The head and shoulders of a pale-skinned, clean-shaven man fills this vertical portrait painting. The man’s shoulders are angled to our left, and he looks off in that direction with light green eyes. He has a straight nose, a long philtrum over pale pink lips, a cleft chin, and the suggestion of a five o’clock shadow. He has brown hair and bangs under a brimless, square-crowned cap. His hair curls under along the bottom to create a diagonal sweep from his bangs, over his ears, and to the back of his shoulders. The edge of a white undergarment is visible above the high neck of his black coat,…
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Portrait of a Young Man

Giovanni Bellini (Venetian, c. 1430/1435 - 1516)

c. 1490

Medium
oil on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 30 x 23 cm (11 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.) ; original panel: 30.9 x 24.8 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.) ; overall (with wood strips added in 1944): 32.9 x 27.1 cm (12 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.) ; framed: 55.56 x 53.98 x 6.19 cm (21 7/8 x 21…
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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