491 to a Florentine family and a notable patron of the arts, and Raphael painted him in Rome around 1515. The soft, half-turned pose and strong fall of light and shadow are unusual among Raphael's portraits of men and are often linked to his study of Leonardo. The panel stayed with Altoviti's descendants until 1808, when it was sold to Ludwig I of Bavaria. It hung in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich until 1936, after a long debate over its attribution, when it was sold abroad; Samuel H. Kress acquired it and it passed to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. A bronze bust of Altoviti by Benvenuto Cellini is in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A fair-haired young man in a black beret and blue sleeve turning over his shoulder against deep green, for a study, library or living room at 24×32 in black. A dark green, oxblood or warm white wall; it pairs with Lady with an Ermine.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Renaissance painting
- Era
- 16th century (c. 1515)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×32. Prints at 12×16, 18×24, 24×32 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×32 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
